Diehn Concert Series: Øystein Baadsvik

"This spectacular recording ("Tuba Works") establishes Baadsvik as one of the best solo tubists in the world." -- American Record Guide

"...his capacity for lyricism in a recording that emancipates the tuba from its Cinderella role with ear-catching panache. Baadsvik shows that anything a violin can do, a tuba can do too."

-- The Daily Telegraph, U.K

Øystein Baadsvik is the only tuba virtuoso to have made a career exclusively as a soloist. His multi-faceted musical has taken him all over the world. The unique virtuosity and musicality he brings to the tuba has established him as the exemplar of the instrument. Baadsvik studied under the celebrated tuba player Harvey Phillips, Distinguished Professor emeritus, F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music, Indiana University and with the legendary Arnold Jacobs, Principal Tuba with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for forty-years. His international career began in 1991 when he was awarded two prizes at the prestigious Concours International d'Exécution Musicale in Geneva.

Baadsvik works constantly to expand the musical aspects of the tuba and has premiered some forty solo works by composers from the USA, Russia, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland. In this ongoing process he has developed new tuba-playing techniques that have been used in a number of more recent works for the instrument. He is an active recording artist whose CDs receive unstinting praise.

This concert is in conjunction the Norfolk Chamber Consort for more information about the Norfolk Chamber Consort seehttp://www.ncconsort.org/

Øystein Baadsvik will perform with the Virginia Wind Symphony Nov. 9for information about this concert see http://www.virginiawindsymphony.org/

Tickets can be purchased online at http://oduartstix.com, or by calling (757) 683-5305 during regular box office hours.