Music and Business is led by the Norwegian violinist Vegard Nilsen who studied with prof. Arve
Tellefsen at the Norwegian State Academy of Music and with Viktor Liberman and Lex Korff de
Gidts at the Utrecht Conservatory where he graduated cum laude.

   During his student years he attended masterclasses
with Hristo Donkin, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Franco
Gulli, Gyorgy Pauk, Istvan Parkanyi, Herman Krebbers
and the Altenberg Trio Wien. During six years he was
leader of the second violins of the Netherlands
Chamber Orchestra, and since 1995 he is a professor
of violin at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Music
in Antwerp. Since 2008 he also teaches at the
"Gjøvik Academy of the Arts" in Norway. Being an
accomplished pedagogue he gave master classes in
Norway, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany.

A passionate chamber musician he has built up an international reputation as a violinist of The
Atlantic Trio www.atlantictrio.com. His work as an organizer of Gjøvik Chamber Music Festival
www.atlantictrio.com/festival.htm and the International Music Course (NL) www.musiccourse.nl has
been widely recognized.

He plays a violin by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.