Aftertalk with V. Frang
An informal meeting after the concert, moderated by Jiří Vejvoda, offers a glimpse behind the scenes and into the artists' personalities – their experience, humor, and humility toward music.
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In 2012, Vilde Frang was unanimously awarded the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, which led to her debut with the Wiener Philharmoniker under Bernard Haitink at the Lucerne Festival.
Her profound musicianship and exceptional lyricism have elevated her to one of the foremost violinists of her generation. She continues to appear regularly with the world’s leading orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and Cleveland Orchestra. She has enjoyed collaborations with conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Herbert Blomstedt, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mariss Jansons, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Iván Fischer, Maxim Emelyanychev, Jakub Hrůša, Vladimir Jurowski, Manfred Honeck, Teodor Currentzis, Daniel Harding, Antonio Pappano, Lahav Shani, Paavo Järvi, and Yuri Temirkanov.
Highlights of the current season include her return to the Berliner Philharmoniker with Kirill Petrenko, as well as her much-anticipated debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Vilde is also embarking on international tours with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with Klaus Mäkelä, London Symphony Orchestra with Antonio Pappano, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin with Robin Ticciati, Münchner Philharmoniker with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski. She is also embarking on a Bach cycle with the Kammerorchester Basel.
A keen and prominent chamber musician, Vilde regularly appears at the Lucerne Festival, BBC Proms, Verbier Festival, Lockenhaus Festival, George Enescu Festival, Salzburg Festival, and the Prague Spring International Music Festival. She also frequently performs in recitals at Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Vienna Musikverein, Philharmonie Berlin, Tonhalle Zurich, and BOZAR Brussels, as well as in North America as part of the Vancouver Recital Series, Boston Celebrity Series, and San Francisco Performances. Vilde returns to the Wigmore Hall as artist-in-residence, where she will join forces with the early music ensemble Arcangelo. Later in the season, she will take part in chamber music performances with her close collaborators Lawrence Power, Valeriy Sokolov, Denis Kozhukhin, and Maximilian Hornung.
Vilde Frang is an exclusive Warner Classics artist, and her recordings have received numerous awards, including the Edison Klassiek Award, Diapason d’Or (Diapason Magazine), Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, Grand Prix du Disque, and two Gramophone Awards.
Born in Norway, Vilde was engaged by Mariss Jansons at the age of twelve to debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. She studied at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, with Kolja Blacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Ana Chumachenco at the Kronberg Academy.
Vilde performs on a 1734 Guarneri del Gesù, generously loaned to her by a European benefactor.
source: Askonas Holt
About the programme
The concert is over, the encores have faded, and the ovations have died down—but no one wants the night to end. Aftertalks offer a way to keep the experience alive. The music may stop, but the artists remain—now relaxed, with a coffee, mineral water, or even a beer in hand—ready to chat with Jiří Vejvoda, both as moderator and quick-witted interpreter.
For those not ready to head home, this is a rare chance to peek behind the scenes and get to know musicians beyond their almost otherworldly performances. A warm, sociable atmosphere makes Aftertalks the perfect encore to an unforgettable evening.
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