Gro Sandvik, Professor of Flute at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, studied with a number of eminent artists including Marcel Moyse and Bud Beyer. Between 1967 and 2005 she was principal flute in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra having previously held the same post in the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. Gro Sandvik is a member of Bergen Woodwind Quintet, one of Scandinavia's leading chamber music groups, performing to great acclaim the world over. She enjoys an extremely active career as soloist…
Gro Sandvik, Professor of Flute at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, studied with a number of eminent artists including Marcel Moyse and Bud Beyer. Between 1967 and 2005 she was principal flute in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra having previously held the same post in the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. Gro Sandvik is a member of Bergen Woodwind Quintet, one of Scandinavia’s leading chamber music groups, performing to great acclaim the world over. She enjoys an extremely active career as soloist and chamber music performer, which frequently includes premier performances of numerous works written especially for her, and is much in demand as guest lecturer and flute educator. Gro Sandvik has given masterclasses and concerts throughout the USA, as well as in Belgium, Poland, Britain, Costa Rica, and made a wide range of recordings of contemporary music with the Bergen Woodwind quintet, the guitarist Stein-Erik Olsen, and the pianist Einar Røttingen. Feb 2010