THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2010

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Vibrations - Moving, breathing and awareness

09.00 - 09.45h

Start the day with some gentle exercises and get ready for the exciting activities and events ahead. We welcome competitors, jury members, students and others to come along and join in. 

Free entrance

Venue: Norwegian Academy of Music
Bevegelsesrommet

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Menuhin Competition - Senior Section - Semi-final

11.00 - 18.15h

  

Join the all star jury in their search for the very best violin virtuosos. Be live in the concert hall and witness some stunning performances. Enjoy the incredibly varied and exciting repertoire designed to test the skills of each player and be the first to know the winners.

10 Senior competitors will play to jury and audiences for their place in the Senior Finals. Each competitor performs a 40 minute programme with their choice of the following works:

First Movement of one of the following quartet works (candidate to play the first violin part):
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.1 in F major
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.2 in G major
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.3 in D major
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.4 in C minor
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.5 in A major
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.6 in B flat major

A new work commissioned for the competition. The work will be given to competitors shortly before their performance. Competitors have 30 minutes to prepare the work on their own.

NORDHEIM - Partita

A virtuoso work of candidate's choice with or without piano (maximum length 12 mins)

Candidates will be accompanied in the quartet by:

Berit Cardas, violin
Henninge Landaas, viola
Bjørg Værnes Lewis, cello

Venue:
Lindemansalen, Norwegian Academy of Music

Tickets: NOK 250 Buy Now!
Seniors: NOK 120
Students/teachers: NOK 100

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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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Creative Learning Conference

9.30 -17.00h

A conference about creative communication and arts education for cultural workers, music teachers, music students, politicians and organisations. The conference includes panel discussions, debates, presentations and inspiring artistic features.
The seminar will be held in Norwegian

Venue:
Scene 2 - Opera House

Register your participation here

Collaboration Partners:
Music in School (Musikk i Skolen) 
Norwegian Musicians’ Union (Musikernes Fellesorganisasjon - Mfo)
National Centre for Arts and Culture Education (Nasjonalt senteret for kunst og kultur i opplæringen)

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Lunchtime Series "Music Connects" - Dialogue & Soup

12.30 – 13.30h - Music in a cultural and humanitarian perspective

How can music contribute to building bridges between different cultures? This dialogue will focus on cultural and humanitarian aid in the Middle East and Africa.

Music related dialogue combined with an opportunity to enjoy our soup of the day! Open for music lovers, musicians, music students and music teachers.

The dialogue will be held in Norwegian.

Venue:
Chateau Neuf

Free entry

Collaboration Partners:
Norwegian Academy of Music
Barratt Due Music Institute
Supported by: The Freedom of Expression Foundation (Fritt Ord)

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Menuhin Outdoors!

13.00h

An outdoor stage where performers from the Competition’s collaborating partners present a variety of musical experiences. Presented by the Norwegian Council for School of Music and Performing Art.

Venue: Youngstorget (see map)

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OsloFolk

Doors open from 18.00h

Meet traditional fiddle players (and others), learn some new tunes, dance and have fun at our brand-new-not-yet-opened House for Traditional Music and Dance. Informal, open stage, dance floor and bar.

Bring your instrument. Session and jam starts – any time …

Venue: Riksscenen

Tickets: Free entry

Collaborating Partner:
The Norwegian Hub for Traditional Music and Dance

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Vengerov & Capuçon play Beethoven and Mendelssohn

19.30h

Vengerov - foremost known as an outstanding violinist - has lately taken to the baton, conducting leading orchestras around the world. In his first appearance with the Oslo Philharmonic he is conducting fellow jury member and outstanding French violinist Renaud Capuçon in this concert of symphonic classics by Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Renaud Capucon was nominated “Rising Star” and “New talent of the Year”in 2000,  in 2005 “Soliste instrumental de l’année” and in 2006 he received the “Prix Georges Enesco”.

Orchestra: Oslo-Philharmonic
Conductor: Maxim Vengerov
Soloist: Renaud Capuçon

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Leonore overture No. 3
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Venue:
Oslo Concert Hall (Oslo konserthus)

Tickets: NOK 100-380 SOLD OUT

The concert will be live broadcast on NRK P2 – radio

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Marc Ribot Trio (US) featuring Henry Grimes & Chad Taylor

20:00h

Guitarist Marc Ribot is well-known for his broad rage of musical expressions, from being Tom Waits guitarist, via avant-garde jazz fusion with John Zorn, to free improvisation with japanese-american Ikue Mori. He is one of the foremost guitarists of the experimental field, and is known for his personal touch and unique improvisations. His trio interprets the music the free jazz legend Albert Ayler among other jazz standards and originals.

Venue: Nasjonal Jazzscene - Victoria

Tickets: Buy Now!

Collaboration Partner:
Nasjonal Jazzscene

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Competition & Festival Club @ Nasjonal Jazzscene - Victoria

from 22.00h

When Menuhin daytime activities are history, you are welcome to visit our festival Club “Victoria”, in the middle of Karl Johan. Here you’ll find a meeting point and a watering hole. Take the opportunity to socialize or jam with musicians from different genres, competitors and jury members. At Victoria you can relax, chat in the bar and meet people from many countries visiting Menuhin Competition 2010.

MUSIC CONNECTS!

Venue:
Nasjonal Jazzscene - Victoria

Tickets: On the door

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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