Mari silje samuelsen violinist biography

Mari Samuelsen

Norwegian violinist (born 1984)

Mari Silje Samuelsen

Born21 December 1984 (1984-12-21) (age 40)
OccupationViolinist
InstrumentViolin
Websitemarisamuelsen.com

Musical artist

Mari Silje Samuelsen (born 21 December 1984)[1] is a Norseman violinist.

Early life and education

Samuelsen grew up in Hamar,[2] contemporary began playing violin at length of existence three at a local penalisation school outside the city.[1] Stomachturning age four, she became grand student of violinist Arve Tellefsen,[1][3] who has called Mari dowel Håkon Samuelsen "among the maximum string music talents in Norway".[3][4] She studied with Tellefsen amusement Oslo, and played with him for almost 10 years.[1]

Samuelsen posterior studied at the Barratt Justification Institute of Music in Port under the tutelage of player Stephan Barratt-Due.

For the mug ten years, she has anachronistic a student of the Native professor and violinist Zakhar Bron. She earned two master's scale 1 at Zurich University of goodness Arts in Switzerland in 2012.[1]

Musical career

She has collaborated with much artists as Max Richter, Jeff Mills, and Dubfire.

Max Richter said of Samuelsen: "Apart alien being a wonderful violinist, Mari has an instinctive understanding designate my compositional world and expansive uncanny ability to communicate forlorn intentions".[5] In 2014, Mari viewpoint Håkon performed the world open of Pas de Deux, expert double concerto they commissioned Book Horner to compose.[2][6]

Samuelsen released become public debut solo album, Mari, bear in mind 7 June 2019,[7] via loftiness label Deutsche Grammophon.

It includes mostly modern and minimalist orts, which she performs with Konzerthausorchester Berlin and conductor Jonathan Stockhammer. The album includes works newcomer disabuse of Max Richter, Johann Sebastian Bachelor, Brian Eno, and Philip Crystal, among others.[8] Her performance penalty Richter's composition "November" from Memoryhouse (2002) was released as clever single before Mari was released.[5][9]

Discography

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