Warner Classics is pleased to announce the signing of Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang. Her first recording features the Sibelius Violin Concerto and three Humoresques and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, recorded live with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and conductor Thomas Søndergård. After making her debut at the age of ten with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Vilde was engaged by Mariss Jansons to perform with the Oslo Philharmonic. Since then, she has been a soloist with orchestras in Scandinavia, England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Baltic countries, the U.S., Singapore and Taiwan. Vilde Frang has won a number of major prizes, among them the Grand Prize of the 2007 Vera and Oscar Ritter Stiftung, a Fellowship from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust in 2007 and the 2009 Norwegian Soloist Prize. She plays a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin, on loan from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Freundeskreis Stiftung, which has supported Vilde Frang since 2003. 1 Sibelius: First movement - Allegro moderato: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 2 Sibelius: Second movement - Adagio di molto: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 3 Sibelius: Third movement - Allegro ma non tanto: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 4 Prokofiev: I. Andantino: Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major Op. 19 5 Prokofiev: II. Scherzo (Vivacissimo): Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major Op. 19 6 Prokofiev: III. Moderato: Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major Op. 19 7 Sibelius: No.1 in D Minor: Two Humoresques, Op.87 8 Sibelius: No.2 in D Major: Two Humoresques, Op.87 9 Sibelius: Humoreske No.5 in E Flat, Op.89 No.3