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BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2019
FOU N DAT I ON S
m
LYSØ EN M U S E U M
TIC KET TR A N S P O RT
Standard: 650
Senior: 585
Under 30: 190 Transport
included in ticket,
see p. 14.
Noah
Bendix-Balgley
FiB Fordel: 520
with Christoph
Traxler
Ole Bull’s
Lysøen
A fairytale
home on a
magnificent
island.
DATE / TIME DURATI ON
Saturday 25 May
at 11:30 & 14:30 1:00
passionate and experienced
A
multi-artist.
1st concertmaster of the Berlin
Philharmonics, member of the multi-
genre septet Philharmonix (p. 73)
– which is also on this year's Bergen
International Festival programme
– and furthermore, revered in klez-
mer music: Noah Bendix-Balgley
is highly sought after, and his solo
performance on Lysøen will be an
experience out of the ordinary. He
brings with him Christoph Traxler,
a young and versatile pianist from
Austria who is also a member of
Philharmonix.
His violin career began as a four-year-
old in North Carolina, and five years
later Bendix-Balgley played for Lord
Yehudi Menuhin in Switzerland. The
merit list of the American violinist
spans far and wide as concertmaster
with orchestra, soloist and chamber
musician.
Supported by The Savings Bank
Foundation DNB – Dextra Musica and
Anders Sveaas’ Charitable Foundation
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'All the different things keep me
motivated and artistically stimulated',
says the violinist.
Bendix-Balgley convinces and
communicates through music and
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has chosen a varied list of works
by Bach, Brahms and Ravel for the
concert, as well as Baal Shem Suite by
Swiss-American Ernest Bloch, which
Bendix-Balgley performed as early as
in his own bar mitzvah.
'A strong, pure tone and complete
assurance'
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
Noah Bendix-Balgley violin
Christoph Traxler piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100
ERNEST BLOCH (1885–1977)
Baal Shem Suite: Three Pictures of Hasidic Life
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Tzigane