Clara Yuna Friedensburg (17) grew up in a family of musicians and began playing the cello at the age of seven. At eleven years old, she made her debut in Norway and subsequently performed as a soloist with renowned orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Tarmo Peltokoski, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica. Among her highlights are performances at the Verbier Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Kronberg Festival, and the Festival der Nationen in Bad Wörishofen, which awarded Clara the prestigious Prix Young Artist of the Year 2024.
This year, Clara was awarded the Swedish Polestar Prize, adding to an impressive list of achievements that includes first and special prizes at the Bundeswettbewerb Jugend Musiziert, a second prize at both the international Anton Rubinstein Competition for young cellists and the international Young Musicians Competition in Tallinn, as well as being named ‘Talent of the Year’ by the Norwegian Council of Cultural Schools at just 13 years old. Clara is a scholarship holder of the Norwegian Tom Wilhelmsen Foundation and the German Hans and Stefan Bernbeck Foundation.
Clara Yuna Friedensburg studies now with Prof. Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy in Germany, supported by the Strauss Patronage. At the age of eleven, she was admitted to the Young Talents programme at Norway’s Barratt Due Music Institute, studying with Ernst Simon Glaser and subsequently Ole Eirik Ree. Clara has received further guidance by esteemed musicians such as Wolfgang Schmidt, Steven Isserlis, Sir András Schiff, Daniel Müller-Schott, Torleif Thedéen, Danjulo Ishizaka, Claudio Bohorquez, Nicolas Altstaedt, Hans Jensen, David Geringas, Pekka Kuusisto, Kirill Gerstein, Gábor Takács-Nagy and Klaus Hellwig.
Clara plays a cello by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1845), generously provided to her as a prizewinner of the 31st competition of the German Musical Instrument Fund by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
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Solo
J.S.Bach, Suite for Cello solo no.1 in G major
J.S.Bach, Suite for Cello solo no.2 in D minor
J.S.Bach, Suite for Cello solo no.4 in E flat major
J.S.Bach, Suite for Cello solo no.6 in D major
B.Britten, Cello Suite No. 1 op. 72
P.Casals, Somg of the Birds
C.Cassado, Suite for Cello
G.Crumb, Sonata for Cello solo
P.Hindemith, Sonata for cello solo op.25 no.3
Z.Kodaly, Sonata for solo cello op.8
M.Paus, Suite for Cello solo no.2
Ø.Sommerfeldt, Mini suiten for cello solo
A.Piatti, 12 Caprices for Cello solo no. 1
A.Piatti, 12 Caprices for Cello solo no. 2
A.Piatti, 12 Caprices for Cello solo no. 3
A.Piatti, 12 Caprices for Cello solo no. 4
A.Piatti, 12 Caprices for Cello solo no. 6
A.Piatti, 12 Caprices for Cello solo no. 11
With Piano
J.S.Bach, Gamba sonata no.3 in G minor
L.v.Beethoven, Sonata for Piano and Cello no.3 in A major op.69
L.v.Beethoven, Sonate for Piano and Cello no.4 in C Major op.102 no.1
L.v.Beethoven, Sonata for Piano and Cello no.5 in D major op.102 no.2
J. Brahms, Sonata in E minor op.38
J. Brahms, Sonata in F major op.99
C.Cassado, Requiebros
F.Chopin, Cello sonata in G Minor op. 65
C.Debussy, Cello sonata in D minor
G.Faure, Apres un reve
G.Faure, Elegie
E.Grieg, Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor op.36
T.Kaumann, “Limping Tango”
F.Mendelssohn, Sonata for Cello and Piano in D – Major op.58
N.Paganini (arr. Kreisler), Variations on a Theme from Gioachino Rossini’s “Mosé”
D.Popper, Dance of the Elves op.39
F.Poulenc, Sonata for Cello and Piano
S.Prokofiev, Cello sonata in C major op.119
S.Rachmaninoff, “Vocalise” for Cello and piano
S.Rachmaninoff, Cello sonata in G minor op.19
C.Saint-Saëns, Allegro appassionato in B minor op.43
F.Schubert, Arpeggione sonata in A minor D821
R.Schumann, Adagio und Allegro in A flat minor op.70
P.Tchaikovsky, Chanson Triste op.40 no.2
Chamber Music
A.Arensky, String Quartet no.2 in A minor op.35
L.v.Beethoven, Piano trio in E flat major op.1 nr.1
J. Brahms, String sextet in B flat major op.18
J. Brahms, String Quartet no.2 in A minor op.51
A.Dvorak, Pianotrio “Dumky” in E Minor op.90
G.Gusev, Genome for 6 cellos
J.Haydn, Pianotrio in A Dur Hob.XV/9
J.Haydn, Pianotrio in G Dur Hob.XV/25 “Gypsy”
F.Mendelssohn, Piano trio in D minor op.49 no.1
F.Mendelssohn, Piano trio in C minor op.66
D.Popper, Requiem for 3 cellos and piano
M.Ravel, Pianotrio in A Minor
P.Schoenfield, Cafe Music
F.Schubert, Piano trio in B flat major op.99 no.1
G.Sollima, Terra Aria for 6 cellos
Ø.Sommerfeldt, Piano trio “Liten suite” op.40
J.Turina, Fantasie op.91 ” Circulo”
With Orchestra
S.Barber, Cello Concerto in A minor op.22
E.Bloch, Schelomo – Rhapsodie hebraique
M.Bruch, Kol Nidrei in G minor op.47
A.Dvorak, Cello Concerto in B minor op.104
E.Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor op.85
J.Haydn, Cello Concerto in C major Hob.VIIb:1
J.Haydn, Cello Concerto in D major Hob.VIIb:2
É.Lalo, Cello Concerto in D minor
D.Popper, Polonaise de Concert in D minor op.14
C.Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor op.33
D.Schostakovich, Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major op.107
R.Schumann, Cello Concerto in A minor op.129
P.Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations in A major op.33
A.Dvorak, Waldesruhe
P.Tchaikovsky, Nocturne in D minor Op.19 No. 4
