Sigstein Folgerø has been a student of Jørgen Larsen at the University of Trondheim and Jiri Hlinka at Barratt Due Institute of Music. He has performed with orchestras in Germany and Norway and won the Steiway prize and the Kjell Bækkelund prize. His dedication to chamber music has led to performances at Gewandhaus in Leipzig and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. 2008 he graduated from the Music Academy of Hamburg as a student of Prof. Volker Banfield, and has since then enjoyed…
Sigstein Folgerø has been a student of Jørgen Larsen at the University of Trondheim and Jiri Hlinka at Barratt Due Institute of Music. He has performed with orchestras in Germany and Norway and won the Steiway prize and the Kjell Bækkelund prize. His dedication to chamber music has led to performances at Gewandhaus in Leipzig and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. 2008 he graduated from the Music Academy of Hamburg as a student of Prof. Volker Banfield, and has since then enjoyed a variety of musical challenges as one of Oslo’s classical freelance pianists. Sigstein Folgerø teaches at the Norwegian Academy of Music. His work schedule also entails a lot of orchestral and ensemble music. As a soloist he enjoys looking for some of the hidden gems in the piano literature, with a particular emphasis on transcriptions. If there is time to spare for other activities, he is most likely to be found juggling or sailing or pondering over a mathematical problem. Jan 2015