Guro Kleven Hagen Explained

Guro Kleven Hagen (born 11 May 1994) is a Norwegian violinist raised in Fagernes. She is the first concertmaster at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet orchestra as of January 2018.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

In 2012 Kleven Hagen attended studies with Professor Antje Weithaas at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin^[3] following many years of studies at Barratt Due Institute of Music.

In 2010 Kleven Hagen won the title Virtuoso performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, and was the winner of "Den norske solistpris" and became the Norwegian participant in Eurovision Young Musicians 2010 where she came second. That same year she became the first Norwegian finalist in the Menuhin Competition where she was awarded the EMCY prize.^[4] In 2011 she debuted with Oslo Philharmonic, and has been a soloist in Germany, Russia, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Israel, and Norway.

Kleven Hagen performs on a violin made by C. Bergonzi (Cremona, Italy) made about 1735–40, also known as Kreisler-Bergonzi^[5] on loan from Dextra Musica.

Honors

• 2010: Winner of Virtuoso^[6]
• 2010: Awarded Den norske solistpris
• 2010: No 2 in Eurovision Young Musicians^[7]
• 2010: Finalist in the Menuhin competition, as well as winner off the EMCY prize^[8]
• 2011: Awarded Karoline Prize^[9]
• 2013: Awarded Statoil's talent scholarship in classical music^[10]
• 2014: Awarded Arve Tellefsen's Musician Prize^[11]
• 2017: Nominated for the 2017 Spellemannprisen in the category classical music for Fait pleurer les songes together with Marianna Shirinyan

External links

• • Nordic Artists Management
• NRK: Guro til finalen i Wien (Guro to the final in Vienna)
• NRK: Nå gjelder det for Guro (This is the moment for Guro)

Notes and References

1. News: Guro Kleven Hagen er Norges yngste konsertmester . no . Musikkultur. January 8, 2018 . February 27, 2018.
2. News: Guro Kleven Hagen blir Norges yngste konsertmester . no . Hilde . Bjørhovde . . January 9, 2018 . February 27, 2018.
3. Web site: Nordic Artists Management artistbiografi. 2018-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20110815200411/http://www.nordicartistsmanagement.com/artists/biography?a_id=wBZPsPwvKr8bR7YSwws8. 2011-08-15. dead.
4. Web site: EMCY-prisvinnere. 22 July 2010. no.
5. Web site: Dextra Musicas instrumentoversikt. no. 2018-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20131208085654/http://sparebankstiftelsen.no/Dextra-Musica/Instrumentene/Bergonzi-Carlo-Violin. 2013-12-08. dead.
6. Web site: Guro årets virtuos. 27 March 2010 . 2 June 2014. no.
7. Web site: Eurovision Young Musicians 2010 Final. 2018-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20140916225305/http://www.youngmusicians.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1633. 2014-09-16. dead.
8. News: Prize Winners of the Menuhin Competition Oslo 2010 . June 2, 2014.
9. Web site: Lunde Pedersen fikk pris. 23 January 2011 . 2 June 2014. no.
10. Web site: Klassisk musikkstipend-vinner 2013. 2 June 2014. no. 25 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140625162200/http://www.morgendagenshelter.no/no/Pages/default.aspx?Filter=Culture. dead.
11. Web site: Fikk Tellefsens musikerpris. 2 June 2014 . 2 June 2014. no.