Henning Kraggerud (born 23 June 1973) is a Norwegian musician and

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Career

Kraggerud was born in Oslo. He studied with Camilla Wicks,

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, and Stephan Barratt-Due, before embarking on a career that has brought solo appearances thought Europe, Russia and United States. He made his American debut as a recitalist in 1998 at

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, and has collaborated in recitals and chamber-music performances. A leader-soloist of chamber orchestras and sinfoniettas, Kraggerud is skilled at improvisation, and is an experienced composer, having written music arrangements and his own cadenzas. His recordings for Naxos include Grieg's ''

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'' and ''Norwegian Favorites'' for violin and orchestra. A recipient of Norway's prestigious

Grieg Prize Griegprisen (established 1972 in Bergen, Norway) is awarded by the «Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen» to a Norwegian musician, conductor or musicologist who in a special way have communicated the music of Edvard Grieg. It has also been awarded an ...

, Kraggerud was appointed the

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Artist-Residence in 2004. In 2011, Kraggerud took over from

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as co-Artistic Director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music. From 2012, Kraggerud became Artistic Director of the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra. Kraggerud performs both on violin and viola at the major international festivals, recent collaborations have included a ''Szymanowski Focus'' at

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in London and Zankel Hall in New York City, curated by

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, and performances at the

Verbier Festival The Verbier Festival is an annual international music festival that takes place for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland. Founded by Swedish expatriate in 1994, it has attracted international so ...

with

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and

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. In 2011 he appeared at the Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival and the Seoul Spring Festival. He joined colleagues at the Rio International Chamber Music Week in Brazil and the Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival in 2012. Along with

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and Adrian Brendel he appears at LSO St Luke’s in the BBC’s chamber concert series. Henning Kraggerud plays on a

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Honors

*2007: «Ole Bull Award», for his work on the music of

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*2008:

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

in the class Classical music, for the album ''Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas For Solo Violin'' *2011: Gammlengprisen in the class Art music

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

*2008: ''

Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (; 16 July 185812 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar". Legend of the Ysaÿe violin Eugène Ysaÿe ...

: Six Sonatas For Solo Violin'' ( Simax Classics)

As soloist

*1997: '' Grieg: Fiolinsonater Nr. 1-3'' ( Naxos Music), with Helge Kjekshus (piano) *1999: ''

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, Halvorsen, Grieg, Sinding,

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: Norwegian Violin Favourites'' (Naxos Music), with «Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra», conductor:

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*2003: ''Johan Svendsen: String Quartet • String Quintet'' (cpo), with

Oslo String Quartet Oslo String Quartet was formed in 1991 by Geir Inge Lotsberg and (violins), Are Sandbakken (viola), and Øystein Sonstad (cello). It was among the 1994 prize winners of the ''London International String Competition'', which is among the most prest ...

*2004: ''

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, Sinding: Violin Concertos'' (Naxos Music), with Oslo String Quartet *2008: ''Sinding: Musikk For Fiolin Og Klavér'' (Naxos Music), with Christian Ihle Hadland *2009: ''Christian Sinding: Music For Violin And Piano • 1 (Suite Im Alten Stil, Op. 10 • Waltzes, Op. 59)'' (Naxos Music), with Christian Ihle Hadland *2009: ''Christian Sinding: Music For Violin And Piano • 2'' (Naxos Music), with Christian Ihle Hadland *2011: ''

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: Divertimento In E Flat Major'' (Naxos Music), with

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(viola) & Christoph Richter (cello) *2012: ''Nordic Violin Favourites'' (Naxos Music), with «Dalasinfoniettan», conductor: Bjarte Engeset *2016: ''Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5'' (Naxos Music), with Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Collaborative works

*2012: ''Last Spring'' (ATC), with

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References

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