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Highlights
of the last few seasons have included two
visits to the Komische Oper Orchestra in Berlin
performing Tchaikovsky under Kreizberg and
Mendelssohn under Petrenko, performances of
the Sibelius concerto with the Bergen Philharmonic
to open their season, his highly successful
debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw performing
Mendelssohn with the Netherlands Philharmonic
Orchestra and in spring 2004 he was Artist
in Residence at the 2004 Bergen International
Music Festival, where he performed recitals,
chamber music and concertos throughout the
Festival.
Kraggerud
enjoys a fine reputation as leader/soloist
of chamber orchestras and sinfoniettas. He
is an innovative improviser and composer,
and is also an outstanding viola player.
He
has recorded three critically acclaimed CDs
for Naxos Grieg Violin Sonatas (with
Helge Kjekshus), a set of Norwegian Pieces
for violin and orchestra and most recently,
the Sibelius and Sinding Violin Concerti with
the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, which
was released in autumn 2004.
Henning
Kraggerud performs on the famous Guarneri
del Gesu 1744 violin "Ole Bull",
once owned by the famous Norwegian violinist
of the same name, which has been generously
loaned to him by, Mr.Wen-Long Shi, owner of
the Chi Mei Cultural Foundation, Tainan, Taiwan.
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