Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due | |
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Birth name | Stephan Henrik Barratt Due |
Born |
Oslo |
19 February 1919
Origin | Norway |
Died | 18 November 1985 Oslo |
(aged 66)
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician, music teacher |
Instruments | Violin |
Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due (19 February 1919 – 18 November 1985) was a Norwegian violinist and music teacher, and the son of violinist Henrik Adam Due (1891–1966) and Mary Barratt Due (b. Barratt, 1888–1969), married to Else Barratt-Due (b. Holst, 1925–2006), and together they got five children, among them the pianist Cecilie Barratt-Due (1950–) and the violinist Stephan Barratt-Due Jr. (1956–) married to violinist Soon-Mi Chung.
Barrat-Due studied violin with his father from an early age, and debuted in 1940. He gave numerous concerts in Scandinavia, the UK and USA, and was artistic director of the Barratt Due Institute of Music (1970–1985).