Eldbjørg Hemsing

Eldbjørg Hemsing
Born	(1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 34) Valdres, Oppland
Origin	Norway
Genres	Classical music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Violin
Years active	1996 – present
Labels	BIS Records, Sweden
Website	www.eldbjorghemsing.com

Eldbjørg Hemsing (born 16 February 1990, Nord-Aurdal, Norway) is a Norwegian violinist who began her career at the age of 11. She premiered several works by Tan Dun in her solo debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.[1] She is the younger sister of the Norwegian violinist Ragnhild Hemsing[2] and currently lives in Berlin.[1]

Biography

Hemsing started playing the violin at the age of five, and, at six years of age, she played for the Norwegian royal family.[3] At the age of seven, she was accepted into the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, where she received lessons from Alf Richard Kraggerud and Stephan Barratt-Due.[4] She was later taught by Professor Boris Kuschnir. In 2012, she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.[1]

Hemsing started collaborating with Tan Dun after he asked her to perform his Hero Concerto with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra.[5] She premiered his Triple Resurrection Concerto in Leipzig and Shanghai with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.[5] She premiered Tan Dun's violin concerto The Love with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, and his violin concerto The Fire Rituals[6] with the Chinese National Orchestra at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China).[7][8]

Some of her collaborations include:

• The NDR Radiophilharmonie
• The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
• The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
• The Norwegian Radio Orchestra
• The Czech National Symphony Orchestra
• The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.^[citation needed]

She has performed at:

• The Bad Kissingen and Alpen Klassik festivals in Germany
• The International Chamber Music Festivals in Oslo, Stavanger, and Bergen
• Wigmore Hall
• Verbier Festival
• Bellerive Festival
• The Nordic Cool Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.^[citation needed]

Hemsing's recording of a violin concerto by Hjalmar Borgstrøm with Wiener Symphoniker, directed by Olari Elts, was released worldwide by BIS in 2018,[1] and included performances by Norwegian Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Christian Lindberg); Szczecin Philharmonic (conductor Rune Bergmann); Bergen International Festival in Norway; and Paavo Järvi's Pärnu Festival in Estonia.[9]

Hemsing plays a 1754 GB Guadagnini violin, on loan from the Dextra Musica Foundation.[10] She also plays the Hardanger Fiddle.[11]

Discography

• 2011: Eldbjørg Hemsing, Kvarts, Ragnhild Hemsing, Varde (Kvarts)[12]
• 2018: Eldbjørg Hemsing, Wiener Symphoniker, Olari Elts: Hjalmar Borgstrøm, Violin Concerto op. 25/Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1 (BIS)[1]
• 2018: Eldbjørg Hemsing, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Alan Buribayev: Dvořák & Suk, Works for Violin & Orchestra (BIS)[13]
• 2019: Eldbjørg Hemsing, Oslo Philharmonic: Tan Dun, Fire Ritual, Violin Concertos (BIS)[6]
• 2023: Eldbjørg Hemsing, GBH Music presents Live at GBH[14]

Competitions and awards

Hemsing received third prize in Eurovision Young Musicians 2008.[15]

References

1. Schmidt, Hannah (14 March 2018). "Von einer Frau, die das Idyll verließ". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
2. "Ragnhild and Eldbjørg Hemsing". Мариинский театр – Официальный сайт. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
3. Horne, Birte Njøsen (14 October 2006). "Hemsing-søstrene". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 January 2025.
4. "Alf Richard Kraggerud". en.zhmozart.org. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
5. "Eldbjørg Hemsing - Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Ede 2018". www.kamermuziekfestivalede.nl. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
6. Hanusiak, Xenia (26 September 2018). "Dun Links Ancient, Modern Worlds In New Violin Work". Classical Voice North America. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
7. "Tan Dun". Klassik Heute (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
8. "Förderung". Göhde Foundation (in German). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
9. "Eldbjørg Hemsing". EPSTEIN FOX PERFORMANCES. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
10. "Eldbjørg Hemsing". Biography (in Norwegian). Sparebankstiftelsen.no. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
11. "Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing; 'in the moments when magic happens, you think, that's why we do this'". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
12. OCLC 970825005
13. Hemsing, Eldbjørg; Buribayev, Alan; Koncz, Stephan; Dvořák, Antonín; Suk, Josef; Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (2018), Violin concerto (in no linguistic content), Åkersberga, Sweden: BIS, OCLC 1223045512
14. "GBH Music presents violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing – Live at GBH". GBH. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
15. "Eurovision Young Musicians 2008 | Eurovision Young Musicians – Cologne 2016". 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

External links

• Eldbjørg Hemsing – Keynote Artist Management Archived 23 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Barratt Due Musikkinstitut
• The Hemsing Festival Archived 29 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine