Birgitta Elisa Oftestad

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Birgitta Elisa Oftestad
Born (2002-05-12) 12 May 2002 (age 20)
Oslo, Norway
Origin Norwegian
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Musician

Birgitta Elisa Oftestad (born 12 May 2002) is a Norwegian cellist and winner of the 2018 Virtuos competition. [1]

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Biography

Oftestad was born in Oslo, started playing cello at the age of 5, and is a student at Barratt Due Institute of Music with Ole Eirik Ree as main teacher. She has been a part of their talent program since 2012. She was a soloist at Oslo Chamber Music Festival and played at the Festspillene i Bergen, where she participated with Crescendo's chamber music program in 2016 with the clarinet trio DaNiBi. She also played as a soloist at many other concerts in Norway and internationally, and has won a lot of prizes, both as chamber musician and soloist. Among these are the Midgard Competition, Young Musicians in Tallinn, Sparre-Olsen Competition and Youth Music Championship, where she was a superfinalist in 2017. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Birgitta Elisa Oftestad årets Virtuos". EuroVoix.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ung i Aulaen med Birgitta Oftestad". UiO.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Klausen, Aslaug Olette (9 April 2018). "Birgitta Elisa Oftestad årets Virtuos". Ballade.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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