Featuring:
Grainger
Scandinavian Suite for Viola and Piano (transcription of Hans Palmqvist and Ellen Nisbeth)
- 1. Swedish Folksong and Dance
- 2. Vermelandsvisa (Swedish Song)
- 4. Norwegian Folk Song and Finale
Katarina Leyman
Tales of Lost Times – Hungarian première
- 1. Dance of Memories
- 2. Far Away Now
- 3. Fen-fire
- 4. Song of Lost Times
Ellington
Anatomy of a Murder – Suite for Viola and Piano (transciption of Hans Palmqvist és Ellen Nisbeth)
- Low Key Lightly
- Flirtbird
J. S. Bach
Gigue in G minor (transcription by Ellen Nisbeth of the fourth movement from the Violin Partita in D minor, BWV 1004)
Grainger
Train Music – signal melody for solo viola
Grainger
To a Nordic Princess – for viola and piano (transcription of Hans Palmqvist és Ellen Nisbeth)
Grieg
Sonata in C minor for Violin and Piano, op. 45, No. 3 (transcription of Thomas Riebl)
“Playing her instrument with natural integrity and stage presence, she combined extraordinary musicality with a personal expressiveness that enchanted her audience. With a seemingly infinite variety of tones at her disposal, her performance revealed even the tiniest details to listeners.”
This is how the jury described Ellen Nisbeth's playing when they presented her with the Norwegian Soloist Prize in 2013. Born in the Swedish city of Uppsala in 1987, the violist pursued her education at the Norwegian Academy of Music, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and at London's Royal College of Music. In spite of her young age, she has won numerous music awards in recent years. Her concert performances thus far have primarily been with major Scandinavian orchestras, including the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Trondheim, Göteborg and Norrköping – partnering with such conductors as Neeme Järvi, Daniel Blendulf, Peter Gülke and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Her début programme is an extraordinarily colourful one, with much that is out of the ordinary in store. In fact, with the exceptions of the gigue from Bach's Partita in D minor transcribed – in G minor – for viola and Grieg's Sonata in C minor, nothing at all in it is routine: she'll be playing works by the Australian-born American composer Percy Grainger that are completely unknown in Hungary, as well as a new piece for solo viola written by Swedish composer Katarina Leyman and film music from that pivotal figure of swing, Duke Ellington. Come discover the world of the viola with Ellen Nisbeth!
Nominated for the Rising Stars program by: Stockholms Konserthus
In Festival Square after the concert, visitors will be able to participate in a meet and greet moderated by Endre Tóth, where they can chat with the artists appearing in the concert and the composer Katarina Leyman and request autographs from the artists.
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
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