Uppdaterad: 2009-10-11 12:02
Katarina Widell
Katarina Widell
Biography
Katarina Widell is one of
Sweden's most sought-after recorder players and known for
her great stage presence and challenging way of playing. Press reviews describe
her as
"a recorder tamer" and "master of the recorder". Her
repertoire spans over one
thousand years of western music and she is constantly seeking new repertoire
and new
ways of interpretation.
She has performed as a soloist
together with The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra,
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble and Västerås
Sinfonietta and has collaborated with conductors such as Antonello Manacorda,
obin Ticciati, Anthony Halstead and Johannes Gustavsson. Widell has performed
several times on National Television SVT, Swedish Radio SR and festivals such
as
Stockholm Early Music Festival, Music at lake Siljan, Musik på Sörmländska
Slott &
Herresäten and Amherst Early Music Festival i Vermont.
Katarina is also one of the
founder of the new recorder quartet “Woodpeckers”,
with recorder players Per Gross, Kate Hearne and Caroline Eidsten Dahl. Her
most
recent ensemble is [EN.D.E] with guitar and lute player Patrik Karlsson.
Besides freelancing, Widell's
work includes a large variety of projects, for exemple
recording music for a computer game and recording for the new album of
progressive
rock band Vindictiv along with violinist Ann Wallström, percussionist Leif
Karlsson and [
EN.D.E] colleague Patrik Karlsson.
Katarina graduated with
highest honours from the soloist diploma programme at the
Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm for Dan Laurin and Clas Pehrsson and in
November
2007 she released her debut album "NADIR". During 2008 she was a
finalist in the
prestigious Swedish competition Soloist Prize arranged by Concerts Sweden.
Katarina graduated with
highest honours from the soloist diploma programme at
the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm for Dan Laurin and Clas Pehrsson and in
November 2007 she released her debut album "NADIR". During 2008 she
was a finalist
in the prestigious Swedish competition Soloist Prize arranged by Concerts
Sweden.
Since August 2008 she is
teaching recorder and stage performance at the College of
Music in Piteå, Sweden.
