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Staying in Oslo during the competition?
Why not stay at one of four beautiful Rica Hotels?
Rica Hotels are the official hotel partner of the
Menuhin Competition Oslo 2010. Their hotels offer
exceptional quality and personal service at affordable prices. For
visitors of the competition four selected Rica hotels offer a
special discount.
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Choose the Grand Hotel, the Rica Oslo, the Rica Travel or Rica Victoria Hotel. All of them centrally located with easy access to the competition venues.
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For reservations mail: rica@rica.no or phone: +47 66 85 45 60, Booking code: Menuhin Visitor
SATURDAY 17 APRIL 2010
___________________________________________________Exhibition - Ole Bull Guarneri del Gesù Project
10.00 - 19.00h
Internationally
renowned violin maker, restorer and dealer Christophe Landon is organising this exciting
project around Ole Bull's famous Guarneri del Gesù violin.
Violinmakers from around the world are invited to make a
copy of the ‘Ole Bull’ 1744 Guarneri del Gesù violin. The copies may not only be
looked at - theye are there to be played by competitors, students
and visiting violinists.
The instruments can also be heard in concert.
Also on show will be a selection of Hardanger fiddles from the collection of Kjell Chr. Midtgaard, among them an instrument by Erik Johnsen Helland from 1862. One instrument will also be available for playing.
Venue: Norwegian Academy of Music
Free entry
Collaboration Partner:
Christophe Landon
Rare Violins
Kjell Chr Midtgaard
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Henning Kraggerud - Improvisation Workshop
Postponed - new time to be announced shortly
Improvisation workshop with Henning Kraggerud for Junior Competitors and all interested musicians and audience.
Venue: Levinsalen, Norwegian Academy of Music
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A day for the children at Barratt Due Music Institute
12.00-16.00h
Open day for children aged 3 – 13. If you play an instrument or sing, wonder if you should start playing, or just like to listen to others, then this is your chance. You can try what it feels like to be in a toddler’s music preschool, find out how to play different instruments, learn to improvise with others, sing in a choir, listen to the Barratt Due Children’s Orchestra or maybe make your own CD. Bring your own instrument if you have one.
Venue: Barratt Due Music Institute
Free entry
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Fiddle Jazz - Ola Kvernberg Trio
21.00h (20.00h)
Ola Kvernberg Trio play a mixture of bebop, folk music, blue grass and modal jazz. The result is quite unique: Everything from the outrageous energy explosion to the extremely fragile and melancholic. On his latest album Folk (2009) he challenge genre boundaries and gives his music a more personal direction.
Ola Kvernberg (violin), Steinar Raknes (bass), Erik Nylander (drums)
Venue:
Nasjonal Jazzscene - Victoria
Tickets 160 NOK (110 NOK Students) Buy Now!
Collaboration Partner:
Nasjonal
Jazzscene
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Please also see the exciting range of free education events
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To the best of our knowledge, information on this page was correct at time of publication. We reserve the right to change information and programmes without prior notice if necessary.
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