Sonoko Miriam Welde
Biography Sonoko Miriam Welde
Sonoko Miriam Welde
is one of the most exciting young violinists to emerge from Norway in recent years. Born in Bergen in 1996 she made her debut with the Bergen Philharmonic aged nine and has since gone on to win the Norwegian Soloist Prize and Virtuos competition, as well as representing Norway in the European Broadcasting Union’s Young Musicians Competition. She is currently on the Crescendo programme, being mentored by Janine Jansen and Leif Ove Andsnes, and a recipient of a Statoil Talent Scholarship.
Her appearances include concertos with Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, Trondheim Symphony, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Stavanger Symphony, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Kremerata Baltica, Zagreb Soloists, Oslo Camerata, and the Estonian Chamber Orchestra with conductors including Andrew Litton, James Gaffigan, Joshua Weilerstein, Han-Na Chang, Marta Gardolińska and Edward Gardner.
An enthusiastic chamber musician, Sonoko has been championed by Leif Ove Andsnes, with whom she performs regularly, and has also worked with Tabea Zimmermann, Clemens Hagen, Alisa Weilerstein, Jonathan Biss, Sergio Tiempo and Janine Jansen. She appears frequently at the Bergen International Festival and has performed at Risør Chamber Music Festival, ArtLink Belgrade, Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Bad Ragaz “Next Generation” Festival, Harpa Festival Reykjavik, International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, and Rosendal Festival.
Since 2020 Sonoko has been a student of Janine Jansen at the Lausanne Music Conservatory. She has previously studied with Stephan Barratt-Due at the Barratt Due Institute in Oslo and Kolja Blacher at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, and has benefitted from regular lessons with Vilde Frang.
She plays a 1714 Alessandro Gagliano kindly on loan from Dextra Musica.
