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Terje Tønnesen
12+ albums
NorwayClassicalnorwegianviolin
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Terje Tønnesen (born February 27, 1955 in Oslo) is an award-winning Norwegian classical violinist who has made several recordings. After his debut in Oslo (1972), despite failing to graduate from school, he studied for a year at the Music Conservatory in Oslodespite and for five years at the Max Rostal in Switzerland. He was then concertmaster of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (1977) where he still works and has conducted several recordings. He took a one-year break in 1979 during which Iona Brown substituted. He is first concertmaster of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (1983) and is also honorary master of the Swedish Camerata Roman, and Camerata Nordica (1997-) for whom Hani Today is art director. Internationally, he has worked with the likes of Mstislav Rostropovich (eg. in France 1983), Maurice André and James Galway. He has played in other genres including soloist at the Jubilee Kongsberg Jazz Festival (1994), as well as contributing to releases by jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal. As a composer he has contributed to productions by the Norwegian Theatre. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Battalia "Sonata di marche" (Arr. T. Tønnesen): I. Sonata. Allegro
212Ouverture-suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte" (Arr. T. Tønnesen): I. Ouverture
113Sonata Jucunda (arr. T. Tønnesen for ensemble) - Sonata Jucunda
94Battalia "Sonata di marche" (Arr. T. Tønnesen): VIII. Lamento der Verwundten Musquetirer
85Battalia "Sonata di marche" (Arr. T. Tønnesen): IV. Der Mars
86Battalia "Sonata di marche" (Arr. T. Tønnesen): V. Presto
87Battalia "Sonata di marche" (Arr. T. Tønnesen): VI. Aria. Andante
88Battalia "Sonata di marche" (Arr. T. Tønnesen): VII. Die Schlacht
79Concerto No.2 In G Minor: Summer - Iii Presto
610Ouverture-suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte" (Arr. T. Tønnesen): V. Sanche Panse berné
6albums
Tales of Sound and Fury
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Benjamin Britten : Frank Bridge Variations - Lachrymae - Elegy for Strings - Simple Symphony - Two Portraits
Attack!
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Beethoven: The Late String Quartets (Arr. T. Tønnesen for String Orchestra)
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GRIEG: Complete Music for String Orchestra (The)
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Terje Tønnesen
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Antonio Vivaldi : The Four Seasons
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Grieg: The Complete Music for String Orchestra
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Grieg • Brustad • Halvorsen
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Vivaldi 4 Seasons
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Grieg: Complete Violin Sonatas
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Vivaldi : 4 Seasons