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Linda Magdalena Cullberg Lampenius, previously known internationally by her stage name Linda Brava, is a Finnish classical concert violinist. Born in Finland into a Swedish-speaking Finnish family, she is a dual citizen of Finland and Sweden. Described as one of the most versatile and accomplished players of her generation, Lampenius has also performed pop, rock, folk, techno, film, jazz, and worl…
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Born 26 February 1970 · Q541180
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In a newspaper interview in February 2019, Lampenius said that she suffers from familial hypercholesterolemia, which she had been diagnosed with as a child.
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Lampenius performed numerous Christmas concerts in Stockholm, including Immanuel's Church, Hedvig Eleonora Church, and the Finnish Church
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Lampenius toured as a soloist of the Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra Vienna, co-headlining concerts in many of the major concert halls in the Nordic countries such as Finlandia Hall and Stockholm Concert Hall
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Released album “Angels”.
Lampenius was one of the judges of the 1st season of X Factor in Finland, a singing competition based on Simon Cowell's The X Factor franchise
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Lampenius performed in the last concert of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Concert Series, playing works by Turlough Carolan, Michael William Balfe, and Michael McGlynn
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And performed in Christmas concerts in Sweden in 2011
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Lampenius was one of the leading soloists of the 10th anniversary tour of the Rhapsody in Rock spectacle, which has been staged all around the world, and she was titled as the best artist of the tour, "who awes as usual"
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Lampenius trained Muay Thai in Thailand and made a PR video for the Fairtex Bangplee training camp
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Lampenius appeared as a violin soloist in Anúna's Celtic Origins music special on PBS, which aired the show on over 250 TV stations across the USA
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While the Celtic Origins concert tour in the fall of the same year visited over 40 cities across the United States
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Released album “Nordic Light”.
And re-released in Sweden in 2008, peaking at number 12 on the Swedish Top Album Chart
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And 2008, touring in concert halls and arenas all around the country
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Lampenius starred in her own variety show Fantastix in a Stockholm theatre
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And her first major concert tours in the country occurred a few years later
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Released album “Linda Brava”.
And she has since been featured in numerous other fashion, lifestyle, and entertainment magazines as well, including Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, GQ, Hello
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Lampenius started recording her first classical album with John Lenehan at Abbey Road Studios in London, and the Linda Brava album was released worldwide in 1999, the track listing including Edvard Grieg's Violin Sonata
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And she worked under the EMI Classics label from 1998 to 2002
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Lampenius has lived in Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm
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Lampenius was titled as Finland's Tourist Envoy in Sweden as she had increased Swedes' interest in Finland
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Studied at Sibelius Academy (1985–1997).
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Released album “Linda Lampenius”.
Both Björn Borg and Panos Emporio offered Lampenius a modelling contract, and she became the spokesperson for the Björn Borg fashion label, appearing in advertisements, fashion shows, and other promotional events in Finl
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Serving also as a board member of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
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Appearing in a few fashion shows and a televised coffee commercial
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Vasabladet reported on Lampenius, a child violinist to remember, after her impressive solo concert appearance
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Born 1970-02-26.
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At only eleven weeks of age; her mother played the lead and she was her daughter-in-arms
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