VCUarts Music is excited to host renowned tubist Øystein Baadsvik in concert on Friday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. Baadsvik will be joined by special guest pianists Magdalena Adamek and Daniel Stipe, as well as trumpeteer Rex Richardson.
VCU Students attend for free with valid VCU ID. General Admission tickets are $10.00.
Øystein Baadsvik is voted one of the top ten brass players in history by the listeners on Classic FM. He did the first TED talk on the topic of tuba and is one of the most popular classical musicians on YouTube with more than seven million views. His multi-faceted musical career as a soloist and recording artist has taken him all over the world. He regularly gives masterclasses and clinics at major universities worldwide.
Øystein Baadsvik has premiered some 60 solo works by composers from the USA, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland. He has added to the tuba literature with his own compositions. The most well known is Fnugg, that has become tremendously popular and is played by tuba players worldwide.