In 2012 Vilde Frang was unanimously awarded the Credit Suisse Young Artists Award which led to her debut with the Wiener Philharmoniker under Bernard Haitink at the Lucerne Festival.
Her profound musicianship and exceptional lyricism have elevated her as one of the foremost violinists of her generation. She continues to appear regularly with the world’s leading orchestras including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgbouw Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra. She has enjoyed collaborations with conductors including Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Herbert Blomstedt, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mariss Jansons, Ivan Fischer, Maxim Emelyanychev, Jakub Hrůša, Vladimir Jurowski, Manfred Honeck, Teodor Currentzis, Daniel Harding, Antonio Pappano, Lahav Shani, Paavo Järvi and Robin Ticciati.
A keen and prominent chamber musician, Vilde regularly appears at the Lucerne Festival, BBC Proms in London, festivals in Verbier, Lockenhaus, George Enescu Festival, Salzburg Festival and the Prague Spring Music Festival. She also appears regularly in recital at Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Vienna Musikverein, Philharmonie Berlin, Tonhalle Zurich and the Bozar in Brussels, as well in North America as part of the Vancouver Recital Series, Boston Celebrity Series and San Francisco Performances.
Vilde Frang is an exclusive Warner Classics artist and her recordings have received numerous awards, including the Edison Klassiek Award, Diapason d’Or, Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Grand Prix du Disque, and two Gramophone Awards.
Born in Norway, Vilde was engaged by Mariss Jansons at the age of twelve to debut with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. She studied at Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt in Oslo, with Kolja Blacher at Musikhochschule Hamburg and Ana Chumachenco at the Kronberg Academy.
Vilde performs on a 1734 Guarneri del Gesu, generously loaned to her by a European benefactor.
