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1901 Arts Club
7 Exton Street
Waterloo
London
SE1 8UE
England

Thursday 19th May 2022
5:00 PM

Programme

Tord Kalvenes – Prolog for Piano
Edvard Grieg – 4 Piano Pieces, Op.1: I. Allegro con leggerezza
Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces, Op.65
Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces, Op.43
Dmitry Shostakovich – Piano Sonata no.2 in B minor, Op.61
~ Interval ~
Inger Bang Lund – 4 Lyrical Pieces, Op.6
Inger Bang Lund – 3 Piano Pieces, Op.11
George Frideric Handel – Suite in F major, HWV 427
Sofia Gubaidulina – Chaconne

Performers

Oda Voltersvik – piano

Programme Note

The recording “NEO” will be released by Rubicon Classics on 27 May including neo-classical works by Russian composers. This recital will be a celebration ahead of the release.

Oda Voltersvik - “an extraordinary Scandinavian artist!” (Per Brevig, Musicians Club New York) - has performed at numerous venues internationally such as Carnegie Hall and Scandinavia House (NYC), Wigmore Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields (London), “Palermo Classica” International Festival, the Norwegian Opera House and since 2014; the Edvard Grieg museum. 

She holds a Master in Performance from the Royal College of Music London and an Artist Diploma from Trinity Laban Conservatoire.  Her solo recording Firebird and piano duo recording Khoreia have received great reviews internationally and she is a 1st prize winner of the Bradshaw & Buono International competition.  For solo projects and as leader of the “Volt Ensemble” she has achieved funding from the Norwegian Arts Council, Fund for Performing Artists, Music Norway, Bergen Municipality and Fegerstens Foundation.  She is also member of an active piano duo; Volt&Potenza duo.

Oda is artistic director of “Volt Classics”, a concert series held in Bergen where she managed the first season for autumn 2021.  For 2021 and 2022, she has been awarded the Norwegian Arts Council's work grant for younger and newly established artists in Norway.  The year 2022 includes a performance with the Northport Symphony Orchestra (NY), a solo tour in the US and the CD release of “NEO” for Rubicon Classics.