Summer Vibes
Gergely Madaras
Eldbjørg Hemsing Max Bruch

Afterwork & Mini Concert

We invite you to an afterwork gathering with music in front of Oslo Concert Hall at 16:00. The Wild Burger food truck will be on site, offering freshly grilled food for purchase. Oslo Philharmonic CEO Knut Skansen will open the event with a short introduction, followed by a mini outdoor concert performed by a brass ensemble featuring musicians from the Oslo Philharmonic.

At 18:00, the evening continues in the Main Hall, where conductor Gergely Madaras leads violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing and the Oslo Philharmonic in a performance of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1.

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1

Max Bruch (1838–1920) began composing at the age of nine and was early recognized for his talent. By the time he was 20, he had been appointed to a teaching position in Cologne and had completed his first opera. Although highly respected during his lifetime, today he is best known for his Violin Concerto No. 1. A violinist himself, Bruch began sketching ideas for the work as a 19-year-old. An early version premiered in 1866, but Bruch extensively revised the piece in collaboration with the celebrated violinist Joseph Joachim. The final version was published in 1868 — eleven years after the first sketches.

Conductor Gergely Madaras

Gergely Madaras is Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, a position he assumed in September 2019. He enjoys a flourishing collaboration with the orchestra, which includes multiple concert series in Liège and Bozar in Brussels, regular broadcasts on Mezzo TV, Medici TV, and RTBF, as well as a growing discography with Alpha Classics, Cyprés, and Nomad Play. He concluded his tenure as Music Director of the Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne in 2019 and as Chief Conductor of the Savaria Symphony Orchestra in his native Hungary in 2020, after six years with each ensemble.

Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing

Eldbjørg Hemsing is one of today’s leading young violinists and a global ambassador for classical music. She is committed to reaching new and diverse audiences around the world. Hemsing has released three award-winning albums, premiered several highly acclaimed new compositions, performed on major international stages, appeared at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, toured with the Norwegian royal family, and taken on numerous curatorial and artistic advisory roles worldwide.

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