Eldbjørg Hemsing
Eldbjørg Hemsing (born February 16, 1990 in Nord-Aurdal , Oppland , Norway ) is a Norwegian violinist .
Life
Hemsing grew up in a village with fewer than 500 inhabitants near Nord-Aurdal , played the violin at the age of 2 and made her first public appearance at the age of 6. Her sister Ragnhild is also a violinist.
Career
At the age of 11, Hemsing played as a soloist in the Bergens Philharmonic Orchestra . At the age of 22 she gained international fame when she played at the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony in Oslo . She studied with Boris Kuschnir in Vienna and published her first solo album in 2018 with a recording of the violin concerto in G major by Hjalmar Borgstrøm , to which she feels personally connected. In the same year she was Artist in Residence at the Stormen Concert Hall in Bodø .
instrument
Hemsing plays on a Guadagnini violin from 1754, which is available to her on loan.
Discography
2018
- Eldbjørg Hemsing, Wiener Symphoniker , Olari Elts : Borgstrøm, Violin Concerto op.25 / Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1 TO)
- Eldbjørg Hemsing, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra , Alan Buribayev : Dvořák & Suk, Works for Violin & Orchestra (BIS)
2019
- Eldbjørg Hemsing, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra , Tan Dun : Tan Dun, Fire Ritual, violin concertos (BIS)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d From a woman who left the idyll , Hannah Schmidt, in: ZEIT Online v. March 14, 2018, last amended on March 26, 2018. Accessed March 30, 2018
- ↑ a b c BIO , eldbjorghemsing.info - biography. Retrieved March 30, 2018
- ^ BIS Records - Borgström and Shostakovich - Violin Concertos. Accessed April 27, 2018 (English).
- ↑ BIS Records - Eldbjørg Hemsing plays Dvorak and Suk. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
- ↑ BIS Records - Tan Dun - Fire Ritual, violin concertos. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hemsing, Eldbjørg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North Aurdal , Oppland , Norway |