Sandra Lied Haga Sandra Lied Haga, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' & Terje Mikkelsen

• Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840 - 1893):
• 1 Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 20:28
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104 B. 191:
• 2 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104 B. 191: I. Allegro 16:03
• 3 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104 B. 191: II. Adagio ma non troppo 12:18
• 4 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104 B. 191: III. Finale (Allegro moderato) 13:04
• Total Runtime 01:01:53

Info for Sandra Lied Haga

Sandra Lied Haga's album debut with Tchaikovsky and Dvorak is recorded in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. Supported by the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' and conductor Terje Mikkelsen, Sandra Lied Haga emerges as one of the strongest musical voices in recent years.

The two most iconic romantic works for cello and orchestra are united by Sandra for her debut album. For Tchaikovsky's famous Rococo Variations, it was a matter of course for Sandra to record the composer's original version of the piece, which was revived as late as 1941. Dvorak's Cello Concerto was one of the few pieces the composer wrote while staying in New York, clearly showing the composer longing for his homeland in the thematic material.

Sandra Lied Haga is a daring and deeply involved performer in these masterworks, with both sparklingly virtuosic passagework and a unique singing tone as part of her musical DNA. Sandra's rich, beautiful sound and prodigious talent has already caught attention internationally by protagonists like Daniel Barenboim and Anne-Sophie Mutter. She regularly plays chamber music concerts together with Mutter and the scholars in Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation and Mutter's Virtuosi. Sandra has participated at festivals including the Salzburg Festspiele, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Utrecht Festival, Bergen International Festival and Verbier Festival, with chamber music partners including Janine Jansen, Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Lewis and Leif Ove Andsnes.

Sandra started playing cello at the age of 3. After her debut in Wigmore Hall aged 12, she studied at the Razumovsky Academy in London. For six years she worked with Truls Mrk, and at present she is finishing her studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Torleif Thedeen. Sandra Lied Haga has won four international First Prizes, Tallinn Young Musician, Heran International Cello Competition, Padova International Competition and Chance International Competition, and more that 8 first prizes in Scandinavian competitions. In 2017 she was awarded 'The Lindeman Prize of the Young', and recently she was given the prestigious Equinor Classical Music Award. Sandra plays a Joannes Florenus Gudantus cello (Bologna 1730) supported by Dextra Musica.

Sandra Lied Haga, cello
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov'
Terje Mikkelsen, conductor

Sandra Lied Haga
combines the endless perspective of the Norwegian landscape with passion into a rich sound – resonating with audiences and musicians since her debut at Wigmore Hall at the age of 12. The winner of the Equinor Classical Music Award 2019 has performed in major concert venues worldwide, such as the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, the Athenaeum Bucuresti, the Salzburger Festspielhaus and Harpa. Her concerts led her to musical centres including London, Berlin, Prague, Zürich, Budapest, Tallinn. Sandra performed under the baton of conductors such as Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Ari Rasilainen, Thomas Søndergård, Shao-Chia Lü, David Geringas and Terje Mikkelsen. The latter invited her to record her debut album with Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations in their original version. Her album with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra is going to be released in May 2020 at Simax Classics label.

In recognition of her participation in the Verbier Festival Academy at the age of 17, Sandra was invited to recite her own concert at the Verbier Festival. Invitations by other international festivals followed, amongst them the Salzburger Festspiele, Utrecht, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Pärnu Music Festival and Bergen International Festival. Bergen re-invited the cellist to play two concerts at the 2020 festival and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra features her as a soloist to present the music of her album performing the Rococo Variations in Stavanger. At Rosendal International Festival she will give a pre-concert with Leif Ove Andsnes.

As committed chamber musician, Sandra Lied Haga has collaborated not only with Leif Ove Andsnes, but further with artists such as Anne-Sophie Mutter as well as the scholars of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation and the Mutter Virtuosi. Moreover, she has performed with renowned chamber music-partners including Janine Jansen, Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Lewis, Kathryn Stott, Lars Anders Tomter and Truls Mørk.

Born in Oslo in 1994, Sandra Lied Haga started playing the cello at the age of three, and was the youngest participant in the Barratt Due Institute of Music´s programme for talented children before becoming the first student of Oleg Kogan in the London Razumovsky Academy. After working with her teacher Truls Mørk for 6 years, she became Frans Helmerson’s student at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. Following her studies with Lars Anders Tomter, she is now finishing her Master of Music with Torleif Thedeen at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Sandra won numerous international awards – among them first prizes and special awards as well as grand laureates at the competitions in Tallinn, Young Musician, the Heran International Cello, Padova´s International Music, and international Chance in Moscow; furthermore the Bärenreiter, European Union, EMCY Art for Music, Young Lindeman prize and eight first awards in national competitions.

Sandra Lied Haga plays a Joannes Florenus Guidantus cello from Bologna 1730, kindly provided by Dextra Musica.

This album contains no booklet.