Violinist Samal Petersen Gives Ten-Concert Faroe Islands Tour

Faroe Islands violinist Sámal Petersen has given the Faroe Islands premiere of Nostrorbis, an internationally co-commissioned violin sonata by American composer Stephanie Ann Boyd. Petersen is the Faroe Islands commissioner of the World Sonata Project.

Ann Arbor, United States – July 8, 2017 /PressCable/ —

Samal Petersen Gives Faroe Islands Premiere of Internationally Co-Commissioned Violin Sonata as Part of the World Sonata Project

Faroe Islands violinist Samal Petersen has given the Faroe Islands premiere of Nostrorbis, an internationally co-commissioned violin sonata by American composer Stephanie Ann Boyd, in a ten-concert tour of the Faroe Islands over the past few weeks. The first concert was on the 19th of June at eight in Fuglafjordur church, and subsequent concerts at Haldorsvíkur church, Sandava church, Hoyvík church, and others. All programs consisted of Bach solo violin works and the new Boyd sonata. Nostrorbis is the result of a consortium commission involving violinists from nearly 40 countries around the world.

Samal Peterson began violin studies at 11 year in his hometown of Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. After finishing high school, Samal went to Denmark, where he gained a masters degree in performing and teaching in Odense. Further, Samal studied in Vienna with Magread McCrann and Ernst Kovacic. Samal has taken part in several masterclasses with teachers as Christian Altenburger and Valerij Klimov. He came back to The Faroes where he teaches and currently is concertmaster in The Faroe Islands Symphony. He is also a co-founder and member of the chamber ensemble Aldubaran with Faroese musicians. “Samal’s work is influenced by the rich history of the Faroe Islands”, Boyd said. “He is such an intriguing person to work with and I’m honored to have worked with him to create Nostrorbis.”

New York City-based Boyd, who recently graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts with a masters degree in composition, studied violin with Kendall while in high school in Michigan in the US. Stephanie’s 2015/2016 season included commissions for a cello concerto for Alan Toda-Ambaras and the Eureka Orchestra, new works for Washington Square Winds in New York City and Cincinnati Soundbox in Ohio, and a co-commission involving 50 violinists across America. Other recent highlights involved co-directing the Tuesday Night New Music concert series, winning New England Conservatory’s Donald Martino Prize for Excellence in Composition, and having her violin concerto premiered in Jordan Hall by recent Michael Hill International Competition prize-winner Eunae Koh under the baton of Australian conductor Nathan Aspinall.

More information on violinist Samal Petersen can be found at http://www.stephanieannboyd.com/faroe-islands

More about the World Sonata Project can be found at http://www.stephanieannboyd.com/worldsonataproject-1/

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