((new)): Franz Kraggerud

These accolades have led to solo engagements with several of the world's leading orchestras. He made a highly publicized debut with the Oslo Philharmonic in 2022 at age nine and has since performed with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra , and the Geringas Chamber Orchestra in Berlin. Artistic Range and Collaborative Spirit

Kraggerud argues that the violin is the closest instrument to the human voice, but not the operatic voice. “It is the whispering voice,” he explains. “The breath before the scream.” franz kraggerud

Won third prize and the international European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) Prize . These accolades have led to solo engagements with

Franz began playing the cello at the age of five and showed immediate, rapid development. Growing up in a deeply musical household, he was exposed to classical music from birth; by age three, he was reportedly able to sing Kreutzer etudes perfectly in tune just from hearing his sister, Alma Serafin Kraggerud , practicing them on the violin. “It is the whispering voice,” he explains

Won first prize, performing Boccherini’s Cello Concerto in G Major.

His father, a luthier, introduced him to the violin at age five. However, it was a specific incident at age twelve that defined his trajectory. As Kraggerud recounts in interviews, he heard a recording of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata backward on a reel-to-reel tape. “I realized that if you reverse the notes, the rhythm changes, but the emotion remains,” he once said. “I wanted to find the chord that exists between the notes, not just the notes themselves.”