IN MEMORY OF KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD INTERNATIONAL VOICE MASTERCLASS
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2.-9. July 2023, Melbu, North-Norway.
With professor Turid Karlsen, soprano and Jacobus Gladziwa, klaver APPLICATION DEADLINE: MONDAY 1 MAY 2023 APPLICATION FORM INTERNATIONAL VOICE MASTERCLASS HERE Most people are not aware of the fact that Kirsten Flagstad actually lived in Melbu for several months as a young woman. She was engaged to be married to Gunnar Frederiksen, the son of a wealthy family in Melbu. However her mother-in-law to be, the carismatic Maren Frederiksen, recognized Kirsten’s vocal talent and enabled her to travel to Stockholm and study voice. The rest is history.
Today she is in fact more famous than she was in her lifetime, and the name Kirsten Flagstad ranks alongside those of the greatest of legendary and immortal singers. The master class will be held in the grand old mansion (now a museum) in which Kirsten lived in Melbu. In Memory of Kirsten Flagstad International Voice Masterclass was previously arranged in 2015 and 2022. Please read and hear more about Kirsten Flagstad here. Please read more about professor Turid Karlsen, soprano, and pianist Jacobus Gladziwa here. |
Kirsten Flagstad as Isolde
The grand old mansion
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International Voice Masterclass 2022.
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Application fee 500 EUR (Class fee, board and lodging) Stiftelsen Nordland Akademi Sparebanken Nord-Norge IBAN: NO44 4570 1457 971 BIC/SWIFT: SNOWNO22xxx APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1. May 2023 Master classes from 3. - 7. July Final concert 8. July There will be time for personal rehearsals in between daily lectures. Hill walking, fishing tours and long light nights are also a part of the programme. Final concert of the Masterclass to be held in Melbu. APPLICATION FORM INTERNATIONAL VOICE MASTERCLASS HERE Full programme available soon. For more information, contact us on email: epost@nordland-akademi.no |
Tenor Ian Sherwood (US)
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