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

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Career

Kraggerud was born in Oslo. He studied with

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, Emanuel Hurwitz, 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, Kraggerud was appointed the Bergen International Festival 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

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in New York City, curated by Piotr Anderszewski, and performances at the Verbier Festival 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 1744 Guarneri del Gesù.

Honors

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

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*2008:

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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: ''

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: 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, Svendsen: 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: '' Sibelius, 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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