Nina-Marie Førisdal

Nina-Marie Førisdal is a performing musician who also teaches violin at several institutions. At Barratt Due Institute of Music, she teaches violin as a principal instrument at the Musikk på Majorstuen program.

Førisdal studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music with teachers including Terje Moe Hansen, Eivind Aadland, and Lars Anders Tomter, and she completed an exchange program in Dresden with Baroque violinist John Holloway. She also earned a master’s degree at the Norwegian Academy of Music, focusing on Fartein Valen’s Violin Concerto, alongside performance studies with Detlef Hahn.

From an early age, she chose to combine freelance performing with teaching, and string quartets have played an important role in Førisdal’s life since she was 15.

In addition to teaching at Barratt Due Music Institute, she also teaches at Grefsen School’s string orchestra through the Oslo Music and Culture School and at the Ringerike Summer Symphony.