Oda Voltersvik
ABOUT
Oda Voltersvik - “(…) an extraordinary Scandinavian artist!” (Per Brevig, Musicians Club New York) - has performed at venues internationally including Carnegie Weill Recital Hall & Victor Borge Hall (NYC), Wigmore Hall & St Martin in the Fields (London), the Norwegian Opera House and between 2014 - 2024; as artist in residence for a week at the Edvard Grieg museum in Bergen. As a solo and chamber musician she has performed for important concert societies, at festivals, and with orchestras internationally. Recent endeavours include solo recital tours and concerto performances in the US and the UK.
Her three recordings have received critical acclaim. She is a 1st prize winner of the Bradshaw £ Buono International competition (2017) and finalist in the Jaques Samuels competition (2016). In 2021 - 2022, Oda received the honorable work grant from the Norwegian Arts Council. For her solo and chamber music projects, she has been awarded grants from the Arts Council Norway, Fund for Performing Artists, Music Norway, Bergen City and Fegersten foundation among others.
Since her “Master in Performance” from Royal College of Music and “Artist Diploma” from Trinity Laban (London, with distinction from the Intercollegiate Jury), Oda has managed her solo projects and concert tours for her piano duo Volt&Potenza duo and her Volt Ensemble.
Currently, Oda holds a visa for “Individuals with extraordinary ability in the arts” in the US. Full bio here.
Solo recital, October 2020
Recital in Grieg`s villa, January 2017
Released 2016, Velut Luna label
Solo recital, October 2020
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“A pianist with great sensitivity and lovely tone (...). She has the touch to render the orchestral textures vividly (...)”
Marios Papadopoulos, director of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
“Hats off to Oda Voltersvik for such well-considered programme for her debut recording as a solo pianist (...) a most auspicious start to a recording career“
Martin Anderson, klassiskmusikk.com on "Firebird", 2019
"(…) immediately displays her sensitive artistry."
"(...) Voltersvik’s cadenza, strongly delineated with alternating flashes of sunlight and rumbling thunder (...) she possesses such command of changing musical weather (and Norwegian dance rhythms!).
Dr Sally Garden, (...) “in fresh North Sea exhange”, Grieg Society of Scotland newsletter, June 2023
" (… ) I Voltersviks hender blir Gubaidulinas Chaconne et sakralt, pompøst og storslått verk.”
“(…) a world-class pianist (…) My breath was taken away by the intense emotion she brings into every piece. (...) artistry that makes a long-lasting impact on musicians and audience members"
Dr. Christopher Stanichar, Director of Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony, 2023
"She brings unique colour and interpretation to her chosen works (..) an artist of the highest level, but also as a trusted and generous colleague."
Simon Kirkbride, director of Edvard Grieg Choir, 2017
"“(…) a guest star with the talent to make a serious name for herself."
"(…) I fra en sal mer enn fylt av begeistring (…) Flygelet og pianisten besto med glans, og vi får bare håpe at hun igjen kan slå seg ned i denne byen for en liten stund og rive oss ut av døsen."
Dag G. Aasland, Grimstad Adressetidende 2018
"I have heard this piece (the Ballade in G Minor) played professionally many times, and your performance compares favorably with the best of them. "