Barratt Due Institute of Music is located in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It was established in 1927 by pianist Mary Barratt Due and violinist Henrik Adam Due. It is a private foundation

Stiftelse

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 which receives government funding for parts of its activities. Located at Fagerborg

Fagerborg

Fagerborg is a neighbourhood in the St. Hanshaugen borough in Oslo, Norway. Located at the northwestern end of the borough, it is bounded by Majorstua in Frogner in the west, by Marienlyst in the north, by Adamstuen and Bolteløkka in the east, and by Bislett in the south.-Architechture:The...

 in Oslo the institute offers music education

Music education

Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...

 from infant

Infant

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 age through college levels.

The institute's motto is "From music kindergarten to concert podium" and the students are educated through college level degrees and onto the professional arena. Due to this model Barratt Due has through three generations been an important institution in Norwegian music life. Stephan Barratt-Due is the school's artistic director and also leads the school orchestra, Oslo Camerata

Oslo Camerata

The Oslo Camerata is a mostly classical string orchestra based in Oslo, Norway as part of the Barratt Due Institute of Music. Established in 1998, the orchestra consists mostly of professional musicians, with selected Institute students participating in projects...

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Former students include Eva Knardahl

Eva Knardahl

Eva Knardahl Freiwald was a Norwegian pianist, with a noted career both as a child prodigy and adult performer....

, Henning Kraggerud

Henning Kraggerud

Henning Kraggerud is a Norwegian violinist. He was born in Oslo in 1973 and has established himself as one of Scandinavia's most outstanding international soloists...

, Frode Barth, Marte Krogh, Terje Venaas, Gro Bente Kjellevold, Christian Ihle Hadland and Alexander Rybak

Alexander Rybak

Alexander Igoryevich Rybak or in Belarusian Alyaksandr Igaravich Rybak , born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR is a Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor...

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Departments

• College Department – offering Bachelor and Master's degrees in musicianship.
• Music school Department – offering individual instrument training.
• "Young talents" Department; also known as the "Talent School" – a service to children and adolescents between 10 and 19 that have particular interests. Here training is provided in instrument education, musical theory and ensemble activities.
• Music kindergarten – ages 0 through 5.

External links

• Academic studies at the Barratt Due Institute of Music