Emilia Wareborn: her journey of self-discovery
Emilia Wareborn was born on May 24, 1981 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
She began playing the viola at the age of five using the Suzuki method, and simultaneously pursued violin and piano studies at the age of ten. In 2000, at the age of 19, she entered the Malmö Academy of Music, where she studied with Professor Henrik Frendin and his assistant Markus Falkbring.
In 2002, she continued her studies at the Gothenburg Academy of Music with Professor Björn Sjögren and Johanna Persson.
After four years of study in Sweden, she completed her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP de Paris) by studying the viola with Professor Jean Sulem and his assistant Raymond Glatard.
After Paris, she joined the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Lyon to study viola with Professor Jean-Philippe Vasseur, his assistant Fabrice Lamarre, and Friedeich Kirch. She also participated in contemporary music masterclasses with Christophe Desjardins.
His numerous professional achievements
Professionally, Emilia Wareborn has played and worked with numerous orchestras, including:
- le Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra,
- the BSG where she worked from 2002 under the direction of Neeme Lake and Gustavo Dudamel until 2012,
- la Royal Stockholm Philharmonic,
- le Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestrain Stockholm,
- theRoyal Stockholm Opera,
- theGothenburg Opera as co-director,
- theBergen Symphony Orchestra,
- the NorrlandsOperan in Umeå,
- theOdense Symphony Orchestra,
- le Musica Vitae in Växjö.
Emilia Wareborn undertook several tours with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2012.
Emilia Wareborn with the Royal Opera House
In 2013, she performed at the Royal Opera House , "Det Kongelige Teater" in Copenhagen. During the current season, they are performing operas such as:
- The Trittico,
- Carmen,
- Romeo and Juliet,
- Sleeping Beauty,
- Tannhäuser,
- La Bayadère and the Devils of Loudon.
Emilia Wareborn and the Ada trio
Emilia Wareborn also plays with the Ada string chamber music trio. The other members are:
- Emma de Frumerie, violinist at the Royal Philharmonic in Stockholm,
- Petra Lundin, cellist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the BSG.
In 2013, the Ada Trio performed, among other works, Bach's Goldberg Variations based on a transcription for string trio by Sitkovetsky, and Divertimento in E-flat major. During the summer, the Ada Trio will be performing for the fifth consecutive year at the Fårö Festival, near Gotland in Sweden.
The Ada trio and the Selest ensemble
Emma de Frumerie, Petra Lundin, and Emilia Wareborn, along with five other musicians, form a group called Selest. The members compose their own music and are currently working on a rearrangement of Mozart's Requiem, as well as performances as artists-in-residence at Vara Concert Hall, Gothenburg. This work is in progress and will premiere in the fall of 2013.
Alto solo for composer Philip Wareborn
In March 2013, Emilia was the viola soloist in the viola concerto recently written by her friend and cousin, the composer Philip Wareborn . The concert took place in the Roy O. Disney Hall at CalArts, in the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles, California.
