Eldbjørg Hemsing

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

Biography
Eldbjørg Hemsing was born in Valdres, Norway, in 1990. She started playing the violin at the age of five, and by the age of six, she played for the Norwegian royal family. 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. She later studied with Professor Boris Kuschnir. In 2012, she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo.

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. She premiered Tan Dun's 'Triple Resurrection Concerto' in Leipzig and Shanghai with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. She premiered Tan Dun's violin concerto 'The Love' with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, and Tan Dun's violin concerto 'The Fire Rituals' with the Chinese National Orchestra at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China).

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, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed at the Bad Kissingen and AlpenKlassik festivals in Germany; International Chamber Music Festivals in Oslo, Stavanger, and Bergen; Wigmore Hall; Verbier Festival; Bellerive Festival; and the Nordic Cool Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

Hemsing's recording of a violin concerto by Hjalmar Borgstrøm with Wiener Symphoniker, directed by Olari Elts, was released worldwide by BIS in 2018. Major appearances have included performances with 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.

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

Discography

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

Competitions and awards
Hemsing received third prize in Eurovision Young Musicians 2008.