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Jørgen Skogmo

The Norwegian guitarist, theorbo-player and mandolinist Jørgen Skogmo studied with Robert Brightmore and David Miller at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. As solo guitarist he has won several prestigious international prizes including Admira Young Guitarist of the Year, Ivor Mairants Guitar Award and ‘Premio del Publico’ at the Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Classica 'Francisco Tárrega' (Benicassim, Spain).

In London he has played at the Purcell Room, St John's Smith Square, the Young Vic and Wigmore Hall; in New York at the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Centre; and in Paris at the Palace of Versailles’ Royal Chapel. He has appeared with the English Baroque Soloists (Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi 450), Les Arts Florissants (Monsieur de Pourceaugnac), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Sir Roger Norrington’s Dido and Aeneas at London’s Royal Festival Hall) Gabrieli Consort and Players, BBC Philharmonic, King's Consort, The Sixteen, Florilegium, London Handel Orchestra, Ex Cathedra, Northern Sinfonia, English Touring Opera, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, English Concert and I Fagiolini. He has also appeared at the BBC Proms under Sir Simon Rattle (Mahler's Eighth Symphony), and at English National Opera (Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses amongst others), Glyndebourne Opera and Teatro Real, Madrid.

As mandolinist, he has recorded Schoenberg with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Robert Craft (Naxos). Other recordings, featuring theorbo or baroque guitar, include Paul McCreesh's version of Handel's Tamerlano with Placido Domingo (Opus Arte DVD) and Charivari Agréable's Giuseppe Torelli: The Original Brandenburg Concertos (Signum Classics). In 2013 he released his debut solo guitar recording, Intermesso, featuring works by Agustín Barrios, Antonio Lauro & Roland Dyens, in 2016 he released the album Antoine de L’Hoyer: Complete Works for Guitar Trio and Quartet (Naxos), and in 2019, partnering Jens Franke, he recorded the complete guitar duos by José Ferrer (Naxos).

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