Hello, my name is August Magnusson, and I am 22 years old. I was born in Oslo, Norway. My mother is a flutist at the Oslo opera and my father plays the bassoon. My sister as well is a musician and studies Cello in Boston. So nobody would blink an eye that I as well turned to music. My instrument is the violin.
The only one out of my family who has nothing to do with music is my brother. He studied Greek history.

In 2014 I came to Berlin for one year as an exchange student at the Bach-Gymnasium. I had already learned German at school in Oslo, so it wasn’t to difficult for me to find my way around here.
I also made friends easily, since everybody was very friendly and helpful. My one year plan turned into a permanent situation because I had passed the entrance exam for the academy in Leipzig and also played in the youth orchestra of the "Neue Philharmoniker" in Berlin. For me, Leipzig is a very beautiful city woth living in.

Even on vacation I carry my violin with me, since I have to practice two up to three hours every day in order not to loose the connection and delicacy of feeling for the instrument.

In 2016 I founded the Gyldfeldt Quartett. We are two Violinists, one viola player and a cellist. All four of us study at the Musikhochschule in Leipzig.