Are Sandbakken
Are Sandbakken was born in 1967 in Oslo. He studied with Leif Jørgensen and Lars Anders Tomter. In the years 1987-89 he was a student of Sandor Vegh in Salzburg and was principal viola player of the Camerata Academica. Sandbakken was principal viola player in the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra 1990-1995. In the period 1996-2002 he was the leading the viola section of the Oslo Philharmonic and did perform as a soloist with the orchestra several times. Sandbakken regularly works as chamber orchestra conductor and has developed a special method for teaching conductors. Since 2003 he is professor in chamber music at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is a founding member of the Oslo String Quartet. Sandbakken plays on a Goffriller from 1729, lent out by Dextra Musica, a company owned by the DnB NOR Savings Bank Foundation.