Konsert med Oda Voltersvik

Programmet “Nordic Unrest” inkluderer pianostykker av Edvard Grieg, Geir Tveitt og Atli Heimir Sveinsson.

I den utvalgte musikken hadde komponistene en intensjon om å beskrive elementer i den nordiske naturen eller å gjenspeile fortellinger eller karakterer hentet fra mytologi og folklore. Programmet inneholder også musikk som reflekterer en indre uro hos karaktene beskrevet eller hos komponistene selv.

Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1939- 2019) var den første islandske komponisten som vant Nordisk Kulturråds musikkpris og en svært viktig figur for utviklingen av komponistmiljøet på Island i nyere tid. Sveinsson forklarte i et intervju til “Iceland Music Export”: “(...) I wanted to emphasize the spirit of Iceland”. Oda fremfører utdrag fra verket “Song of the Stone” som er inspirert av dikteposet med samme navn av “Kristján frá Djúpalæk” fra 1977.

Biografi:
Oda Voltersvik - “(...) an extraordinary Scandinavian artist!” (Per Brevig, Musicians Club New York) - har konsertert på flere viktige internasjonale arenaer, inkludert Carnegie Hall & Scandinavia House (NYC), Wigmore Hall & St Martin in the Fields (London), “Palermo Classica” Festival, Den norske Opera og Ballett og siden 2014; konserter og oppdrag som ukespianist på Troldhaugen i Bergen. Som solist og kammermusiker har hun holdt konserter for anerkjente musikkforeninger og konsertsaler i Norge, Storbritannia og USA. Voltersvik ble tildelt Statens kunstnerstipend for 2021- 2022. Hennes CD utgivelser “Firebird”, “Neo” og “Khoreia” har blitt meget godt mottatt internasjonalt. Hun er også vinner av Bradshaw £ Buono International Piano Competition (2017) og var finalist i the Jaques Samuels Intercollegiate competition i London (2016). Etter utdannelsen fra London med “Master in Performance” fra Royal College og “Artist Diploma” fra Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, har Oda i tillegg til solokonserter vært prosjektleder for Volt Ensemble, aktiv medlem av Volt&Potenza duo og nystartet konsertserien Volt Classics i Bergen. Året 2023 inkluderer turnéer i USA, solistoppdrag og festivalengasjement.

The Norwegian pianist presents a programme “Nordic Unrest” with piano pieces by Edvard Grieg, Geir Tveitt and Atli Heimir Sveinsson. In these pieces the composers aimed to capture elements within the dramatic Nordic nature or reflect tales or characters originating from mythology and folklore. In addition, the programme include pieces reflecting an inner unrest from the characters described or the composers themselves.

Program:
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Selection of pieces
Ballade in G minor, Op.24

Geir Tveitt (1908 - 1981)
Selection from 50 folk tunes from Hardanger, Op.150

Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938 - 2019)
Selection from “Óður steinsins” / “The song of the stone” (1983)

Oda Voltersvik - “(...) an extraordinary Scandinavian artist!” (Per Brevig, Musicians Club New York) - has performed at important venues internationally including Carnegie Hall & Scandinavia House (NYC), Wigmore Hall & St Martin in the Fields (London), “Palermo Classica” International Festival, the Norwegian Opera House and every summer since 2014; artist in residence for a week at the Edvard Grieg museum in Bergen. As a solo and chamber musician she has held recitals for numerous important concert societies and in important concert halls in Norway, UK and the US.

For the years 2021 and 2022, she received the honourable Norwegian Arts Council` s work grant for younger and newly established artists. Oda is a 1st prize winner of the Bradshaw£Buono International competition (2017) and finalist in the Jaques Samuels competition (2016). For solo and chamber music projects, she has been awarded grants from the Arts Council Norway, Fund for Performing Artists, Music Norway, Bergen Municipality and Fegerstens foundation among others.

Oda is also member of an active piano duo; Volt&Potenza duo. For autumn 2021, she started her own concert series “Volt Classics” in Bergen. Her CD releases “NEO”, “Firebird” and her piano duo recording “Khoreia” has received great reviews internationally.

Oda holds a Master in Performance from the Royal College of Music London and an Artist Diploma from Trinity Laban Conservatoire (with distinction from the Intercollegiate Jury).

Other engagements in 2023 include festivals and concerto performances.

“Pianist with great sensitivity and lovely tone (... ) She has the touch to render the orchestral textures vividly and the technique to tackle the ferociously difficult piano writing with ease” Marios Papadopoulos, director of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

“(...) immediately displays her sensitive artistry in Scriabin’s Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28, with expansive sweeps across her keyboard... Voltersvik shows a natural affinity for Prokofiev`s spiky music (...)” Holly Harris, Winnipegfreepress newsletter, May 2022 on CD “Neo”

“Hats off to Oda Voltersvik for such well-considered programme for her debut recording as a solo pianist (...) a most auspicious start to a recording career“ Martin Anderson, klassiskmusikk.com review on CD “Firebird”

“(..) the audience was awestruck. I felt I could visualize Norway in her interpretation of the concerto. With each note, it was all there for me: waterfalls rushing down the mountains, peaceful green meadows and the running of trolls and supernatural forces. It was the pianist’s technical command and unique artistic gift that could bring all of this to life!” Lori Ann Reinhall, the Norwegian American «Oda Voltersvik performs Grieg with Panache», May 2022

“(...) immediately displays her sensitive artistry” - Holly Harris on CD “Neo”, Winnipegfreepress, May 2022

“With each note, it was all there for me: waterfalls rushing down the mountains, peaceful green meadows and the running of trolls and supernatural forces. It was the pianist’s technical command and unique artistic gift that could bring all of this to life!” - Lori Ann Reinhall, the Norwegian American «Oda Voltersvik performs Grieg concerto with Panache», May 2022

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