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Eldbjørg Hemsing spielt Griegs Violinsonaten

Julia Kaiser – rbb Kultur, Montag 16. 3. 2020 Julia Kaiser stellt unsere “CD der Woche” vor   Edvard Griegs drei Violinsonaten gehören zum Repertoire jedes norwegischen Geigers. Eldbjörg Hemsing, 30 Jahre alt, ist mit ihnen aufgewachsen und hat sich auch besonders mit den Volksmusik-Motiven beschäftigt, die in Griegs Musik anklingen. Jetzt hat sie die…

Review Vårt Land: I sansingenes rike (NO)

Fiolinisten Eldbjørg Hemsing er for anledningen kledd i en slags huldrehabitt, sikkert ikke bevisst. Men det er jo nettopp denne mytiske fornemmelsen du får av tonene i hennes nye innspilling av Griegs sonater. Av Olav Egil Aune – Vårt Land Vi liker å ha Grieg på vår måte, her oppe i røysa. Fiolinisten Eldbjørg Hemsing…

Review in Klassekampen: På hjemlige trakter (NO)

MED VERDEN SOM SCENE: Men det er i Valdres at Eldbjørg Hemsing har sitt feste Egil Baumann – Klassekampen – Mandag, 9. mars 2020 (Print edition) Eldbjørg Hemsing valgt sitt repertoar med omhu på sine utgivelser på det svenske selskapet BIS. Først ute var Hjalmar Borgstrøms fiolinkonsert satt opp imot Sjostakovitsj’ første. Så fulgte Dvoráks…

Feature: Gramophone Magazine – The Listening Room

GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE – The Listening Room: Episode 92 (03.03.20) James Jolly’s latest playlist includes a quartet of concertos – Grieg from Eldbjørg Hemsing and Simon Trpceski, Chopin from Benjamin Grosvenor, Mozart from Charles Richard-Hamelin, Tjeknavorian Snr from Tjeknavorian Jnr, and Adès from Kirill Gerstein plus Lili Boulanger songs with Cyrille Dubois, and Walton sung by…

WDR Feature: Volksmelodien in Griegs Violinsonaten (DE)

Julia Kaiser – WDR 3 TonArt Immer wieder hat Edvard Grieg seine norwegische Heimat in seinen Kompositionen verewigt. Julia Kaiser spricht mit Geigerin Eldbjörg Hemsing über die Spuren, die sie in seinen Violinsonaten hinterlassen hat.

Review: GRIEG VIOLINSONATEN by Online Merker (DE)

CD GRIEG VIOLINSONATEN – Eldbjørg Hemsing, Simon Trpčeski; BIS Eldbjørg Hemsing, Simon Trpčeski Grieg: The Violin Sonatas BIS, VÖ 6.3. 2020 Edvard Grieg: Sonate Nr. 1in F-Dur, Op. 8 Sonate Nr.2 in G-Dur, Op. 13 Sonate Nr. 3 in C-Moll, Op. 45Eldbjørg Hemsing: Homecoming (2019) Eldbjørg Hemsing: Ahnenforschung mit Edvard Grieg Auf ihrem neuen Album,…

Grieg Recording praised by Süddeutsche Zeitung (DE)

Eldbjørg Hemsing’s new recording release Grieg Violin Sonatas together with the acclaimed Macedonian pianist Simon Trčeski on BIS Records received a praising review by Harald Eggebrecht in the Süddeutsche Zeitung´s Klassikkolumne. “The violin tone of the young Norwegian Eldbjørg Hemsing has something spacious, immediate, unseen, nothing pretentious about it. This goes wonderfully with the three violin…

Review: Fire Ritual Recording in The Strad

The Strad Issue: June 2019 Description: ‘World music’ violin concertos receive fiery, thrilling performances Theatrical, charismatic and intricately detailed, these two violin concertos by Tan Dun are the perfect showcase for his sensuous sound world. As a teenager Tan became the conductor of a travelling Peking Opera troupe: echoes of its colourful style are never far from his…

Review: Fire Ritual Recording in Süddeutsche Zeitung

« It is thanks to the young talents who not only want to ride old war horses, but also present new things, that the instrumental concerto as a genre will never die out. Norwegian violin princess Eldbjørg Hemsing already made a name for herself as an archaeologist when she successfully excavated the unconventional, surprisingly attractive…

Review: Dvořák&Suk Recording in The Strad (UK)

A splendid combination of purity and sweeping, Heifetz-like intensity The Strad | By Julian Haylock, 16. November 2018 Dvořák’s sole Violin Concerto is not among his most free-flowingly spontaneous scores. It took him four years (on and off) to complete, by which time the intended dedicatee Joseph Joachim had grown tired of the project and,…

Review: Dvořák & Suk Recording in Concerti (DE)

Effortless Intensity Eckhard Weber | Concerti | 8. November 2018 She practically grew up with this work, she says. Indeed, young violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing feels noticeably at home in Dvořák’s Violin Concerto. The way she makes her instrument sing with an amazingly nuanced and beguiling tone full of vibrancy has compelling intensity. Nothing sounds laboured…

Review: Dvořák&Suk Recording in Süddeutsche (DE)

“…mit der 28 Jahre alten Eldbjørg Hemsing begeistert nun wieder eine junge Geigerin aus Norwegen. Hemsing ist nicht nur eine feinsinnige und kluge Interpretin, sie entlockt ihrer Guadagnini auch einen sehr persönlichen, unverwechselbaren Geigenton. Zart, intim und filigran wirkt er im Kern, dabei aber selbst im gehauchten Piano noch sinnlich und klangvoll.” Julia Spinola |…

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