— Star trio unites on Ramme .
They perform regularly on some of Europe's most important concert stages, and this Sunday they will conclude the summer's Havlystpark Concerts. Join some of Norway's stellar chamber musicians — in a richly composed and rarely varied program.
Throughout the programme, we will get to know all three well; violinist Miriam Helms Ålien , cellist Sandra Lied Haga and pianist Ole Christian Haagenrud will excel both in the trio format and alone — where we will be served everything from Norwegian Edvard Fliflet Bræin and Bergen's Borghild Holmsen, to one of chamber music's absolute audience favorites: Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor. Welcome to the summer finale in Havlystparken!
Miriam Helms Ålien violin
Sandra Lied Haga cello
Ole Christian Haagenrud piano
Duration approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes including break.
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Borghild Holmsen (1865—1938)
Fjord Landscape, Op. 16 No. 2Maurice Ravel (1875—1937)
Gypsy (1924)Edvard Fliflet Bræin (1924—1976)
Bånsull and Scherzo, op. 7Jérôme Ducros (b. 1974)
Encore (2000)Dmitri Shostakovich (1906—1975)
Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809—1847)
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor -
Ole Christian Haagenrud is considered one of the most sought-after young pianists in Norway. He holds an Artist Diploma from the Norwegian Academy of Music and was one of the first participants in Talent Norway's prestigious initiative ArtEx . In 2014 he made his debut in University Aula in Oslo, and in the same year he was awarded the renowned Robert Levin Festival Prize.
Haagenrud has been a soloist with symphony orchestras such as the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and the Belarus Chamber Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors such as Georg Mark and Lawrence Foster and performed on internationally renowned stages such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Brahms Saal in the Musikverein in Vienna, the Shanghai Concert Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the Casa da Música in Porto. He is also a highly sought-after chamber musician and accompanist and regularly plays at festivals in Norway and internationally. Together with his international piano trio, the Vilos Trio, he participated for several years in the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) program in Vienna.
Praised for her "extraordinary musicality" and "maturity far beyond her years", Miriam Helms Ålien is one of the most exciting violinists from Norway in recent years. She was born in Alta in Northern Norway and, since her solo debut at the age of 8, has been a soloist with many of the Norwegian orchestras as well as orchestras in Germany, Israel, Denmark, Italy, the Czech Republic and Russia.
Recent and upcoming highlights include performances with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and the Schweizer Camerata in Lucerne, as well as chamber music performances at the Liszt Academy (Budapest), the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Bergen International Festival and FESTIVALTA — the world's northernmost chamber music festival of its kind, of which Miriam is artistic director.
With a brand new recording and several performances with violinist Maxim Vengerov from last year's season, cellist Sandra Lied Haga has already established herself as one of Norway's leading cellists. She has been a soloist with numerous orchestras in Europe and has collaborated closely with Leif Ove Andsnes, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Janine Jansen and Yo-Yo Ma, to name a few.
Haga began playing the cello at the age of three, and has had, among others, Truls Mørk, Frans Helmerson and Torleif Tedéen as teachers. She is particularly known for her passionate playing and has received several critical acclaim. In recent years, she has performed in concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Salzburger Festpsielhaus and the Verbier Festival, to name a few.
Welcome to a unique musical experience!
Photo: Øystein Ramstad (Ålien) / Nikolaj Lund (Lied Haga) / Lluis Calm Vidal (Haagenrud)