- Truls Mørk
Truls Otterbech Mørk (born
25 April ,1961 ) is a Norwegian cellist.He was born in
Bergen, Norway , the child of two professionalmusician s, his father a cellist and his mother a pianist. His mother began teaching him the piano when he was seven. He also played theviolin , but soon switched to the cello, taking lessons from his father.Mørk started studying with
Frans Helmerson at 17 at the renowned Edsberg Music Institute. An admirer ofMstislav Rostropovich and theRussia n school of cello, Mørk went on to study with the Russian cellistNatalia Schakowskaya .In 1982, Mørk became the first Scandinavian musician to reach the finals of the Tchaikovsky Competition in
Moscow and won 6th Prize. He subsequently went on to win 2nd prize at the 1986Naumberg Competition inNew York and, in 1986, theCassado Cello Competition inFlorence . In 1989, he embarked on his first major concert tour, soloing with many of the finest orchestras ofEurope . In 1994, he toured theUnited States with theOslo Philharmonic , including debuts atCarnegie Hall and theKennedy Center .At present, Mørk is ubiquitous on the international concert scene. His extensive discography spans from a Grammy-award-winning recording of the Shostakovich Cello Concertos to a critically acclaimed recording of Bach's Suites for Solo Cello. Mørk's passionate interest in
chamber music led to the foundation of the International Chamber Music Festival ofStavanger .Mørk holds a Professorship at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo.
Mørk plays a rare "
Domenico Montagnana " (Venice , 1723) cello, the scroll of which was made byStradivarius . It once belonged to a Belgian gentleman who named it the "Esquire". It was bought by a bank in Norway (SR Bank), and is on loan to him [cite web
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External links
* [http://www.trulsmork.com Official website]
* [http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/mork.htm Interview with Truls Mørk]
* [http://www.nmh.no/en Norwegian Academy of Music, where Truls Mørk teaches]
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