Michala Petri
Michala Petri | |
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 Michala Petri at the Other Minds festival in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 7, 1958 Hobro, Denmark |
| Genres | Baroque, contemporary |
| Occupation(s) | Solo musician |
| Instrument(s) | Recorder |
| Years active | 1969-present |
Michala Petri (born July 7, 1958) is a Danish recorder player. Her debut as a soloist was in 1969. She is the step-granddaughter of Danish actress Ingeborg Brams.
Biography
Petri, who began playing the recorder at the age of three, is noted for her virtuosity and versatility across a wide range of styles, from the
Miklos Maros, Ezra Laderman, Jens Bjerre, Henning Christiansen, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Axel Borup Jørgensen, and Gunnar Berg. She performed Vittorio Monti's Csardas with comedian-pianist Victor Borge
at his eightieth birthday. She called that by far the hardest challenge of her professional career.
She married
G. F. Handel, with Keith Jarrett on harpsichord; she has also recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, and Pinchas Zukerman
, among many others.
Petri studied with Prof.
Hannover, partly because she was still too young to become a full-time student in Denmark. She gave a debut recital for BBC radio in March 1976, and the BBC released a recorded recital in 1977. Leo Black's sleeve note for this recording remarks, "one realises what can happen when a mighty talent starts young enough." Her mother is Hanne Petri, who studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music
, and her brother, David Petri, won the Danish "Young Musician of the Year Award" in 1978. He is a cellist. Both have recorded with Michala as The Petri Trio (or Michala Trio).
In 1979 she began an exclusive recording contract with Philips Records that lasted until 1987; she is currently recording on the RCA Red Seal label.
Partial discography
- Michala Petri Recorder Recital, BBC Records (1977). Works by van Eyck, Castello, Telemann, Heberle and Berio.
- Los Angeles Street Concerto - Petri plays Koppel[2]
- Souvenir with Lars Hannibal
- Moonchild's Dream with the English Chamber Orchestra
- Scandinavian Moods with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Ultimate Recorder Collection with Those above, The Westminster Abbey Choir, Keith Jarrett, and Moscow Virtuoso (on separate tracks)
- Grieg Holberg Suite, Melody & Dances with the English Chamber Orchestra
- Greensleeves with Hanne and David Petri
- Bach: Flute Sonatas (1992) played on recorder with Keith Jarrett on harpsichord
- Bach: Flute Sonatas (2019) played on recorder with Mahan Esfahani on harpsichord and Hille Perl on viola da gamba.
Awards
- Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (1981)
- Knight - Order of the Dannebrog 1995
- Deutscher Schallplattenpreis 1997
- H. C. Lumbye Prize 1998
- Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize 1998[3]
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2000, she was the third Dane to win this prize, after Mogens Wöldike (1976) and Per Nørgård (1996)[4]
References
- ^ Nockin, Maria (4 February 2012). "Michala Petri Plays Very Old and Very New Music". Fanfare. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Los Angeles Street Concerto - Petri plays Koppel Dacapo Records Denmark, released April 2006
- ^ Petri Winning Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize 1998 Edition Wilhelm Hansen, a leading-Danish music publisher.
- ^ Petri Winning Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2000 Léonie Sonning Music Prize Laureates
- Program notes from various CDs, Including Philips CD #420 897-2 "Greensleeves"
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