ODA VOLTERSVIK piano
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Thursday 16 March 2023Doors: 7.00pm
Concert: 7.30pm Duration: 75 min, with short 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" with piano pieces by Edvard Grieg, Geir Tveitt 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. In addition, the programme includes pieces reflecting an inner unrest from the characters described or the composers themselves.
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 Masters in Performance from the Royal College of Music and an 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!” |
ProgrammeEdvard Grieg (1843-1905)
EG 106: Agitato Nordic Folk Tunes & Dances Op.17 No.12 Solfager and the Snake King No.21 The woman from Setesdal 10 Norwegian Folk Tunes Op.66 No.17 Lullaby No.5 It was my youth Lyric pieces Op.43 IV. Little Bird Lyric pieces Op.43 VI. To Spring Lyric pieces Op.68 IV. Evening in the mountains Lyric pieces Op.54 III. March of the trolls EG.110: Tempest Clouds Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938-2019) Selection from “The song of the stone” (1983): Amoroso E Cantabile, Flebile, Appasionato, Quieto, Exessive Rubato, Agitato - short interval - Edvard Grieg Ballade in G minor, Op.24 Geir Tveitt (1908-1981) from 50 folk tunes from Hardanger, Op.50 32. Winter stort in the mountains 43. The mountaineer's daughter 50. Home brew |
This recital is partly supported by the Fund for Performing Artists Norway (FFUK).
“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 (...)" |
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, the 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 a 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 of Bergen, Norway. Oda holds a Masters 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