Birgitta Elisa Oftestad
Birgitta Elisa Oftestad (born 12 May 2002) is a Norwegian cellist and winner of the 2018 Virtuos competition.
Birgitta Elisa Oftestad
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- 12 May 2002
- Birthplace
- Oslo, Norway
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- Norway
- Education
- Barratt Due Institute of Music
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Birgitta Elisa Oftestad (born 12 May 2002) is a Norwegian cellist and winner of the 2018 Virtuos competition.
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Birgitta Elisa Oftestad (born 2002) is a Norwegian cellist and musician. The cellist was born in Oslo. Birgitta Elisa Oftestad studied at Barratt Due Institute of Music.
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• Born — 12 May 2002 • Birthplace — Oslo, Norway • Origin — Norwegian • Instrument — Cello • Genre — Classical • Occupation — Musician
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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.
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• 2017: Winner of Solistkonkurransen during the Fjord Cadenza • 2018: Winner of Virtuos
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