Sara Katarina Trobäck Hesselink (born 1978) is a Swedish violinist. Since 2002, she has been first concertmaster of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.[1][2]

Sara Trobäck
Trobäck in 2014
Background information
Birth nameSara Katarina Trobäck Hesselink
Born1978 (age 45–46)
OriginSweden
OccupationViolinist
InstrumentViolin

Career

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Born in 1978 in Örebro in central Sweden,[3] Trobäck began to play the violin when she was five.[4] She was first taught by Sten-Göran Thorell, then when she was 12 years old, by Tibor Fülep.[5] In 1994, when she was 16, she entered the Gothenburg College of Music, while from 1996 to 2001 she studied under György Pauk at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She also attended master classes with Yehudi Menuhin, Maxim Vengerov, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Ruggiero Ricci, Cho-Liang Lin and Joshua Bell.[4]

While still young, she performed as a soloist throughout Sweden, making her London debut in 1999 with the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, where she played Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. She has also performed with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Musica Vitae chamber orchestra.[2] She has twice taken part in the SummerFest concerts for young artists in La Jolla, California (2002 and 2003), and has performed widely throughout Europe. She is also a co-founder of Trio Poseidon which was established in 2002.[2][6]

In 2002, Trobäck was appointed leader of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She is the first woman to have reached this position.[5][1] She plays a Guadagnini from 1753, on loan from the Järnåker Foundation.[3]

Discography

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  • Kurt Atterberg: Suite No. 3 for violin, viola and string orchestra . Sara Trobäck Hesselink, violin, Per Högberg, viola, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA 5116, 2013
  • Kurt Atterberg: Suite No. 3 for violin, viola and string orchestra. Sara Trobäck, violin, Johanna Persson, viola, Svenska Kammarorkestern, conductor Petter Sundkvist. Naxos 8.553715, 1996
  • Beethoven: Concert for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 56, Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102. Sara Trobäck Hesselink, violin, Claes Gunnarsson, cello, Per Lundberg, piano, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10564, 2010

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sara Trobäck Hesselink". Göteborg Symfoniker. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Sara Trobäck, violin". Trio Poseidon. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Styrsö kammarmusikdagar 25-27 juli 2013" (in Swedish). Stytsö kammar solister. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Sara Trobäck" (PDF) (in Swedish). http://Sundbybergs Orkesterförening. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b Andersson, Ulla M. "Förste konsertmästare: Sara Trobäck Hesselink" (PDF) (in Swedish). skrivstalletvast.se. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  6. ^ "CV". trio Poseidon. Retrieved 3 February 2016.