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Cellist Amalie Stalheim (b. 1993) was launched as a Rising star by BBC Music Magazine in the spring of 2022, and she is one of the Nordic countries' most promising young musicians. She is the winner of both the Norwegian Soloist Prize (2021) and the Royal Academy of Music's Soloist Prize (2018).
Amalie is a regular soloist with the major Nordic symphony orchestras, and in addition to excelling in the classical cello repertoire, in recent years she has done an impressive job commissioning and performing a total of 6 new concertos for cello and orchestra.
We are incredibly happy to have Amalie with us as a soloist in this year's season finale!
PROGRAM
Sallinen: Nocturnal dances of Don Quixote
Bloch: From Jewish Life
Bartok: Divertimento for strykere
The main work of the concert will be Bela Bartók's Divertimento for strings. This is among Ensemble Allegria's favorite works, and our recording of the work at LAWO Classics was nominated for the Spellemann Prize in 2015. The recording garnered a number of good reviews, including from Kjell Hillveg in Dagsavisen:
“Oh, what an obsessive musing!
What characterizes Ensemble Allegria's music is a crazy energy, which does not drown out the whole, but which only adds an extra dimension to the performances. They are always in full control of the many tempo changes. The interaction is close, but they don't lose their playfulness."