Irene Tandberg
Irene Tandberg's career as performer and pedagogue spans over three decades.
She has established a large private studio whose students have been the recipients of many prestigious scholarships and awards, and positions in international schools and orchestras.
She is the Co-Director of Forest City School for Talent Education (FCTE), a performance school comprising 28 faculty teaching over 250 violin, viola, cello, bass, classical guitar and harp students. With founder and Director, Prof. Patrick Burroughs, Irene has overseen the artistic direction and administration of the program in addition to teaching master classes, coaching quartets and conducting ensembles and orchestras.
Irene was born in Denmark where her first teacher was Wolf Notkin, a member of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. In later years her principal teachers were Gwen Thompson and Dana Mazurkevich at the University of Western Ontario. Irene went on to develop her passion and vocation for teaching and performance with pedagogues including John Kendall, Elaine Klimasko, Richard Lawrence, Tom Wermuth and Teri Einfeldt.
Tandberg's recordings and performances reflect an eclectic range of engagements on Modern and Baroque violin. She has performed in core, principal and solo positions with many orchestras, chamber groups and quartets.
Irene Tandberg is an experienced and committed pedagogue who has both written and given invited talks on performance, teaching and practice strategies. She is also a very active and sought after master class teacher, clinician in workshops and adjudicator in festivals, music programs and teaching institutions across Canada. Currently, in addition to running her private studio and directing FCTE, she is teaching in the Don Wright Faculty of Music Performance Department at the University of Western Ontario.
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