MariSamuelsen
- Violin
About Mari
In Mari Samuelsen’s musical universe, there are no barriers between the music of contemporary composers like Max Richter, Caroline Shaw, and Philip Glass, and that of Bach and Beethoven. With her breathtaking artistry, adventurous approach to programming, and emotionally charged style of playing, backed by immaculate technique and a drive to defy traditional expectations, she inspires a global audience.
Mari’s passion for genre blurring has seen her collaborate with a range of musicians including electronic music artists Jeff Mills, Dubfire, multimedia artist Philipp Geist and perform with Max Richter and Hollywood actress Tilda Swinton at the Bluedot Festival.
Mari's third studio album on Deutsche Grammophon LIFE, inspired by her experience of becoming a mother, includes music by Max Richter as well as Olivia Belli, Jóhann Jóhansson, and Nils Frahm, with a track by Hania Rani being selected by Louis Vuitton for their Olympic campaign. This follows her two previous albums LYS and MARI, both of which reached top 10 in the Classical Album Charts.
"When making music and putting together programs, I don't think about what's traditionally perceived to be "correct" or "expected", rather the opposite. My aim is to create innovative programmes for music lovers - regardless of genre."
Contact
For Sales & Enquiries:
Rachel Bertaut
Representation
General Management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Video
- Playing
Mari Samuelsen, Scoring Berlin & Jonathan Stockhammer – Meredi: White Flowers Take Their Bath
Credit: Deutsche Grammophon
Mari Samuelsen: Vivaldi - "Summer" from Four Seasons
Mari Samuelsen play-directs Trondheim Soloists. Credit: Mari Samuelsen
Mari Samuelsen - Helmersson: Timelapse
Mari Samuelsen launches her solo career with an album of atmospheric music, featuring leading composers from the cinematic world of Nordic Noir, featuring the Trondheim Soloists. Credit: Mari Samuelsen
Mari Samuelsen – Max Richter: November (Live from the Forbidden City, Beijing / 2018)
As part of Deutsche Grammophon's 120th anniversary celebrations held at Beijing’s Forbidden City, Samuelsen took the solo lead in Max Richter’s “November”, accompanied by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Long Yu. Credit: Deutsche Grammophon
News
Press
Play-direct Max Richter's Recomposed: Vivaldi- The Four Seasons
RTÉ Concert Orchestra, National Concert Hall (Dublin)Aug 2024To say that this was a filmic evening is to state the blindingly obvious… The rapport between Samuelsen and the orchestra was superb… Samuelsen was stunning in the famous virtuoso cadenzas and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra played to match.
- Bach Track
- 18 August 2024
BBC Symphony Concert
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonFeb 2023Samuelsen made her entrance with an ethereal performance of Lonely Angel by Pēteris Vasks… Like The Lark Ascending meets Shostakovich, it nevertheless speaks with its own ecstatic voice, which Samuelsen fully embraced and projected through a seamless melodic line...In Samuelsen’s hands the solo part was in turns radiant and quixotic and moving experience.
- Bach Track
- 27 February 2023
Philip Glass Violin Concerto no. 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth HallMay 2022Pumping iron must be a piece of cake compared to playing Glass arpeggios. Yet there are moments for the violinist to soar, and Samuelsen’s sweet tone allowed the music to float in the sighing central movement
- Bach Track
- 06 May 2022
LYS album
May 2022The resultant soundscapes- for that is what many of them are- are breathtaking.
- Goldmine Magazine
- 17 October 2022
MARI album
Jun 2019Coruscating repeating patterns leaping off the soundboard as if fingers were treading on hot coals.
- Gramophone Magazine
- 01 June 2019
James Horner 'Pas de Deux'
LA Philharmonic, Hollywood BowlAug 2016Pas de Deux… was given a spell binding rendition by the Samuelsens and the LA Phil.
- LA Times
- 26 August 2016
Discography
- Minimalism- Winter Landscapes
- LIFE (Extended)
- Spaceman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- LIFE
- LYS
- Flee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Six Bardos- Stichting De Leven
- Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (Arr. for Solo Violin and Ensemble)
- Richter: Voices 2
- Moonlight (December Version)- Single
- Voices
- Einaudi: Una Mattina (arr. Badzura)- Single
- Moonlight- Single
- MARI
- Badzura: 847- Single
- Eno, Roedelius, Moebius: By This River (Arr. Badzura) - Single
- Max Richter (Live from the Forbidden City)
- Richter: November- Single
- Nordic Noir
- Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works
- Voces8: Winter
- James Horner: Pas de Deux
- The Chopin Project: Alice Sara Ott & Olafur Arnalds
