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Scintillating debut.<\/p>\n
There is a unique power to the way Kristina V\u00e5rlid (24) is making music. On this album is an abundance of music for guitar from the past 100 years \u2013 leaving you wanting for more. Supported by outstanding technique and strong musical instincts, Kristina\u2019s debut recording is a treat. Really fascinated by the big variety of sound you can produce with the guitar, Kristina likes to explore and go beyond its limitations in dynamic, sustain and colours. As a musician she looks at music thinking everything is possible, discovering new ideas with a creative approach to her repertoire and make it her own. The album is recorded in the lovely acoustics of Utstein monastery, just outside Kristina\u2019s home town Stavanger. Kristina V\u00e5rlid (b. 1994) from Stavanger, Norway, is already an internationally acclaimed classical guitarist after winning several competitions and awards.<\/p>\n
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There is a unique power to the way Kristina V\u00e5rlid (24) is making music. On this album is an abundance of music for guitar from the past 100 years \u2013 leaving you wanting for more. Supported by outstanding technique and strong musical instincts, Kristina\u2019s debut recording is a treat.<\/p>\n
Agustin Barrios Mangor\u00e9 (1885-1944) from Paraguay had an adventurous life as a traveling guitar virtuoso. He wrote \u2019La Catedral\u2019 after a visit to the San Jos\u00e9 cathedral in Montevideo, and the parts of the piece were first performed in 1921. Antonio Jos\u00e9 (1902-1936) from Spain had a scintillating talent for composing \u2013 praised by Ravel at the time \u2013 but was executed during the Spanish Civil War. Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) wrote his Fantasy for the incomparable Julian Bream. The title piece for Kristina\u2019s debut is written by Leo Brouwer (1939), born in Cuba and with a career as composer, guitarist and conductor. The Russian composer Sergey Rudnev (1955) has written a large number of pieces which try to rescue his native country’s folk and popular song tradition in a classical guitar format. \u2018The Old Lime Tree\u2019 comes from an urban tradition of romance singing.<\/p>\n
This summer Kristina has a tight schedule of concerts, and among the highlights we find:
\n28 May: Festival Chitarristico "Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco", Treviso, Italia
\n7 June: Concert in Eelde, Netherland
\n8 June: Concert in Groningen, Netherland
\n11 June: Concert in Bergen, Norway
\n16 June: Enkhuizen Gitaarfestival, Netherland
\nLast part of June: Festival de guitarra Joaqu\u00edn Rodrigo Quartell, Valencia, Spania
\nBeginning of August: Grachtenfestival, Amsterdam, Nederland<\/p>\n
Kristina V\u00e5rlid (b. 1994) from Stavanger, Norway, is already an internationally acclaimed classical guitarist after winning several competitions and awards \u2013 among them 1st prize in Antwerpen International Guitar Competition 2017 and the Koblenz International Guitar Academy Award in 2018. Winning the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium concours in 2017, Kristina was also named best music student in The Netherlands that year, and became a part of the prestigious \u00abWalk of Fame\u00bb at the Hanze University in Groningen in 2018. Kristina is very passionate about performing and thrives being on stage where she feels a very strong connection with the audience. She has performed in several major halls including The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Kristina V\u00e5rlid has also performed as a soloist with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, as well as performances on national TV and radio in The Netherlands. In 2013 she started her bachelor at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland studying with professor Allan Neave, continuing in 2014 at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen with Sabrina Vlaskalic as her teacher, completing her bachelor degree in 2017 with the highest mark and cum laude. Kristina has continued her studies in Oslo with the artist diploma degree at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Professors Erik Stenstadvold and Otto Tolonen.<\/p>\n
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