Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen has often been heard in concert with her brother, cellist Håkon Samuelsen. As she completed her education in the early 2010s, she began to emerge into a solo career.
Born in 1985, Samuelsen began playing the violin at age three and took lessons at a music school near her home in Hamar, Norway. Soon she attracted the attention of violinist Arve Tellefsen in Oslo and studied with him for ten years. The Mari-Håkon partnership flowered during their teens, when they presented novel concerts such as one in 2003 where they both played Stradivarius...