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Norwegian classical violinist

Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August ) is a Norwegianclassicalviolinist.

Early life and education

Born in Oslo, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four.^[1] She grew up in a musical family with both her father and her sister playing the double bass.^[2] In the years – she studied with Stephan Barratt-Due, Alf Richard Kraggerud and Henning Kraggerud at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo.^[3]

Frang made her soloist debut at the age of ten with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.^[4] In she was introduced to Anne-Sophie Mutter, who became her mentor and later appointed her a scholarship holder in the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.^[5] She was aged twelve in when Mariss Jansons engaged her as a soloist with the Oslo Philharmonic.^[6]

From to Frang continued her studies in Germany, with Kolja Blacher at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hambu