ABOUT ME
BIO
Ragnhild Sannes gained her Masters degree at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, with her teacher Bjørn Solum from the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. She is an active chamber musician with several ensembles in Norway and Europe. She has recently played concerts with her trio, Trio Turmo, at the annual Grieg in Bergen festival, as well as performed quartet music by Ketil Hvoslef at Fespillene i Bergen. She is this fall looking forward to travel to Basel, Switzerland to record a CD with Sarah Chaksad, together with her string quartet. In spring 2019 she was invited to play with the Vonnegut Collective from Manchester, and they will perform in Bergen in october and are planning a tour in 2020. Ragnhild is a founding member of Timani Chamber Orchestra and will in 2020 have a release tour to celebrate their new CD-recording with Hildegunn Øiseth, Torun Eriksen, Sarah Chaksad and many more. Ragnhild has played with ensembles like Oslo Camerata, the Trondheim Soloists, Ensemble Allegria, Opera Bergen and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. As well as being an active performer, Ragnhild loves to teach, and are specializing in combining traditional teaching with Timani and coaching.
RECORDINGS
Duo Cellistica - In Accord, Asker Records
Ketil Hvoslef - String Quartet no. 1 and no. 2, LAWO
Ensemble Vero+Sarah Chaksad, Furu Records
Ketil Hvoslef - String Quartet no. 3, LAWO
Under the Wing of the Rock -Oslo Camerata and Soon-Mi Chung, Lindberg Lyd
Louis Spohr - Concertos for two violins - Oslo Camerata, Henning Kraggerud and Øyvind Bjorå, NAXOS
ENSEMBLES
Trio Turmo is a newly founded, young string trio in Norway. Elisabeth Turmo on violin, Elin Marie Christensen on viola and Ragnhild Sannes on cello. You can read more here.
On the border between classical music and jazz, where composing and improvised music comes together.
Ensemble Vero is a string orchestra with only Timani teachers as their members. They are currently in the process of creating their first CD with Sarah Chaksad, Hildegunn Øiseth, Torun Eriksen, Øyunn and more. Read more here.
Cathy Donnelly and Ragnhild Sannes plays duets for two celli.
Their new EP can now be heard at Spotify and Tidal.
THE FACTS
2007-2011
Bachelor of music performance,
Barratt Due Institute of Music
2011-2014
Master of music performance,
Norwegian Academy of Music
+ Barratt Due Institute of Music
2014-2017
Timaniteacher certification,
the Timani Academy
2019
Brainspotting, phase 1
BSPUK
THE FUN FACTS
Favourite animal is cat.
Favourite drink is green tea.
Favourite colours are pink, blue and yellow.
Favourite social media is Instagram.
Favourite book is Harry Potter.
Favourite food is Japanese.
Favourite city is Brighton..
Favourite treat is chocolate.
