The Barratt Due Institute of Music in

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, is a music education institute founded in 1927 by pianist

Mary Barratt Due Mary Louise Barratt Due (9 April 1888 in Bergen, Norway – 24 December 1969 in Oslo, Norway) was known as one of the most influential Norwegian pianists in the 20th century. She was the daughter of the preacher Thomas Ball Barratt, and the mothe ...

and violinist

Henrik Adam Due Henrik Adam Due (19 April 1891 – 13 May 1966) was a Norwegians, Norwegian violinist originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the son of physician Elias Kristian Jensen Due (1845–1931) and Elen Henriette Due (née Broch, 1853–1926), marrie ...

. It is situated in Fagerborg in Oslo and is a private

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which receives government funding for parts of its activities. The institute provides

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for many age groups, including infants and children, school-aged adolescents, and undergraduate and postgraduate students. The institute's motto is "''From music kindergarten to concert podium''," which sums up the philosophy that constitutes the foundation on which their education system is built. Children receive musical training from an early age, and students are offered education on undergraduate and postgraduate levels, preparing them for the professional musical career and arena. This education model has enabled Barratt Due to establish itself as an important institution and contribute largely to the Norwegian classical music industry at least for the past three generations.

Stephan Barratt-Due Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due Jr. (born 1 June 1956 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian violinist, the son of violinist Stephan Henrik Barrat-Due (1919–1985) and Else Barratt-Due (b. Holst, June 1925). Biography Barrat-Due started his violin studi ...

is the Barratt Due's artistic director, and leads the institute's ensemble-in-residence, Oslo Camerata.

History

Barratt Dues Musikkinstitutt (Barratt Due Institute of Music) was founded on 18 September 1927 in the residence of Henrik Due and Mary Barratt Due, in 18 Vallegata,

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. Classes and lessons were then held in their apartment home. Both musicians were well-established and acknowledged during their time, and the family moved into Lyder Sagens gate 2 on 26 October 1931, where the institute is located today. Certain traditions, such as the annual Christmas concert, were held since 1930. In January 1931, the music kindergarten was established, becoming the first of its kind in the country and leading to the establishment of the motto "''From music kindergarten to concert podium''" in the mid-1930s. Today it is the oldest music kindergarten still in operation in Norway. During

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, Barratt Dues musikkinstitutt was a meeting place for those who were interested in culture and what was considered as

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, which was banned during the war. In 1985, Barratt Dues Juniororkester and Barratt Dues Symfoniorkester were established, and in 1986 the institute was turned into a foundation. Stephan Barratt-Due Jr. became the rector and artistic director of the institute in 1985.

Departments

* Høyskoleavdeling (College Department) offers Bachelor and master's degree studies in Music Performance, in addition to PPU (Practical Pedagogical Education) and a FE (Further Education) course in music didactics. * Unge Talenter (Young Talents) is catered towards the youths in the ages of 10 to 19 with a particular interest and talent in music. The programme includes instrumental lessons, ensemble activities and music theory. * Musikk på Majorstuen is a programme for school-aged children residing in Oslo, and provides primary education that particularly facilitates the needs of talented youths within classical music. This programme is a collaboration between Barratt Due and Majorstuen Skole. * Musikkskoleavdeling (Music School Department) offers individual instrumental lessons for newbeginning pupils in the ages of 6 to 9 in string instruments, piano, oboe and bassoon. * Musikkbarnehage (Music Kindergarten) is organised into age-divided groups for young children in the ages of 0 to 5. The training and the learning material is adjusted to the children's personal development levels. Through various stimulating activities such as song, dance and improvisation, the children become familiar with music and its creative forms, and may develop a musical interest and basic musical skills that create the foundation for further training. The music kindergarten has been a crucial part of Barratt Due's educational offers since the beginning, and supports the institute's philosophy that music knows no age limits.

Affiliated orchestras and ensembles

* Oslo Camerata: Barratt Due's ensemble-in-residence, a professional orchestra in which a selection of students may participate. * Barratt Dues Kammerfilharmoni: A small philharmonic orchestra composed of undergraduate and postgraduate students. * Barratt Dues Vokalensemble: A chamber choir composed of all the college students in vocal studies, led by Lars Notto Birkeland. * Barratt Dues Messingensemble: A brass ensemble composed of all the college students in brass studies, led by Sverre Riise. * Barratt Dues Unge Symfoniorkester: A full symphony orchestra composed of students of Unge Talenter and/or under 20 years old, led by Alf Richard Kraggerud. * Barratt Dues Juniororkester: A junior string orchestra composed of students of Unge Talenter and/or between the ages of 13 and 19, who come from all around the country; led by

Soon-Mi Chung Soon-Mi Chung (born 22 February 1952) is a South Korean-born Norwegian musician (viola, violin) and musical director. Biography Chung is a music teacher at the Barratt Due Institute of Music and artistic director of Barratt Dues Juniororkester ...

