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Tuesday, November 20 • 12:40 - 13:30
Music from the Fjords

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Music from the Fjords - Norway & New Zealand

The Norwegian Viola 
Frida Oliver (viola), Caecilia Boschman (piano)
- Harald Sæverud: Sonatina for viola and piano
- Edvard Grieg: Violin sonata no.3 op.45, 2nd mvt. (arr.)

The Alternative viola 
Alexa Thomson (viola)
- Paul Groh: Jive Turkey
- Martin Lodge: Pacific Rock
- Jack Body : Aeolian Harp
- Michael Kimber: The Emerald Isle
- Scott Slapin: Prelude, duet with Gillian Ansell 

Program Notes:

This recital provides a taste of Norwegian viola music. A lot of music written for viola by Norwegian composers is extremely rarely played outside of Norway.
At the opposite side of the globe, contemporary composers in New Zealand have provided inspiration for Alexa Thomson's project "The Alternative Viola".
Artists
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Alexa Thomson

Rice University, Houston (USA)
Alexa Sangbin Thomson, (NZ/USA), is pursuing her Master of Music degree at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas. She completed her Bachelor of Music with first--‐class Honours at the New Zealand School of Music in 2014, and the following year completed a... Read More →
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Caecilia Boschman

IVC Pianist
Caecilia Boschman studied piano with Frans van Hoek at the Conservatory in Rotterdamwhere she graduated both as a teacher and as a soloist. After graduation she went on tostudy with Jan Wijn. Caecilia took masterclasses with Imogen Cooper, Horacio Gutierrez enOxana Yablonskaja.Caecilia... Read More →
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Frida Oliver

The Juilliard School (USA)
Frida Oliver, 19, began her music studies at the age of 5 on the violin, switching to viola at age 8. A native of Stavanger, Norway, Frida regularly works as a substitute in Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and the Oslo Philharmonic. She attended Pre-College at Barratt-Due Institute of... Read More →
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Gillian Ansell

Viola, New Zealand String Quartet
Gillian Ansell, born in Auckland, made her concerto debut as a violinist with the Auckland Philharmonia at the age of 16. At 19, an Associated Board Scholarship took her to the Royal College of Music in London for 3 years to study violin, viola and piano. She then won a German Academic... Read More →

Tuesday November 20, 2018 12:40 - 13:30 CET
Gereformeerde Kerk Vrijgemaakt (GKV) Simonstraat 8-10, 3032 AM Rotterdam, Netherlands
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