Mari samuelsen violinist biography definition
Mari Samuelsen studied with Arve Tellefsen and later at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, followed by a nearly decade of studies with world-renowned professor Zakhar Bron at the University of the Arts in Zurich..
Born in in the town of Hamar, which lies south of the Olympic city of Lillehammer, on the shores of Norway's largest lake, Mari Samuelsen.
The highly acclaimed Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen started to play the violin at the tender age of three at the local music school, outside the city Hamar, Norway. The year after, she continued with legendary Norwegian violinist Arve Tellefsen in Oslo, with whom she played with for nearly ten years.
Later, she studied several years at the Barratt Due Institute of Music, with Stephan Barratt Due . For the last ten years , Mari has been a student of the world-renowned Russian professor Zakhar Bron, with whom she finished two Master's degrees at Zürich University of the Arts, Switzerland in 2012.
In addition to her steady tutoring, she has received masterclasses from Ana Chumachenco, Ivry Gitlis, Donald Weilerstein and Pamela Frank.
As a solo performer, Mari Samuelsen has given concerts at several of the most important venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Tonhalle in Zurich, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo, Wo