Serafin Kraggerud Family - West Cork Music

Alma Serafin Kraggerud [violin], Franz Serafin Kraggerud [cello], Hector Serafin Kraggerud [piano]

Alma, Franz and Hector are already beginning their separate careers as soloists, having performed with different orchestras and broadcasters, but they also regularly perform as a Trio. As a trio they are often invited to festivals with and without their father, Henning Kraggerud. Last year they performed at Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival and Virtuoso Belcanto Festival in Lucca. They premiered Henning Kraggerud’s Tales from the Enchanted Forest with orchestra in summer, 2022.

Alma made her orchestral debut at age 9 as a soloist with the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra performing for the Royal families of Norway, Sweden and Denmark and has been invited back as a soloist three times since. She has been a soloist with various orchestras including Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic, Wroclaw Philharmonic, Montpellier National Opera, Kristiansand Symphony, Originalklang Orchester L`arpa festante München, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss.

Franz is a prize winner at several competitions. He won first prize in the Midgard Competition and later that year he won third prize in The Nutcracker competition in Moscow. The closing concert, where Franz was soloist, was broadcast live on Russian television and he was also awarded the international EMCY award.

Hector received Ånun Lund Rej’s award for his musical curiosity and creativity in 2024. He is also an award recipient at several national and international competitions: third prize at the Primavera Pianistica Competition Belgium 2024, Inspiration Award at the Young Musician Competition Estonia, Tallinn 2022, first prize and Young Talents Award at De Bach Au Jazz, second prize at the III Wiener Classic Danubia Talents, Hungary 2021, first prize at the Sardoal Talent Award, Portugal 2020. He won three awards at the largest national Norwegian competition, UMM, Oslo, Norway: first prize, inspiration award and the main competition award Talent of the Year. In 2019 he won first prize and Special Prize at the Midgard Competition, Norway, and the Diploma and Special Prize at the Young Musician Competition, along with a personal invitation to participate in a concert for an outstanding performance of Nocturne by F. Chopin, Tallinn.