- Violin Concerto No. 2 and
- Violin Concerto No. 1
I am always excited to hear new young talent, especially musicians who play string instruments and pianists.
In this new debut recording we get to hear 19-year-old Guro Klaven Hagen perform the above selections, with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset conducting.
Guro made her debut concert performance with the Oslo Philharmonic when she was only 17, and on this CD that same orchestra is conducted by Bjarte Engeset.
On 31 March 2011, Guro Kleven Hagen made her highly successful debut playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. She was immediately re-engaged to go on tour with the orchestra the following season.
Ms. Kleven Hagen won several international competitions, including EMCY’s Prize for Music in the Menuhin Competition 2010, and the 2nd Prize in the Eurovision Young Musician Competition in Vienna 2010.
Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No 1 was completed in 1868 and remains to this day his most famous piece.
Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No 2 reflects his mature style and actually was the last big scale work he wrote before returning to USSR in 1934.
Here is Guro Kleven Hagen in a section of the first movement of the Violin Concerto Op 33 by Carl Nielsen:
This is certainly a very nice interpretation, with great tone and fine sensitivity.
And next, here is Guro Kleven Hagen playing «I ensomme stunde» and «Sæterjentens søndag» by Ole Bull:
Tags: Guro Kleven Hagen, Violinist, Prokofiev, Max Bruch