Eldbjørg Hemsing (born 16 February 1990) 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's mother was a violinist, and her father was a scientist. She began playing the violin at the age of five and performed for the Norwegian royal family at six.[3] At the age of seven, she was accepted into the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, where she studied under Alf Richard Kraggerud and Stephan Barratt-Due.[4] She later trained with Professor Boris Kuschnir. In 2012, she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.[1]

Hemsing has collaborated with Tan Dun, performing 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] In 2010, she premiered Tan Dun's violin concerto The Love with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra at the World Expo in Shanghai. She also premiered his The Fire Rituals[6] with the Chinese National Orchestra at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China).[7][8]

Hemsing plays a 1754 G.B. Guadagnini violin, on loan from the Dextra Musica Foundation.[9] She also plays the traditional Norwegian Hardanger fiddle.[10] In 2022, she signed with Sony Classical,[11] and later, in 2024, she was signed by Epstein Fox Performances.[12]

Notable Recordings

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.[13]

In 2023, she released an album, Arctic, recorded with the Arctic Philharmonic and Christian Kluxen.[14][15] The album won the Opus Klassik Award in the category Classic without Limits.[16]

Discography

Competitions and awards

Hemsing received third prize in Eurovision Young Musicians 2008.[21] Her 2023 album Arctic received the Opus Klassik Award in the category Classic without Limits.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b "Eldbjørg Hemsing - Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Ede 2018". www.kamermuziekfestivalede.nl. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b 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". Biography (in Norwegian). Sparebankstiftelsen.no. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing; 'in the moments when magic happens, you think, that's why we do this'". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  11. ^ Channel, The Violin (17 December 2021). "Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing Signs with Sony Classical". World's Leading Classical Music Platform. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  12. ^ 2024-02-21T10:40:00+00:00. "Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing signs with Epstein Fox Performances". The Strad. Retrieved 18 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Eldbjørg Hemsing". EPSTEIN FOX PERFORMANCES. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  14. ^ 2024-02-21T10:40:00+00:00. "Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing signs with Epstein Fox Performances". The Strad. Retrieved 18 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "CD Spotlight: Arctic by Eldbjørg Hemsing". WXXI News. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  16. ^ a b 2024-02-21T10:40:00+00:00. "Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing signs with Epstein Fox Performances". The Strad. Retrieved 18 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ OCLC 970825005
  18. ^ 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
  19. ^ "Grieg*, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Simon Trpčeski – The Violin Sonatas". Discogs. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  20. ^ "GBH Music presents violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing – Live at GBH". GBH. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Eurovision Young Musicians 2008 | Eurovision Young Musicians – Cologne 2016". 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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