Eldbjørg Hemsing

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Eldbjørg Hemsing (born 16 February 1990 in Nord-Aurdal, Norway) is a Norwegian violinist who started her career at the age of 11, She premiered several works by Tan Dun with her solo debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. She lives in Berlin. She is the younger sister of Norwegian violinist Ragnhild Hemsing. Eldbjørg Hemsing was born in Valdres, Norway in 1990. She started playing the violin at the age of five. By the age of six, Hemsing was playing violin 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. Hemsing has also studied with Boris Kuschnir. In 2012, she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo. A collaboration developed with the Oscar-winning composer and conductor Tan Dun, when he asked her to perform his Hero Concerto with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra as well as with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. She premiered Tan Dun's Triple Resurrection Concerto in Leipzig and Shanghai with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. Hemsing also premiered Tan Dun's violin concerto The Love with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai and most recently Tan Dun's violin concerto The Fire Rituals, a composition that was premiered with the Chinese National Orchestra at National Centre for the Performing Arts (China). Hemsing played with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, RTÉ National S

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The Four Seasons Recomposed: Spring I

Arctic

Borgström & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos

Dvořák & Suk: Works for Violin & Orchestra

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A Hidden Life

Grieg: Violin Sonatas - Hemsing: Homecoming

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Vårsøg (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra by Ben Palmer)

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VI. Sea Ice Melting

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Epic Orchestra - New Sound of Classical

Colors of Bach

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Shea: The Arctic Suite, V. Sea Ice Melting (Violin-Piano Version)

Tan Dun: Fire Ritual

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