MICHALA PETRI, RECORDER

Michala Petri, born in 1958 began playing the recorder at the age of three and could be heard for the first time on Danish radio by the age of five. She made her debut as a concert soloist in 1969 in the Concert Hall, . Since then, she has toured all the continents and has appeared in the most famous concert halls and festivals in the world.

Her astonishing mastery of her instruments as well as the infectious musicality she communicates instantly to audiences have been devoted to works ranging from the baroque to contemporary music. Throughout her career numerous composers have composed and dedicated works to her, including Joan Alberg Amargos, whose 'Northern ' was nominated for a US Grammy 2007 in the category 'Best Contemporary Composition'. To date Michala Petri has premiered more than 100 works by composers like , Per Nørgård, Thomas Koppel, , Steven Stucky and Chen Yi.

In the concert hall or on record Michala Petri has worked with artists like , James Galway, , , Claudio Abbado, Christopher Hogwood or ; while ensembles like the English Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Moscow Virtuosi, the Berlin Baroque Soloists and Kremerata Baltica have been her partners on stage or in the studio.

Nordic Artists Management / VAT number: DK29514143 http://nordicartistsmanagement.com Michala Petri is particularly interested in the literature of the and guitar, and she has toured extensively with Göran Söllscher, Kazuhito Yamashita and . Since 1992, she has played with

Nordic Artists Management / Denmark VAT number: DK29514143 http://nordicartistsmanagement.com the guitarist and lutenist Lars Hannibal and has performed with him all over the world.

In recent years Michala Petri has taken part in developing the "modern recorder" with a larger sound capable of matching a modern symphony orchestra - which has already led to several being composed for recorder and large orchestra, the latest being 's "Concerto Incantato", premiered in October 2009 to mark the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra. Other activities in the 2009/10 season have included concerts in Lincoln Center's newly renovated Alice Tully Hall in New York with Cho Liang-Lin, Anthony Newman and others; in Berlin Philharmonie on the occasion of Berliner Barock Solisten's 15. Anniversary and in Beijing Arts Centre with China National Orchestra.

Future plans include concerts and cd-recording of four Chinese recorder concertos with Copenhagen Philharmonic and Lan Shui, a tour and cd- recording with DR Vocal Ensemble and Stephen Layton of new works for recorder and choir, composed by Nordic composers, and a premiere of Anders Koppel`s Double Concerto for Recorder, Saxophone and Orchestra.

Over the years Michala Petri has received a wealth of honours and awards, including (several times) the German "Echo" Disc Award, the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, the Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize and the H.C. Lumbye Prize for her success in bringing classical music to a wide audience.

Michala Petri is Vice President of the Danish Society for Fighting Cancer and a board member of UNICEF Denmark.

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