Violinist
Linda Hedlund |
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Linda Hedlund received her first violin lessons in Finland at the age of five. She received a scholarship to study at the Tchaikovsky conservatory in Moscow with Prof. Sergei Kravtchenko (1995-1996) and continued her studies at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Prof. Rainer Küchl. She also studied in Berlin (Hochschule der Künste) with Prof. Uwe-Martin Haiberg (2001) and has participated at master classes with a.o. Prof. Mi-Kyung Lee, Prof. Endre Wolf, Prof. Mikhail Kopelman (Borodin Quartet) and Schlomo Mintz. She also studied chamber music in Vienna with Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet) for several years.
Linda Hedlund graduated in Vienna (University of Music and performing Arts) in 2002 (Master of Arts). She is currently finishing her studies for a doctorate degree in musical performance at the Sibelius-Academy where she also works as University Assistant. Her academic work has been supported by a.o. Niilo Helander Foundation, Svenska Kulturfonden, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, H&W Grönqvist Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Esek and the Sibelius-Academy.
Linda Hedlund is also a member of EST (School of Research in Music and Performing Arts in Finland). Linda Hedlund has appeared as concertmaster at the Pacific Music Festival Japan (1999), with Tapiola Sinfonietta (2004) and with Sinfonia da Camera Finlandia as well as the Austrian Chamber Orchestra. As chamber musician she works with musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Ensemble Wien-Helsinki) and with a.o. German pianist Oliver Kern.
She has performed succesfully at many prestigious festivals including Music Nova (Helsinki), Grafenegg Festival (Austria), Ung Nordisk Musik, Urkuyö & Aaria, Sibelius in Korpo and Music Festival in Hetta (Finland). Linda also founded the Emäsalo Music Festival (2007) and Summer Academy (2009) taking place each summer in Finland.
Linda Hedlund performes as soloist and chamber musician. In June 2008 the Finnish label Fuga released her CD with the sonatas by Franck, Saint-Saëns and Debussy performed by Linda Hedlund together with Oliver Kern.
She plays a Carlo Antonio Testore violin (1730) kindly provided by the OKO Bank Art Foundation. She has also kindly been supported with several violins, including an Antonius Stradivarius violin (1680) by Machold Rare Violins, Vienna.
Discography
Franz Schubert: “The Trout” Piano Quintet “Das Forellenquintett” A major Op. Post. 114,
Ensemble Wien-Helsinki Oliver Kern piano Live CD 2005 Nedai Records
Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, César Franck: Sonatas for violin and piano, Linda Hedlund , Oliver Kern, 2008 Fuga Records-9261
Philip Glass: A Madrigal Opera, violin, viola and 6 voices, Orange Mountain Music 2009