Piano Masterclass with Oda Voltersvik
Schedule
Tue Oct 29 2024 at 12:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Beckwith Recital Hall | Fargo, ND
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The NDSU student pianists and faculty Dr. Tyler Wottrich and Dr. Robert Groves gather to perform for one another, discuss pianistic issues, and experience guest performances and masterclasses every Tuesday 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in Beckwith Recital Hall while classes are in session.Starting this 2024-2025 Academic Year, we are opening a number of these Studio Classes to the public, especially young musicians, teachers, and homeschool families in the form of our new “NDSU Piano Studio Public Events Series.”
Starting this 2024-2025 Academic Year, we are opening a number of these Studio Classes to the public, especially young musicians, teachers, and homeschool families in the form of our new “NDSU Piano Studio Public Events Series.” From 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, the series features a masterclass with concert pianist Oda Voltersvik.
She is also presenting a recital of piano works by lesser-known and underrepresented Nordic female composers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28 in Beckwith Recital Hall. Featured composers will include Elfrida Andrée, Laura Netzel, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Inger Bang Lund and Pauline Hall. More info about the programme here: www.odavoltersvik.com/nordicfemalecomposers
Both events are free and open to the public.
𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗗𝗔 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗞:
Oda Voltersvik – “(…) an extraordinary Scandinavian artist!” (Per Brevig, Musicians Club New York) – has performed at important venues internationally including Carnegie Hall & Scandinavia House (NYC), Wigmore Hall & St Martin in the Fields (London), the Norwegian Opera House and from 2014 – 2024; 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 taken part in festivals internationally, including several solo recital tours and concerto performances in the US. Her CD releases “NEO”, “Firebird” and her piano duo recording “Khoreia” have received great reviews. Oda received the honourable Norwegian Arts Council` s work grant for younger and newly established artists for 2021 & 2022. She is a 1st prize winner of the Bradshaw £ Buono International competition (2017) and finalist in the Jaques Samuels competition (2016). For her solo and chamber music projects, she has been awarded grants from the Arts Council Norway, Fund for Performing Artists, Music Norway, Bergen City and Fegerstens foundation among others. Oda is a member of an active piano duo; the Volt&Potenza duo and has been project leader of several successful concert series for her Volt Ensemble among others, including Volt Classics held in Bergen. Oda holds a Master in Performance from the Royal College of Music London and an Artist Diploma from Trinity Laban Conservatoire (with distinction from the Intercollegiate Jury).
Fee free to bring a lunch and connect with NDSU piano students, faculty, and other members of the Fargo-Moorhead musical community in the Challey School of Music Atrium adjacent to Beckwith Recital Hall.
𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗨 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦
All events take place in Beckwith Recital Hall. Due to construction of the Challey School of Music building addition, patrons will need to use the SOUTH entrances of Reineke Fine Arts Center.
Friday, Oct. 4 | 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
2nd annual Homeschool Piano Day
Tuesday, Nov. 19 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Dr. Tyler Wottrich performs Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2
Tuesday, Dec. 10 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
NDSU Piano Studio Recital
Questions? Contact Dr. Tyler Wottrich: [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
Beckwith Recital Hall, 1511 12th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58105, United States,Fargo, North DakotaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
