Curriculum Vitae Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde, Violin (b. 07.March. 1996) Music Education: 2014 Barratt Due Music Institute, Bachelor, prof. Stephan Barratt-Due 2006-2014 Barratt Due Music Institute, Young Talent devision, teatcher Alf Richard Kraggerud (2006-2010), Stephan Barratt-Due (2011- ) 2002-2006 Bergen Culture School, teacher: Britta Vindenes 2001-2002 Mankato Suzuki School of Music, teacher: Crista Bohlmann Masterclasses: Prof. Mauricio Fuks, at Ferme de Villefavard (2010, 2011 and 2013) and at Kronberg (2013) Prof. Dora Schwarzberg at Barratt Due Music Institute Prof. Latica Honda-Rosenberg at Branimir Slokar Academy( 2012, 2013) and International Music Academy in Liechtenstein (2013) Prof. Donald Weilerstein at Schleswig-Holstein Festival masterclass (2013) Vilde Frang at Barratt Due Music Institute (2014 and 2015) Prof. Ana Chumachenco at Accademia Perosi (2015) Competitions: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation s Competition Virtuos 1 st prize, 2014 EBU Young Musicians in Cologne, Norwegian Representative, May 2014 1st prizes at the Ungdomms musikkmesterskap, Norway (2006, 2008, 2012) 1st prize and honorary award at the Midgard Competition (2012)
Prizes at the International Kocian Violin Competition (Czech Republic, 2007) and Young Musician (Estonia, 2009), and has been a semi-finalist in the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists (2008, 2010). Soloist performances with orchestra: 2015 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Norwegian Radio Orchestra (January, 2015) Thcaikovsky: Souvenir d un lieu cher, with Zagreb Soloists (February, 2015) Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d un lieu cher, with Oslo Camerata (June, 2015) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor), 2015. Vivaldi: Summer with Conbattimento concort Amsterdam (August, 2015) Bach: Concerto for Recorder and Violin, with Lucie Horsch and Combattimento (August, 2015) BVW 1060 R Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Drammen Symfoniorkester (October, 2015) 2014 Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minor, with Norwegian Radio Orchestra (2014) Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minor, with WDR simfoniorkester, Kristiina Poska (concuctor) (May, 2014) Mozart: Violin Concerto in G, with Norwegian Youth Orchestra (August, 2014) 2013 Vivaldi: Winter with Ung Symfoni at Bergern Philharmonic Orchestra s Family Concert in Grieg Hall (2013)
2012 Bruch : Violin Concerto in G minor, with Unof Hordaland Sommerskoleorkester (2012.) 2011 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (Young Musician s Concert, 2011) and Asker Symphony Orchestra (2011). 2010 Mozart: Violin Concerto No 4, with Collegium Musicum s Orchestra, Bergen (2010). Chausson: Poéme, on 4 day Japan tour with Ung Symfoni (2010). 2009 Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, with Estonian Chamber Orchestra (2009). Beethoven: Violin Concerto, with Asker Symphony Orchestra (2009). 2006 Ole Bull: Sæterjentens søndag, and Johan Halvorsen: Norwegian Dance No 1, with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (2006). Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy and Sæverud s Romanza with Ung Symfoni (Bergen Youth Orch.) (2006).
Recitals: Troldhaugen, Norway, 2011 and June, 2015 Bethany Lucheran College, MN, USA, October, 2011 ArtLink, Beograd, Serbia October, 2014 Valestrand, Bergen International Festival, May, 2015 Rosendal Baroniet, July, 2015 Grieg in Bergen, July, 2015 Lysøen, Ole Bull s villa, September, 2015 Chamber music performances (highlights): Sonoko Miriam is a member of Opus13 String Quartet established in Oslo in 2014. 2015 Tchaikovsky Piano trio in A Minor, op.50, with Itamar Golan and Ernst Simon Glaser. Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht op.4, with Berit Cardas, Bjørg Lewis, Henninge Landaas, Guro Kleven Hagen and Istavan Vardai. Dvorak: Piano Quintet no.2, op. 81 with Stephan Barratt-Due, Joachim Carr, Henninge Landaas and Ernst Simon Glaser. Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, op. 26 with Leif Ove Andsnes, Eivind Ringstad and Sandra Lied Haga Svendsen Octet with Opus13 and the Vertavo Quartet. 2014 Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, op. 26 with Leif Ove Andsnes, Eivind Ringstad and Sandra Lied Haga at the Bergen International Festival (May), Rosendal Baroniet (August) 2013
Bach: Double Concerto in D Minor, 2nd movement, with Ivry Gitlis and Oslo Camerata Schubert: String Quintet in C, with David Coucheron, Cynthia Phelps, Christopher Rex and Efe Baltacigil 2012 Schnittke: Piano Quintet (vl.2) with Elise Båtnes (Oslo Phil. concert master), Henninge Landaas, viola (former member of Vertavo Quartet), Ernst Simon Glaser (solo cellist in Göteborg and Norwegian Opera), and Gonzalo Moreno, piano (Oslo Phil.) Brahms: Piano Sextet in G major (vl.2), with same musicians as the Schnittke above. Moszkowski: Suite for 2 violins and piano with Dora Schwarzberg. Schumann Piano Quartet (a.o.) with fellow students from the Barratt Due Institute, tour in 8 cities. 2011 Schubert: String Quintet in C Major (vl.2), with fellow students from the Barratt Due Institute, performing at Bergen International Festival and Valdres Sommersymfoni. Bach: Double Concerto (vl.1), with Arve Tellefsen, in concerts June and Sep. Symphony Orchestra: Internship week in Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (2011, 2013 and 2014) Internship week in Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (2012) Concert master: Barratt Due Unge Symfoniorkester (2012-2013) Concert master in Norwegian Children s Orchestra (2008) Chamber Orchestra: Oslo Camerata (2011 - ) IRIS Chamber Orchestra, leader, at the Bergen International Festival (June, 2015) Scholarships/Prizes:
Norwegian Soloist Prize (2014) Det Norske Kammerorkesters Utøverpris 2012 Ungdommens musikkmesterskap (2012) Midgardkonkurransen, Ærespris (2012) Kavlis publikumspris (BFOs De unges konsert) (2011) Bergen kommunes Talentpris (2009) Inspirasjonspris Ungdommens musikkmesterskap (2008) Ånun Lund Rej Minnepris (2008) Drømmestipendet (Norsk Tipping) (2006) Sparebanken Vests Oppmuntringspris (2006)