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Vilde Frang

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Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986 in Oslo) is a Norwegian violinist. She began violin study by the Suzuki method at age four, trained at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, and made her soloist debut at ten with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Mentored by Anne-Sophie Mutter from 1998, she later studied with Kolja Blacher in Hamburg and Ana Chumachenco at the Kronberg Academy.

An exclusive Warner Classics artist, Frang has received the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, the Edison Klassiek Award, and multiple Gramophone and Diapason d’Or awards for her recordings, and made her Vienna Philharmonic debut under Bernard Haitink in 2012. She is recognized as one of the foremost violinists of her generation, admired for combining technical precision with an intensely personal interpretive voice.

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Repertoire

Grand Caprice (after Schubert’s “Der Erlkönig”)— Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
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String Octet, Op. 7 (excerpt from I. Très modéré)— George Enescu
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La capricciosa— Franz Ries
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Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1, Widmung (Arr. Auer for Violin and Piano)— Robert Schumann
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2 Mazurka caractéristiques, Op. 19: No. 1, Obertass— Henryk Wieniawski
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Mélodie (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and Piano After Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed…— Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: Ballet Music II (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and Piano)— Franz Schubert
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Tango— Poldowski
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La plus que lente, CD 128, L. 121 (Arr. Roques for Violin and Piano)— Claude Debussy
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L’école moderne, Op. 10: No. 5, Alla saltarella (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and Piano)— Henryk Wieniawski
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12 Études, Op. 8: No. 10 in D-Flat Major (Arr. Szigeti for Violin and Piano)— Alexander Scriabin
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Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven— Fritz Kreisler
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Gypsy Caprice— Fritz Kreisler
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Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, B. 145: No. 2 in E Minor (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and Piano)— Antonín Dvořák
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Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1: Masks (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano)— Sergei Prokofiev
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Songs Without Words, Op. 62: No. 1, Andante espressivo, MWV U185 (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and…— Felix Mendelssohn
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Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: III. Sevilla (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano)— Isaac Albéniz
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2 Canciones mexicanas: No. 2, Estrellita (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano)— Manuel Ponce
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Calabrese, Op. 34— Antonio Bazzini
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con brio— Edvard Grieg
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 8: II. Allegretto quasi andantino— Edvard Grieg
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 8: III. Allegro molto vivace— Edvard Grieg
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Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: I. Tempo di ciaccona— Béla Bartók
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Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: II. Fuga. Risoluto non troppo vivo— Béla Bartók
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Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: III. Melodia. Adagio— Béla Bartók
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Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: IV. Presto— Béla Bartók
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Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18: I. Allegro, ma non troppo— Richard Strauss
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Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18: II. Improvisation. Andante cantabile— Richard Strauss
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Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18: III. Finale. Andante – Allegro— Richard Strauss
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Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro— Edward Elgar
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Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante— Edward Elgar
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Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Allegro molto— Edward Elgar
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Carissima (Version for Violin and Piano)— Edward Elgar
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The Gardens at Eastwell “A Late Summer Impression” (Arr. Soudoplatoff for Violin and Strings)— William Lloyd Webber
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Violin Concerto in D Major: I. Toccata— Igor Stravinsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 8: II. Aria I— Igor Stravinsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 8: III. Aria II— Igor Stravinsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 8: IV. Capriccio— Igor Stravinsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Canzonetta (Andante)— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: III. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207: I. Allegro moderato (Cadenza by Cohen)— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207: II. Adagio (Cadenza by Cohen)— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207: III. Presto (Cadenza by Cohen)— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish”: I. Allegro aperto (Cadenza by Joachim)— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish”: II. Adagio (Cadenza by Joachim)— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish”: III. Rondeau. Tempo di menuetto (Cadenza by…— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E-Flat Major, K. 364: I. Allegro maestoso— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E-Flat Major, K. 364: II. Andante— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E-Flat Major, K. 364: III. Presto— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: I. Moderato nobile— Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Romanze— Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: III. Allegro assai vivace— Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Moderato con moto – Agitato – Tempo primo –— Benjamin Britten
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Vivace – Animando – Largamente – Cadenza— Benjamin Britten
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Passacaglia – Andante lento (Un poco meno mosso)— Benjamin Britten
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Canzonetta. Andante— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto, Op. 33: I. (a) Praeludium. Largo— Carl Nielsen
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Violin Concerto, Op. 33: I. (b) Allegro cavalleresco— Carl Nielsen
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Violin Concerto, Op. 33: II. (a) Poco adagio— Carl Nielsen
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Violin Concerto, Op. 33: II. (b) Rondo. Allegretto scherzando— Carl Nielsen
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato— Jean Sibelius
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto— Jean Sibelius
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Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: III. Allegro ma non tanto— Jean Sibelius
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: I. Andantino— Sergei Prokofiev
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: II. Scherzo. Vivacissimo— Sergei Prokofiev
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: III. Moderato— Sergei Prokofiev
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2 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 87: No. 1 in D Minor— Jean Sibelius
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2 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 87: No. 2 in D Major— Jean Sibelius
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4 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89: No. 3 in E-Flat Major— Jean Sibelius
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Capriccio on “Nel cor più non mi sento” in G Major, Op. 38— Niccolò Paganini
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Fantasie in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934: I. Andante molto— Franz Schubert
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Fantasie in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934: II. Allegretto— Franz Schubert
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Fantasie in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934: III. Andantino— Franz Schubert
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Fantasie in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934: IV. Allegro vivace – Allegretto – Presto— Franz Schubert
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I palpiti, Op. 13— Niccolò Paganini
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Soirées de Vienne, S. 427: No. 6, Allegro con strepito (After Schubert’s Valses, D. 969 & 779)…— Franz Liszt
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Rondo brillant in B Minor, Op. 70, D. 895: I. Andante— Franz Schubert
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Rondo brillant in B Minor, Op. 70, D. 895: II. Allegro— Franz Schubert
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Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17— Niccolò Paganini
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Grand Caprice, Op. 26 (After Schubert’s “Der Erlkönig”, D. 328)— Franz Schubert
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Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 36: I. Andante sostenuto— Béla Bartók
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Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 36: II. Allegro giocoso— Béla Bartók
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Octet in C Major, Op. 7: I. Très modéré— George Enescu
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Octet in C Major, Op. 7: II. Très fougueux— George Enescu
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Octet in C Major, Op. 7: III. Lentement— George Enescu
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Octet in C Major, Op. 7: IV. Mouvement de valse bien rythmée— George Enescu
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