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Artist
Lars Anders Tomter
12+ albums
violaClassicalNorwayromanticchamber music
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Lars Anders Tomter Viola Lars Anders Tomter is one of today's most outstanding violists. He is a Professor at the State Academy in Oslo, supervising a number of Norway's most talented string players. He plays a Gasparo da Salo viola dated from 1590. The Giant of the Nordic Viola (The Strad) was born at Hamar, Norway. He began to play the violin at the age of eight and also took up the viola. Both instruments he studied with Professor Leif Jørgensen at the Oslo Music Conservatory and the Norwegian State Academy. He then continued his studies with Professor Max Rostal and with Sándor Vegh. He was awarded a special prize for his interpretation of Bartók's Viola Concerto at the International Viola Competition in Budapest in 1984 and then went on to win the Maurice Vieux International Competition in Lille in 1986. Lars Anders Tomter's international solo career started in 1987/88 when he toured extensively in the United States and Germany with the prestigious Norwegian Chamber Orchestra under its director Iona Brown. Since then his appearances as a viola soloist has been greeted with the highest public and critical acclaim throughout Europe and the United States, from the Vienna Musikverein to major venues in Scandinavia, Madrid, Budapest, Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Paris, Prague, Rome, London, New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. Engagements during the past seasons have seen Lars Anders Tomter among others at festivals such as Schubertia
top songs
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Suite No. 1 in G major: Prélude
522Suite No. 1 in G major: Courante
433Suite No. 1 in G major: Allemande
404Suite No. 1 in G major: Sarabande
355Suite No. 1 in G major: Gigue
346Suite No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1007: Courante
337Suite No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1007: Allemande
338Suite No. 1 in G major: Menuet I-II
329Suite No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1007: Sarabande
3010Suite No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1007: Menuet I & II
29albums
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Brahms: Sonatas for Viola and Piano, Op. 120 - Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113
Maria's Song
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Bach & Telemann concertos for Viola & Bassoon
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W.A. Mozart: Viola Concerto and String Quintet
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Schubert: Die Forelle - Trout Variations
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John Woolrich: The Ghost in the Machine
Sanger Om Sårbarhet
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Chaconne
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Ysaye, E.: String Trio, "Le Chimay" / Sonata For 2 Violins / Cello Sonata
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Shostakovich: Violin Sonatas Op. 40 & 147, Etc.
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Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major
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Britten: Music For Strings