Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
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 regu ...
ist.
Early life and education
Born in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...
, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four. In the years 1993–2002 she studied with Stephan Barratt-Due, Alf Richard Kraggerud and
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 ...
at the
Barratt Due Institute of Music
The Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, Norway, is a music education institute founded in 1927 by pianist Mary Barratt Due and violinist Henrik Adam Due. It is situated in Fagerborg in Oslo and is a private stiftelse, foundation which receive ...
in Oslo.
Frang made her soloist debut at the age of ten with the
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Norwegian, ''Kringkastingsorkestret'', abbreviated as KORK) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (''Norsk rikskringkasting AS'', or NRK). Its principal base is the ''Store Studi ...
. In 1998 she was introduced to
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist. She was supported early in her career by Herbert von Karajan. As an advocate of contemporary music, she has had several works composed especially for her, by Sebastian Currier, Henri ...
, who became her mentor and later appointed her a scholarship holder in the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. She was aged twelve in 1999 when
Mariss Jansons
Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (14 January 1943 – 1 December 2019) was a Latvian conductor best known for his interpretations of Mahler, Strauss and Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. During his lifetime he w ...
engaged her as a soloist with the
Oslo Philharmonic
The Oslo Philharmonic (Oslo-Filharmonien) is a Norwegian symphony orchestra based in Oslo, Norway. The orchestra traces its roots to the Philharmonic Society founded in 1847 and the Christiania Musical Association co-founded by Edvard Grieg in 18 ...
.
From 2003 to 2009 Frang continued her studies in Germany, with
Kolja Blacher
Kolja Blacher (born 1963) is a German violin player. He plays the 1730 "Tritton" Stradivarius.Ana Chumachenco at the
Kronberg Academy
The Kronberg Academy is an academy of chamber music based in Kronberg, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1993 by Raimund Trenkler, who has served since then as its chairman and artistic director. The academy's initial focus was on the cello and ...
. Frang received a 2007
Borletti-Buitoni Trust
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Fellowship and also had lessons with
Mitsuko Uchida
is a classical pianist and conductor, born in Japan and naturalised in Britain, particularly noted for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert.
She has appeared with many notable orchestras, recorded a wide repertory with several labels, w ...
in London.
Career
In 2007, Frang's debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in their Eastbourne series led to a re-engagement in the following season, under
Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski (; born 4 April 1972) is a Russian conductor. He is the son of conductor Michail Jurowski, and grandson of Soviet film music composer Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski.
Early life
Born in Moscow, Jurowski began h ...
EMI Classics
EMI Classics was a record label founded by Thorn EMI in 1990 to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogues for internationally distributed classical music releases. After Thorn EMI demerged in 1996, its recorded mus ...
(now
Warner Classics
Warner Classics is the classical music arm of Warner Music Group. The label began issuing new recordings under the Warner Classics banner in 1991. The company also includes the Erato Records, Teldec Records and NVC Arts labels. Based in France, ...
). Her debut album was released in 2009 and received high praise from critics and audiences alike, and she was named EMI Classics' Young Artist of the Year 2010. Her recordings for EMI / Warner Classics have received numerous awards including a Classical BRIT, Deutsche Schallplattenpreis twice, four ECHO Klassik Awards, two Edisson Klassiek Awards, Diapason d'Or and two
Gramophone Awards
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.
Winner of the 2012 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, Frang performed the Sibelius violin concerto with the
Vienna Philharmonic
The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world.
The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
under
Bernard Haitink
Bernard Johan Herman Haitink (; 4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961. He moved to Lon ...
at the Lucerne Festival. In 2013 she made her
London Proms
The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...
Berlin Philharmonic
The Berlin Philharmonic (german: Berliner Philharmoniker, links=no, italic=no) is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world.
History
The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...
under Simon Rattle as part of their Europe Concert in
Røros
Røros ( sma, Plaassja, ) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Some of the villages in Røros include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen.
The min ...
, Norway.
Frang has held a part-time professorship (''professor II'') at the
Norwegian Academy of Music
The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...
in Oslo since 2013. Until 2021 she has played an 1864
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (7 October 1798 – 19 March 1875) was a French luthier, businessman, inventor and winner of many awards. His workshop made over 3,000 instruments.
Early life
Vuillaume was born in Mirecourt, where his father and g ...
violin. Since then she has performed on the 1734 'Rode' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin, on loan from the Stretton Society.
Awards
* Leonie Sonnings Musikfonds (2003)
* Ritter-Stiftung Grand Prize (2007)
* Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellowship (2007)
* The Prince Eugen Culture Prize, 2007 The Danish Queen Ingrid‘s Honorary Prize (2009)
* The Norwegian soloist prize (2009)
*
Spellemannsprisen
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 ...
, Classical music. For ''Prokofiev & Sibelius: Violin Concertos''. 2009
* Statoil's Classical Music Award (2010)
*Edison Klassiek Newcomer Award for ''Prokofiev & Sibelius: Violin Concertos .''2011
* Echo Klassik Award, newcomer award violin for ''Grieg, Bartók & R.Strauss: Sonatas''. 2011
* Classic Brit Newcomer Award for ''Prokofiev & Sibelius: Violin Concertos''. 2011
*
Crédit Suisse
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Young Artist Award (2012)
*Edison Klassiek Chamber Music Award for ''Grieg, Bartók & R. Straus: Sonatas.'' 2012
* Echo Klassik Award (2013)
* Echo Klassik Award (2015)
* Echo Klassik Award (2016)
* Gramophone Classical Music Award (2016)
* Diapason d'or de l'année (2018) for ''Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 & Enescu Octet''
*Grand Prix L'Acádemie Charles Cros (2018) for ''Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 and Enescu Octet''
*BBC Music Magazine Award (Chamber Award) 2020 for ''Veress String Trio & Bartók Piano Quintet.''
*Gramophone Classical Music Award (Chamber Category) (2020) for ''Veress String Trio & Bartók Piano Quintet.''
*ICMA (International Classical Music Award) (Concertos Category) (2023) for ''Beethoven & Stravinsky Violin Concertos.''
Discography
* ''Prokofiev & Sibelius: Violin Concertos'' (2009). With WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Thomas Søndergård (conductor). EMI Classics
* ''Grieg, Bartók, R. Strauss: Violin Sonatas'' (2011). With Michail Lifits (piano). EMI Classics
* ''Nielsen & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos'' (2012). With Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor). EMI Classics
* ''Mozart: Violin Concertos 1&5 and Sinfonia Concertante'' (2015). With Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) and Maxim Rysanov (viola). Warner Classics
* ''Korngold & Britten: Violin Concertos'' (2016). With Frankfurt Radio Symphony and James Gaffigan (conductor). Warner Classics
* ''Homage'' (2017). With José Gallardo (piano). Warner Classics
* ''Bartók Violin Concerto No.1 & Enescu Octet'' (2018). With Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck (conductor), Erik Schumann, Gabriel Le Magadure, Rosanne Philippens, violins; Lawrence Power, Lily Francis, violas; Nicolas Altstaedt and Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cellos. Warner Classics
*''Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet'' (2019). With Barnabás Kelemen, violin; Katalin Kokas and Lawrence Power, violas; Nicolas Altstaedt, cello and Alexander Lonquich, piano. Alpha Classics
*''Paganini & Schubert: Works for violin and piano'' (2019). With Michail Lifits (piano). Warner Classics
*''Beethoven: Songs and Folksongs'' (2020). With Ian Bostridge (song), Antonio Pappano (piano) and Nicolas Altstaedt (cello). Warner Classics
*''Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (2022).'' With The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Pekka Kuusisto (conductor). Warner Classics