Truls Mørk
Cellist Truls Mørk is one of Scandinavia's leading touring musicians, particularly noted for a romantic, emotional approach derived in part from his Russian-school training. Mørk is also an important educator.
Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway, on April 25, 1961. His father, John Fritjof Mørk, was a cellist, and his mother, Turid Otterbech, was a pianist. She began giving him piano lessons at age seven, and he also studied the violin. Finally, he settled on the cello and began taking lessons with his father and then with Frans Helmerson at the Edsberg Music Institute. He gravitated toward the playing of Mstislav Rostropovich and began studying with cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya. Mørk reached the finals of the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, becoming the first Scandinavian musician to do so since 1966, and he took second prizes at the Naumburg Competition in New York and the Cassado Cello Competition in Florence. In 1988, he made his recording debut on the Simax label, joining pianist Juhani Lagerspetz on a recording of Brahms' two sonatas for cello and piano.
Mørk made several more recordings for Simax through the early '90s. He toured the U.S. with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Mariss Jansons in 1994 and went on to appear as a soloist with many of the world's major orchestras. Mørk's repertory encompasses the standard cello concertos as well as new works by Pavel Haas, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Einojuhani Rautavaara, among others. An enthusiastic chamber music player, Mørk appears frequently in festivals around the world and founded an event of his own, the International Chamber Music Festival in Stavanger, directing it for 13 years. Mørk contracted encephalitis and paralysis from a tick bite he suffered while on tour in the U.S. in 2006; he was forced to take 18 months off from performing, but he recovered. Mørk has recorded prolifically for Virgin Classics, Ondine, and Chandos, among other labels; by 2022, when he moved to Alpha for a recording of cello sonatas by Bridge, Britten, and Debussy, his catalog numbered well over 40 releases.
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos, Le Carnaval des Animaux, Africa & Wedding Cake
Neeme Järvi, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Truls Mørk, Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on Jan 1, 2016
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Dmitry Shostakovich : Cello Concertos
Truls Mørk, Oslo-Filharmonien, Vasily Petrenko
Classical - Released by Ondine on Apr 1, 2014
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Neeme Järvi Conducts Massenet
Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi, Truls Mørk
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on May 1, 2014
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Concerto pour violoncelle n°2 - Modificata - Concerto pour percussion
Truls Mørk, Colin Currie, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Classical - Released by Ondine on Feb 1, 2012
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Trifonov Plays Chamber Music (Live)
Daniil Trifonov, Ilya Gringolts, Truls Mørk, Leonidas Kavakos, Gautier Capuçon
Classical - Released by Verbier Festival Gold on Aug 26, 2022
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Bridge, Britten, Debussy: Cello Sonatas
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Aug 26, 2022
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Brahms: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto
Vadim Repin, Truls Mørk, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2008
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Bach, JS: Cello Suites, BWV 1007 - 1012
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 7, 2005
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C.P.E. Bach : Cello Concertos Wq. 170-172
Bernard Labadie, Truls Mørk, Les Violons du Roy
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Feb 8, 2011
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Brahms: Cello Sonatas
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 3, 2006
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Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello - Bartók: Contrasts - Liszt: Concerto pathétique (Live at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 1998)
Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Truls Mørk
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 2000
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Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Neeme Järvi, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Truls Mørk
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on Sep 1, 2012
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Chopin: Cello Sonata G Minor; Schumann: Adagio & Allegro Op. 70 Etc.
Classical - Released by Simax Classics on Jan 1, 1990
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Ravel: 3 Sonatas, Tzigane, Habanera, Berceuse etc
Chantal Juillet, Truls Mørk, Pascal Rogé
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1996
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Haydn: Cello Concertos
Classical - Released by Simax Classics on Jan 1, 1992
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Enescu: Symphonie concertante & Symphony No.1
Truls Mørk, Tampere Filharmonia, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on Feb 10, 2015
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Dvořák: Cello Concerto No. 2 - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Truls Mørk, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1993
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Sonate pour violoncelle & piano
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Aug 6, 2007
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Miss Julie (Ullmann) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Truls Mørk, Håvard Gimse, Arve Tellefsen
Film Soundtracks - Released by 2L on Jan 30, 2016
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Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Op. 104 - Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Truls Mørk, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1993
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Rachmaninov/Miaskovsky:Cello Sonatas
Truls Mørk, Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1996
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