Guro Kleven Hagen (born 11 May 1994) is a Norwegian

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ist raised in

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. She is the first

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at the

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orchestra as of January 2018.

Biography

In 2012 Kleven Hagen attended studies with Professor

Antje Weithaas Antje Weithaas (born 1966) is a German classical violinist. Apart from solo recitals and chamber music performances, she has played with leading orchestras in Europe, Asia and the United States. Career Born in Guben, Weithaas studied at the ...

at the

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in Berlin following many years of studies at

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. In 2010 Kleven Hagen won the title Virtuoso performing Tchaikovsky's

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, and was the winner of "Den norske solistpris" and became the Norwegian participant in Eurovision Young Musicians 2010 where she came second. That same year she became the first Norwegian finalist in the Menuhin Competition where she was awarded the EMCY prize. In 2011 she debuted with

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, and has been a soloist in Germany, Russia, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Israel, and Norway. Kleven Hagen performs on a violin made by C. Bergonzi (Cremona, Italy) made about 1735–40, also known as Kreisler-Bergonzi on loan from Dextra Musica.

Honors

* 2010: Winner of Virtuoso * 2010: Awarded Den norske solistpris * 2010: No 2 in

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* 2010: Finalist in the Menuhin competition, as well as winner off the EMCY prize * 2011: Awarded Karoline Prize * 2013: Awarded Statoil's talent scholarship in classical music * 2014: Awarded Arve Tellefsen's Musician Prize * 2017: Nominated for the 2017 Spellemannprisen in the category classical music for ''Fait pleurer les songes'' together with Marianna Shirinyan

References

External links

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Nordic Artists Management

NRK: Guro til finalen i Wien (Guro to the final in Vienna)

NRK: Nå gjelder det for Guro (This is the moment for Guro)
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