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\u201c\u2026glass was smashed on stage, and afterward we were allowed to go backstage. That\u2019s when I realized they\u2019d been wearing wigs\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Violin: Kersti Wilhelmsson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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Meet the Musicians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m originally from V\u00e4ster\u00e5s. I studied in Trondheim and Cardiff, and then joined the Norrlands Opera in 2005. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first opera I saw<\/strong> was *Eugene Onegin* at the Royal Opera in Stockholm when I was seven years old. It was an amazing experience that made a deep impression on me. I especially remember a glass being smashed on stage and shattering into a thousand pieces, and of course the scene where Lensky is shot. It was amazing that afterward we got to go backstage to Tatyana\u2019s and Olga\u2019s dressing rooms (Jadwiga Koba and Birgitta Svend\u00e9n). But\u2014they were wearing wigs, after all! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first opera at the Norrlands Opera was *Turandot*.<\/strong> In my opinion, the best opera production at the Norrlands Opera during my time there has been *Wozzeck*. If I had my choice, I would love to perform *Der Rosenkavalier* in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was younger <\/strong>, Isaac Stern was <\/strong>one of my favorite violinists. I remember my dad and I going to hear him play at the Stockholm Concert Hall. These days, I\u2019m more interested in following the young and fantastic Christian Li from Australia, for example; otherwise, I always enjoy listening to Maxim Vengerov, Rachel Podger, Monica Huggett, and Ray Chen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I enjoy the variety<\/strong> of performing both opera and concerts at the Norrlands Opera, and if you\u2019re lucky, you might even get to hear me and my three outstanding colleagues perform chamber music all over V\u00e4sterbotten with the Avatarkvartetten, a group I particularly enjoy working with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In the winter, I enjoy downhill skiing, and in the summer, I go road biking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4014,"menu_order":45,"template":"","meta":{"musician_role":"Violin"},"class_list":["post-22037","musician","type-musician","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nKersti Wilhelmsson - Norrlandsoperan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/en\/musikerna\/kersti-wilhelmsson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kersti Wilhelmsson - Norrlandsoperan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/en\/musikerna\/kersti-wilhelmsson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Norrlandsoperan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-03T11:13:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kersti_wilhelmssonn_2X5A3241_webb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2559\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norrlandsoperan.se\\\/en\\\/musikerna\\\/kersti-wilhelmsson\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/norrlandsoperan.se\\\/en\\\/musikerna\\\/kersti-wilhelmsson\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kersti Wilhelmsson - 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