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Mari Samuelsen
Mari Silje Samuelsen (born 21 December 1984) is a Norwegian violinist. She is the sister of Cello, cellist Håkon Samuelsen, with whom she often performs throughout Norway and Europe. Early life and education Samuelsen grew up in Hamar, and began playing violin at age three at a local music school outside the city. By age four, she became a student of violinist Arve Tellefsen, who has called Mari and Håkon Samuelsen "among the greatest string music talents in Norway". She studied with Tellefsen in Oslo, and played with him for almost 10 years. Samuelsen later studied at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo under the tutelage of violinist Stephan Barratt-Due. For the last ten years, she has been a student of the world-renowned Russian professor and violinist Zakhar Bron. She earned two master's degrees at Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland in 2012. Musical career She has collaborated with such artists as Max Richter, Jeff Mills, and Dubfire. Max Richter said of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular use. The violin typically has four strings (music), strings (some can have five-string violin, five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow (music), bow across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical music, Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
