Henning Kraggerud

Henning Kraggerud plays on a 1744 Guarneri del Gesù.

Henning Kraggerud (born 23 June 1973) is a Norwegian musician and composer.

Kraggerud was born in Oslo.

He studied with Camilla Wicks, Emanuel Hurwitz, and Stephan Barratt-Due, before embarking on a career that has brought solo appearances thought Europe, Russia and United States.

He made his American debut as a recitalist in 1998 at Carnegie Hall, and has collaborated in recitals and chamber-music performances.

A leader-soloist of chamber orchestras and sinfoniettas, Kraggerud is skilled at improvisation, and is an experienced composer, having written music arrangements and his own cadenzas.

His recordings for Naxos include Grieg's Violin Sonatas and Norwegian Favorites for violin and orchestra.

A recipient of Norway's prestigious Grieg Prize, Kraggerud was appointed the Bergen International Festival Artist-Residence in 2004.

In 2011, Kraggerud took over from Leif Ove Andsnes as co-Artistic Director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music.

In 2011 he appeared at the Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival and the Seoul Spring Festival.

From 2012, Kraggerud became Artistic Director of the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra.

Kraggerud performs both on violin and viola at the major international festivals, recent collaborations have included a Szymanowski Focus at Wigmore Hall in London and Zankel Hall in New York City, curated by Piotr Anderszewski, and performances at the Verbier Festival with Joshua Bell, Leonidas Kavakos and Martha Argerich.

He joined colleagues at the Rio International Chamber Music Week in Brazil and the Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival in 2012.

Along with Imogen Cooper and Adrian Brendel he appears at LSO St Luke’s in the BBC’s chamber concert series.