Marianne Thorsen (born 13 March 1972) is a
Norwegian
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violinist.
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Biography and career
Born in
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
, Thorsen was taught by Bjarne Fiskum before studying at
The Purcell School for Young Musicians
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in Hertfordshire, and later tutored by
György Pauk at the
Royal Academy of Music in London, where she won the Roth Prize and the Academy's highest award for performance, the DipRAM.
In 1991 she founded the Leopold String Trio, subsequently leading it for 15 years. It toured extensively, playing at
Carnegie Hall, New York, the
Musikverein in Vienna, and the
Concertgebouw
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in Amsterdam.
She won first prize at the Sion International Violin Competition in Switzerland in 2003, returning to her birth place three years later when she was recruited as a professor in the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Music Department.
References
External links
Marianne Thorsenat
Discogs
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1972 births
Norwegian classical violinists
Living people
21st-century classical violinists
Women classical violinists
Musicians from Trondheim
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