All Vilde-Frang articles
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NewsViolinist Vilde Frang granted use of 1734 ‘Rode’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
The loan was facilitated by J & A Beare and the Stretton Society following a four year search for the perfect violin
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VideoWest Wycombe Chamber Music Festival: opening concert
Owing to COVID-19, this year Lawrence Power has turned his West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival into a series of videos, released weekly online. Here is the first full concert, featuring Power alongside Pavel Kolesnikov, Vilde Frang, John Myerscough, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Annabelle Meare, Tim Crawford, Timothy Ridout and Sergio Bucheli. As ...
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VideoJanine Jansen and friends play Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence
The list of musicians for this performance of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence comprises: violinists Janine Jansen and Vilde Frang, violists Julian Rachlin and Lawrence Power, and cellists Nicolas Altstaedt and Jens Peter Maintz.
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VideoVilde Frang plays Paganini and Schubert
‘With this recording I mainly wanted to focus on song’
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ReviewFrang, Altstaedt, Power, Kelemen, Kokas: Veress, Bartók
Compelling live performances of folk-influenced Hungarian chamber works
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Concert review: Vilde Frang (violin) Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra/Andrew Manze
Leah Hollingsworth hears the New York performance at David Geffen Hall on 24 July 2019
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VideoInterview with Vilde Frang
Filmed during rehearsals of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Jakub Hrusa, April 2012
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ReviewVilde Frang: Bartók; Enescu
A performance to match the constant and staggering invention of Enescu’s Octet
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FocusVilde Frang on the mentors who steered her from talented teen to fully-fledged artist
In this extract from her December issue cover story, the Norwegian violinist discusses learning that raw talent and the pleasure of music making need a solid technical backing. Interview by Charlotte Gardner
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NewsThe Strad December 2018 issue is out now
Vilde Frang on her unusual path to international acclaim, and the unlikely pairing of works on her new album
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FocusPostcard from Verbier Festival
Peter Quantrill reports from the 25th anniversary of the Verbier Festival, where a wealth of A-list musicians rubbed shoulders with enthusiastic younger players from the Festival Academy and Orchestra
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NewsKronberg Academy to get state-of-the-art new home
Strings hothouse will build 550-seat concert hall plus study and administrative facilities
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ArticleVilde Frang performs Mozart's First Violin Concerto
Vilde Frang performs Mozart's First Violin Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic conducted by Valery Gergiev. The concert was recorded at the Philharmonie im Gasteig in Munich, Germany on 13 November 2016 and recorded for medici.tv's MPhil 360° Festival. Watch: Vilde Frang in a masterclass with Zakhar Bron ...
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ArticleZakhar Bron on rhythm in Brahms's Violin Concerto
There are always problems with how to allocate the rhythm in this passage. It is quite useful to find a word that has the same rhythm - for example Rimsky-Korsakov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rimsky-Korsakov...' Zakhar Bron gives a masterclass on Brahms's Violin Concerto at the Verbier Festival Academy. The ...
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ReviewBritten: Violin Concerto in D minor op.15. Korngold Violin Concerto in D major op.35
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: May 2016Description: Frang approaches an odd couple of concertos with lyricism and dramaMusicians: Vilde Frang (violin) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/James GaffiganComposer: Britten; KorngoldIn the booklet notes to this release, the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang describes Britten’s Violin Concerto as ‘one of the ...
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Julia Fischer, Leonidas Kavakos, Sigiswald Kuijken to perform in Southbank Centre's 2013–14 season
Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly today launched the London venue’s 2013–14 season, sounding alarm about developments in England’s cultural landscape. Referring to the government’s proposed English Baccalaureate qualifications, which leave music off the core areas of school study, she said: ‘We should be concerned that classical music may not ...
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ReviewTchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Nielsen: Violin Concerto
The Strad Issue: Sepember 2012Description: Nimbleness and muscularity from a rising Norwegian star of the violinMusicians: Vilde Frang (violin) Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Eivind Gullberg JensenComposer: Tchaikovsky, Nielsen The concertos of Tchaikovsky and Nielsen are not an obvious coupling, but the young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang has established ...
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Violinists including Tasmin Little and Vilde Frang dominate Classical Brits
Tasmin Little and Vilde Frang were among the winners at the Classical Brit Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Little picked up the Critics' Award for her 2010 recording of the Elgar Violin Concerto. Norwegian violinist Frang, 24, won the Newcomer Award. There was also success for ...
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ArticleGrieg: Violin Sonata no.1 in F major op.8. Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major op.18
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A winning sonata debut from a young Norwegian violinistMusicians: Vilde Frang (violin) Michail Lifits (piano) Composer: Grieg, Bartók, Strauss The young Norwegian violinist’s first sonata disc is an almost total success and her prize-winning piano partner handles his assignments so well that ...