. * Barratt Dues Juniorensemble: A junior string orchestra composed mainly of students between the ages of 12 and 16, led by Sigyn Fossnes. * Barratt Dues Barneorkester: A junior string orchestra composed of children under 13 years old, led by Torfinn Hoffart.

Notable alumni and faculty

;Current and former students: *

Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due (19 February 1919 – 18 November 1985) was a Norwegian violinist and music teacher and son of violinist Henrik Adam Due (1891–1966) and Mary Barratt Due (b. Barratt, 1888–1969). He married Else Barratt-Due (b. Hols ...

Eva Knardahl Eva Knardahl Freiwald (10 May 1927 – 3 September 2006) was a Norwegian pianist, with a noted career both as a child prodigy and adult performer. Her debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 12, in which she played three conce ...

Terje Venaas Terje Venaas (born 30 March 1947 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known from dozens of recordings and a number of international cooperation. Career Venaas started playing music within several local bands in the M ...

Henning Kraggerud Henning Kraggerud (born 23 June 1973) is a Norwegian musician and composer. Career Kraggerud was born in Oslo. He studied with Camilla Wicks, Emanuel Hurwitz, and Stephan Barratt-Due, before embarking on a career that has brought solo appeara ...

Vilde Frang Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986) is a Norway, Norwegian classical music, classical violinist. Early life and education Born in Oslo, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four. In the years 1993–2 ...

Hilde Hefte Hilde Hefte (born 1 September 1956 in Kristiansand, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Biography Hefte got much of her musical education from the well reputated Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, Norway with piano as primary and voca ...

Eldbjørg Hemsing Eldbjørg Hemsing (born 16 February 1990 in Nord-Aurdal, Norway) is a Norwegian violinist who has been since the age of 11, with her solo debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. She premiered several works by Tan Dun. She lives in Berlin. ...

* Ragnhild Hemsing *

Alexander Rybak Alexander Igorevich Rybak (russian: Александр Игоревич Рыбак) or Alyaxandr Iharavich Rybak ( be, Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак; born 13 May 1986) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pian ...

Didrik Solli-Tangen Didrik Solli-Tangen (born 11 June 1987) is a Norwegian people, Norwegian singer who represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "My Heart Is Yours". Biography Solli-Tangen wa ...

* Annar Follesø *

Tine Thing Helseth Tine Thing Helseth ( ; ; born 18 August 1987) is a Norwegian trumpet soloist specializing in classical repertoire. Career Helseth was born in Oslo. She started to play trumpet at the age of 7 in a school band and studied at the Barratt Due In ...

Frode Barth Frode Barth (born 20 August 1968) is a Norwegian musician (guitar) and composer, widely recognized for his contributions to jazz, contemporary and popular music, performing with musicians including Oscar Peterson, Reggie Workman, Arthur Maia, Rob ...

* Birgitta Elisa Oftestad ;Current and former teachers: *

Ørnulf Gulbransen Ørnulf Gulbransen (born 19 December 1916 in Kristiania (Oslo), Norway – deceased 20 February 2004 in Oslo) was a Norwegian Classical musician (flute), married 1945 to the violinist Elsa Lilian Gustavsen (b. 1921). Career Gulbransen had for ...

Jiri Hlinka Jiri Hlinka ( cs, Jiří Hlinka; born 1944) is a Norway, Norwegian professor and piano teacher of Czech Republic, Czech origin. His most well-known student is Leif Ove Andsnes. Career Hlinka was born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, ...

Michael Endres Michael Endres (born 1961) is a German pianist. He was professor for piano from 1993 to 2004 at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Cologne, until 2009 at the Hochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin—since autumn 2009 at the University of Canterbury i ...

Fredrik Fors Fredrik Fors (born 1973, Borlänge) is a Swedish, classical music clarinetist.Booklet accompanying the Harmonia Mundi CD HMN911853. His album in the Juventus ''Les Nouveaux Musiciens'' series has been described as "one of the finest recitals of it ...

Solveig Kringlebotn Solveig Kringlebotn () (4 June 1963), better known outside Norway as Solveig Kringelborn, is an internationally known Norwegian operatic soprano.Listen to Norway v1-3 Norsk musikkinformasjon – 1993 "Two of these are CD recordings featuring tw ...

Wolfgang Plagge Wolfgang Plagge (born 23 August 1960 in Oslo, Norway by Dutch parents) is a Norwegian composer and pianist. Biography Plagge started playing the piano as four years old, and made a sensational recital debut in the University Hall in Oslo, only ...

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