Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due (19 February 1919 – 18 November 1985) was a Norwegian violinist and

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and son of violinist

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(1891–1966) and

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(b. Barratt, 1888–1969). He married Else Barratt-Due (b. Holst, 1925–2006), and together they had five children, among them pianist Cecilie Barratt-Due (1950–) and violinist Stephan Barratt-Due Jr. (1956–), who is married to violinist Soon-Mi Chung.

Biography

Barrat-Due studied violin with his father from an early age, and debuted in 1940. He held numerous concerts in Scandinavia, the UK and USA, and was artistic director of the

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from 1970 to 1985.

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Hvem er hvem? / 1948
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