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Norwegian cellist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birgitta Elisa Oftestad (born 12 May 2002) is a Norwegian cellist and winner of the 2018 Virtuos competition.[1]
Birgitta Elisa Oftestad | |
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Born | Oslo, Norway | 12 May 2002
Origin | Norwegian |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Cello |
Oftestad was born in Oslo, started playing cello at the age of 5, and is a student at Barratt Due Institute of Music with Ole Eirik Ree as main teacher. She has been a part of their talent program since 2012. She was a soloist at Oslo Chamber Music Festival and played at the Festspillene i Bergen, where she participated with Crescendo's chamber music program in 2016 with the clarinet trio DaNiBi. She also played as a soloist at many other concerts in Norway and internationally, and has won a lot of prizes, both as chamber musician and soloist. Among these are the Midgard Competition, Young Musicians in Tallinn, Sparre-Olsen Competition and Youth Music Championship, where she was a superfinalist in 2017.[2]
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