Organ lunchbreakconcert with Victoria Ulriksen

Victoria Ulriksen (*2006) studies organ in her bachelor’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig with Professor Dr. Martin Schmeding, parallel to church music in her bachelor’s degree at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Professor Kåre Nordstoga. She is also studying fortepiano and modern piano with emeritus professor Liv Glaser.

She has received prizes in competitions at home and abroad, including the 1st prize in the final of the Youth Music Championship and the audience award in the International Maria Hofer Organ Competition 2023. She has received support and scholarships from Drømmestipendet, Tom Wilhelmsens Foundation and Fegerstens Foundation.

Victoria gave her debut recital at the age of 15 in Oslo Cathedral, and abroad in 2023 on Scandinavia’s only Cavaillé-Coll organ in Copenhagen. Later she played recitals in the Nidaros Cathedral, Fraumünster Zurich, the Cathedral of Uppsala, the Cathedral of Haderslev, the Westerkerk Amsterdam and the Cathedral of Hasselt. Her tour in England last year included concerts at Blackburn Cathedral and Truro Cathedral, among others, and this year’s tours include more than 15 cathedrals such as Norwich, Chester, Southwark, as well as Handel House London and Westminster Abbey. Next year she will also play at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.

Victoria has played at a number of festivals, such as the Oslo International Church Music Festival, Bergen International Organ Festival, Nordic Church Music Festival, and was chosen by Olivier Latry last summer to play at the International Organ Festival Haarlem on the famous organ in St. Bavo. She has also opened the Salzburger Festspiele 4 times.

In 2025, she will play more than 50 solo recitals, so at international and prestigious festivals at Trieste Cathedral, Fraumünster Zurich, Västerås Cathedral, St. Chad Cathedral during their live-streamed “Thursday Live Plus!”, and at the International Organ Summer Karlsruhe. She is already booked for many festivals in 2026, such as the exclusive “OrgelGlanzLichter” in Iserlohn, and she will represent Norway at the Nordic Church Music Symposium in 2028.