Annar Follesø (born December 29, 1972) is a Norwegian violinist. Follesø studied with Soon-Mi Chung and Stephan Barratt-Due at the Barratt Due Music Institute, and with Mauricio Fuks at

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. In 1998 he won the violin prize at the International Summer Academy in

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for his interpretation of Bartók's solo

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, and his Bartók interpretations have won him wide recognition. He has since performed in the United States, Russia, China, Italy, France, Austria and South Korea. Notable performances include the premiere of

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’s ''La verbena de San Juan'' at the

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in 2007, and the 2013 premiere of the reconstructed work ''Mountains of Norway'' with the

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at the same event. In 2014, Follesø performed with

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at the

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and in 2015 returned to the Bergen International Festival. Together with composer and pianist Plagge, Annar Follesø is artistic director of the Sunnmøre Chamber Music Festival, which began in 2010. His first album was a collection of works by Bartok performed with Plagge, released in 2003. In 2010, he released a recording of Ole Bull's ''Violin Concertos'' in collaboration with the Grieg Society of Great Britain. Both records are on the 2L label.

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2L websiteSunnmøre Chamber Music Festival website
1972 births Living people Norwegian violinists Norwegian male violinists Barratt Due Institute of Music alumni 21st-century Norwegian violinists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians {{Norway-musician-stub

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