Cecilia Zilliacus
Cecilia Zilliacus is among Sweden's leading violinists, collaborating with singer-songwriters as well as jazz and folk musicians and performing traditional repertory. She is frequently active as a member of the string trio ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen.
Zilliacus was born in Stockholm on September 22, 1972. She played the violin from childhood at the Kungsholmens Gymnasium and the Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm, studying at the latter with Harald Thedéen. She had many lessons from Sven Karpe. Zilliacus also studied in Cologne, Germany, with Mihaela Martin and participated in master classes with Milan Vitek, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Franco Gulli. A major breakthrough for Zilliacus was a win at the 1997 Royal Swedish Academy of Music Competition, followed quickly by a Soloist Prize at the Nordic Soloist Triennial in Trondheim, Norway. Zilliacus served as artist-in-residence for Sweden's public radio network in 1997 and 1998. In 1998, she released her debut album, Cecilia Zilliacus: Violin, on the Caprice label, and the following year, she co-founded ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen.
Zilliacus has performed with most of the major Swedish orchestras as well as other groups around Scandinavia and beyond, including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the National Symphony Orchestra of Estonia, and the Radio Symphony of the Netherlands. Her repertory is predominantly but not exclusively Scandinavian. Zilliacus is especially noted as a chamber music player, collaborating with such performers as violist Lise Berthaud and pianists Bengt Forsberg and Håvard Gimse, as well as her own trio. Both as a soloist and with ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen, she has stressed contemporary music, and composers who have written new works for her include Dai Fujikura, Mats Larsson Gothe, and Fredrik Hedelin. Several of Zilliacus' recordings have won Swedish Grammis awards. She has recorded mostly for the dB Productions label but has issued several albums on BIS, including a collection of sonatas for violin and piano with pianist Christian Ihle Hadland in 2023. By that time, Zilliacus had released more than ten solo recordings, plus several more with ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen. Zilliacus is the artistic director of two Finnish chamber music festivals, Katrina Chamber Music on the culturally Swedish Åland archipelago and the Korsholm Music Festival in Vaasa.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Works
Cecilia Zilliacus, Christian Ihle Hadland, Stephen Fitzpatrick
Kamermuziek - Released by BIS on 3 feb. 2023
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Swedish Violin Treasures
Cecilia Zilliacus, Bengt Forsberg
Kamermuziek - Released by dB Productions on 12 jun. 2020
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Brahms, Maier & Röntgen: Violin Concertos
Cecilia Zilliacus, Kristiina Poska, Vasteras Sinfonietta, Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by dB Productions on 4 feb. 2022
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The Zilliacus Quartet: Grieg, Maier, Röntgen - String Quartets
The Zilliacus Quartet, Cecilia Zilliacus, Julia-Maria Kretz, Ylvali McTigert Zilliacus, Kati Raitinen
Kamermuziek - Released by dB Productions on 10 mrt. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carl Nielsen: Works for Violin Vol. 1
Cecilia Zilliacus, Bengt Forsberg
Klassiek - Released by Naxos Sweden - dB on 8 apr. 2015
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Zilliacus, Cecilia: Sibelius, Stenhammar, Nielsen, Svendsen & Nelson (Jean Sibelius - Wilhelm Stenhammar - Carl Nielsen)
Klassiek - Released by Intim Musik on 1 jan. 2004
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Nielsen : Works for Violin, Vol. 2
Cecilia Zilliacus, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Daniel Blendulf
Concerten voor viool - Released by dB Productions on 13 nov. 2015
Gramophone Editor's Choice16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Marcelle de Manziarly: Chamber Works
Cecilia Zilliacus, Kati Raitinen, Bengt Forsberg, Peter Friis Johansson
Alternative en Indie - Released by BIS on 19 apr. 2024
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Dansa
Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 2 dec. 2016
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Amanda Maier, Vol. 2
Cecilia Zilliacus, Bengt Forsberg, Sabina Bisholt
Kamermuziek - Released by dB Productions on 6 okt. 2017
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Koch: Violin Sonata in E minor - Rosenberg: Violin Sonata No. 2 - Melchers: Violin Sonata, Op. 22 (Sigurd von Koch - Hilding Rosenberg - Melcher Melchers)
Klassiek - Released by Phono Suecia on 16 jun. 1999
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Mozarts Divertimento (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Klassiek - Released by Caprice on 1 sep. 2010
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Skog & Nilsson: Contemporary Violin Concertos
Cecilia Zilliacus, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Vasteras Sinfonietta, Anna-Maria Helsing, Fredrik Burstedt
Klassiek - Released by dB Productions on 21 apr. 2017
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Bartok: Violin Sonata No. 1 / Dohnanyi: Violin Sonata, Op. 21 (Bela Bartok - Erno Dohnanyi)
Klassiek - Released by Caprice on 1 jan. 2002
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Cecila Zilliacus, violin (Igor Stravinsky - Jean Sibelius - Jean Ekman)
Klassiek - Released by Caprice on 1 sep. 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carl Nielsen: Works for Violin Vol. 1
Carl Nielsen, Cecilia Zilliacus, Bengt Forsberg
Klassiek - Released by dB Productions on 8 apr. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo