Vilde Frang
The Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang was born in Oslo and began Suzuki violin lessons aged four before training at Oslo’s Barratt Due Institute of Music (where her teachers included Henning Kraggerud) and in Hamburg; she was mentored by Anne-Sophie Mutter from the age of twelve, and early successes included a Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellowship, followed by a Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, and the newcomer prize at both the Classic Brits and the Echo Klassik Awards in 2011 (she would go on to win prizes at the latter in 2013, 2015 and 2016 for her recordings of concertos by Nielsen & Tchaikovsky Concertos, Mozart, and Britten & Korngold - all on Warner Classics, with whom she signed in 2008). Other awards include a Diapason d’Or in 2018 for her recording of Bartók’s First Violin Concerto and the Enescu Octet, and a Gramophone Award for her Britten/Korngold Concertos in 2016.
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Royal Philharmonic Society Awards - The Shortlist for 2026
27th Jan 2026
The contenders for this year's Awards (announced yesterday) include conductors Ellie Slorach, Domingo Hindoyan and John Wilson, and composers Richard Causton, Bushra El-Turk and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
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Vilde Frang on Elgar
20th Oct 2025
In the wake of winning a Gramophone Award for her outstanding recording of the Violin Concerto with Robin Ticciati and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Norwegian violinist discusses how her relationship with Elgar's music has blossomed from a transformative encounter with the Serenade for Strings as a teenager.
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