Maier-Röntgen, Kreisler and Grieg

Discover Amanda Maier-Röntgen, violinist, composer and Sweden’s first female musical graduate! Christian Svarfvar and Henrik Måwe play Maier-Röntgen’s Violin Sonata in B minor, among others.

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Season: 2017/2018

Encouraged by her parents, Amanda Maier-Röntgen showed an early talent for music, and graduated from what is now the Royal College of Music at age 19. She toured Europe as a violinist, studied composition in Leipzig , and wrote her Violin Sonata in B minor, among others. Fritz Kreisler composed as himself and using a nom de plume, but is mainly known as a skilled violinist. Edvard Grieg is often associated with the music from Peer Gynt, but he also wrote a lot of chamber music, including this violin sonata.

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