Birth name Gro Schibsted Sandvik Occupation(s) Musician Name Gro Sandvik | Origin Norway Instruments Flute | |
Website www.uib.no/persons/Gro.Sandvik Genres Contemporary classical music, Classical music Similar People Stein‑Erik Olsen, Ketil Hvoslef, Per Hannevold, Christian Eggen, Det Norske Kammerorkester | ||
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Gro Schibsted Sandvik (born 1942) is a Norwegian flautist.
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Career
Sandvik is a member of the Bergen Woodwind Quintet and served as solo flutist in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1967 until 2005. She has an active career as soloist and chamber music performer, which includes premier performances of many works written especially for her, and the Scandinavian premier of John Corigliano's Concerto for Flute. She had private studies with Marcel Moyse.
She holds a professorship in music performance at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen. She was a visiting professor at the University of Iowa, School of Music for the academic year 2006/2007.
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