HENNING KRAGGERUD

Born in Oslo in 1973, the Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud studied, with Camilla Wicks and Emanuel Hurwitz, among others, and is a recipient of Norway’s prestigious Grieg Prize, the Ole Bull Prize and the Sibelius Prize. He regularly appears as a soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, collaborating with many distinguished conductors. A committed chamber musician, he also performs both on violin and on viola at major international festivals, appearing with musicians such as Stephen Kovacevich, Kathryn Stott, Leif Ove Andsnes, Jeffrey Kahane, Truls Mørk and Martha Argerich. From 2011 he replaces Leif Ove Andsnes as Artistic Director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music in Norway.

His recordings include an acclaimed release of the complete Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas of Ysaÿe for Simax, which brought him the Spellemann CD Award. His recordings for Naxos include Grieg’s Violin Sonatas, Norwegian Favourites for violin and orchestra, Spohr’s Concertos for Two Violins, Mozart’s Divertimento K.563, works by Sinding for violin and piano and the violin concertos of Sinding and of Sibelius (8.557266).

He is also a professor at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo. Henning Kraggerud plays a 1744 Guarneri del Gesù instrument, provided by Dextra Musica AS, a company founded by Sparebankstiftelsen DnB NOR.

Mining the Essence – Henning Kraggerud Interviewed by Jeremy Siepmann

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