Lars anders tomter biography definition
Lars anders tomter biography definition...
Lars Anders Tomter is one of today&#;s most outstanding violists. The Giant of
the Nordic Viola (The Strad) was born at Hamar, Norway.
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He began to play
the violin at the age of eight and also took up the viola. Both instruments he
studied with Professor Leif Jørgensen at the Oslo Music Conservatory and
the Norwegian State Academy. He then continued his studies with
Professor Max Rostal and with Sándor Vegh.
He was awarded a special
prize for his interpretation of Bartók&#;s Viola Concerto at the International
Viola Competition in Budapest in and then went on to win the Maurice
Vieux International Competition in Lille in
Lars Anders Tomter has distinguished himself by performing new music
extensively, including the world premiere of four concertos by Ragnar
Söderlind, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Rolf Wallin and Anders Eliasson, which have all
been written for Lars Anders Tomter.
In he recorded Vagn Holmboe&#;s
Viola Concerto with Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra released on the
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