ODA VOLTERSVIK piano
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Thursday 16 March 2023Doors: 7.00pm
Concert: 7.30pm Duration: 80 min, with interval Tickets: £15 adult, concert only £10 early bird (if booked by 12 Mar) £10 concessions Special offers: £25 adult with free copy of CD 'Firebird' or 'Neo' £20 adult with complimentary drink |
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The Norwegian pianist presents her latest programme, Nordic Unrest. The programme focuses on piano works by Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius and Atli Heimir Sveinsson. In these pieces the composers aimed to capture either elements within the dramatic Nordic nature or reflect tales or creatures originating from mythology and folklore.
Oda Voltersvik “… an extraordinary Scandinavian artist!” (Per Brevig, Musicians Club New York) - has performed at international venues such as Carnegie Weill Recital Hall and the Norwegian Opera House. Oda received the Norwegian Arts Council's honourable work grant for 2021 and 2022. She holds a Master in Performance from Royal College of Music and Artist Diploma from Trinity Laban Conservatoire (London). “... 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!” |
ProgrammeDomenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in B minor, K.27 Sonata in E major, K.206 Sonata in A major, K.212 Edvard Grieg (1843-1905) EG 106: Agitato The woman from Setesdal (from Nordic Folk Tunes & Dances Op.17, No.21) EG.110: Tempest Clouds Lyric pieces Op.68: IV. Evening in the mountains Lyric pieces Op.54: III. March of the trolls Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938-2019) Selection from “The song of the stone”(1983): Amoroso E Cantabile, Flebile, Appasionato, Quieto, Exessive Rubato, Agitato - Interval - Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Kylikki, Op.41 i. Largamente - Allegro ii. Andantino iii. Commodo Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) 6 Moment Musicaux, Op.16 No.3 in B minor No.4 in E minor |
“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
Oda Voltersvik
“… 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 the Prokofiev's spiky music (...) Holly Harris, the Winnipeg Free Press, review of NEO |
Oda Voltersvik - “an extraordinary Scandinavian artist!” (Per Brevig, Musicians Club New York) - has performed at numerous important venues internationally including Carnegie Hall and Scandinavia House (NYC), Wigmore Hall and 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 important concert societies and in major 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. Both 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. Her CD releases NEO, Firebird and her piano duo recording Khoreia have received great reviews internationally. Oda is also member of an active piano duo, Volt&Potenza duo, and the leader of the Volt Ensemble - who performed at 1901 Arts Club in 2017. For autumn 2021, she started her own concert series “Volt Classics” in her home city Bergen, Norway. Oda holds a Master in Performance from the Royal College of Music London and an Artist Diploma from Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Important events in 2023 include a third solo tour in the US and performances at the “Duettissimo” International Duo Festival in Krakow (Volt&Potenza duo) and Paul Constantinescu Festival (Contantinescu triple concerto and a duo recital). More information and recordings at: www.odavoltersvik.com |
“Hats off to Oda Voltersvik for such a 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”
credit: John Reshaur Enevoldsen