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Staying in Oslo during the competition?
Why not stay at one of four beautiful Rica Hotels?
Rica Hotels are the official hotel partner of the
Menuhin Competition Oslo 2010. Their hotels offer
exceptional quality and personal service at affordable prices. For
visitors of the competition four selected Rica hotels offer a
special discount.
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Choose the Grand Hotel, the Rica Oslo, the Rica Travel or Rica Victoria Hotel. All of them centrally located with easy access to the competition venues.
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For reservations mail: rica@rica.no or phone: +47 66 85 45 60, Booking code: Menuhin Visitor
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FRIDAY 16 APRIL 2010
___________________________________________________Exhibition - Ole Bull Guarneri del Gesù Project
10.00 - 19.00h
Internationally renowned
violin maker, restorer and dealer Christophe Landon is organising this exciting
project around Ole Bull's famous Guarneri del Gesù violin.
Violinmakers from around the world are invited to make a
copy of the ‘Ole Bull’ 1744 Guarneri del Gesù violin. The copies may not only be
looked at - theye are there to be played by competitors, students
and visiting violinists.
The instruments can also be heard in concert.
Also on show will be a selection of Hardanger fiddles from the collection of Kjell Chr Midtgaard, among them an instrument by Erik Johnsen Helland from 1862. All instruments equally available for playing.
Venue: Norwegian Academy of Music
Free entry
Collaboration Partner:
Christophe Landon
Rare Violins
Kjell Chr Midtgaard
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Opening Concert with violin stars and former prize winners
with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
19.00h
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Welcoming the Menuhin Competition to Oslo and starting a 10 days extravaganza of concerts and events, the Opening Concert will feature an exciting range of violin music. From Saint-Saëns' Rondo Capricioso and Vaughn Williams' Lark Ascending to some excellent Norwegian Hardanger Fiddle playing, the concert illustrates this years' motto: Music Connects!
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1977 under the leadership of Terje Tonnesen. It is made up of Norway's very best musicians and often described as the equivalent to a National Team of Music. Nationally and internationally renowned for their wide range of repertoire and activities, the orchestra is one of Norway's "cultural pillars". From the start of the 2009/10 season, former Menuhin Competition winner and Dutch violinist Isabelle van Keulen will share the position as Music Director together with Tonnesen and with Leif Ove Andsnes as Principal Guest Director.
Orchestra:
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Soloists:
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Henning Kraggerud, violin
Ray Chen, violin (Senior 1st prize winner Cardiff 2008)
Benedicte Maurseth, violin
Annbjørg Lien, Hardanger fiddle
Artistic Direction: Terje Tønnesen
Programme:
Norwegian folk tunes for Hardanger fiddle
Mozart - Concerto in A major K 219, Rondo
Vaughn
Williams - Lark Ascending
Saint-Saëns
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor
Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite
Bach - Concerto for three violins in C major
Venue: Oslo Concert Hall (Oslo konserthus)
Tickets: NOK 420/390/360 Buy
Now!
or contact box
office
Collaboration partners:
The
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Oslo Concert Hall (Oslo konserthus)
Concerts Norway (Rikskonsertene)
The Norwegian Council for Schools of Music and Performing Art
(Norsk
kulturskoleråd)
To the best of our knowledge, information on this page was correct at time of publication. We reserve the right to change information and programmes without prior notice if necessary.
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