Past concerts
09. August 2023
Rheingau Musikfestival
20:00 Eltville am Rhein, Eberbach Monastery in the cloister (GER)

Together with the Trondheim Soloists

Program:
Edvard Grieg incidental music for "Peer Gynt" op. 23 and other works by Scandinavian composers

01. July 2023
Nordic Lights Festival Berlin
Berlin (GER)

Together with the Norwegian baroque ensemble Barokkanerne (among others).

16. June 2023
Solstice
19.00 Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, Montreal (CAN)

Grand concert double header with Ragnhild Hemsing, Hardanger fiddle, Barokkanerne and Finnish Baroque Orchestra

Genres and textures combine in this Scandinavian summer solstice celebration: the ardent Hardanger fiddle, Norway’s Barokkanerne orchestra, Lully and Marais, the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, and the daring compositions of Jukka Tiensuu.

Works by Haendel, Nagaraja, Roman, Tiensuu, Lully, Marais and Scandinavian traditional music.

13. June 2023
VIVALDI FRA VALDRES
19.00 Metodistkirken in Grünerløkka, Oslo (NOR)

Ragnhild Hemsing with Barokkanerne Ensemble

Programme:
- Marin Marais: Symphonie du sommeil (Act IIII from the opera Alcyone)
- Antonio Vivaldi: "Spring" from "The Four Seasons" arranged for Hardanger fiddle and baroque ensemble
- Agnes Ida Pettersen: Fantasy for Hardanger fiddle and Baroque ensemble
- Dario Castello (c. 1600 - 1658): Sonata Decima
Biagio Marini (1594 - 1663): Capriccio (arr J. Duncumb)
- Norwegian folk music for hardanger fiddle solo/Biaggio Marini: Baletto secunda Suite: Entrata grave - Hardingfele solo - Balletto Allegro - Trad. Hardingfele - Gagliarda e corrente
- François Couperin (1668 - 1733) : Forlane Rondeau from 4. Concert Royal
- Biagio Marini (1594 - 1663): Retirata (fra Balletto secondo), Passacalio
-Antonio Vivaldi: "Winter" from "The Four Seasons" arranged for hardanger fiddle and baroque ensemble

04. June 2023
Aurora Borealis
11:00 Weilburg, Schloss Obere Orangerie (GER)

Together with Benedict Kloeckner and Mario Häring

The third concert with a focus on Norway. Røta means "roots". Awarded the Opus Klassik Award 2021 in "Classics without Borders", the trio around Ragnhild Hemsing takes us to the roots of their beloved Norway and its composers.

Folk melodies, classical works "between elegant salon and deeply felt, 'wild' sounds, from Grieg to folk pieces. This is haunting and extremely rousing." (Concerti)

Upon advance booking, Hotel Zur Krone Löhnberg will serve an antipasti plate after the concert as a Culinary Overture in the Upper Orangery. Please select this and enter the desired number when ordering your tickets.

04. June 2023
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL KOBLENZ (IMUKO)
19:00 Koblenz, Alte Kirche Spay (GER)

Works by E. Grieg, J. Halvorsen, D. Shostakovich and A. Dvořák: Piano Trio "Dumky-Trio".

Ragnhild Hemsing / Hardanger fiddle & violin
Benedict Kloeckner / violoncello
Mario Häring / piano

02. June 2023
Northern Lights - Opening Concert
20:00 Weilburg, Schloss Renaissancehof (NO)

Together with the Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Reutlingen and under the direction of conductor Rasmus Baumann.

Programme:
Geirr Tveitt - Concerto for Hardanger fiddle and orchestra no. 2 op. 252
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Symphony No. 3 in A minor op. 56 "Scottish".

13. May 2023
Ragnhild Hemsing & l’arte del mondo
20:00 Steinfurt , Bagno Konzertgalerie (GER)
11. May 2023
Classic meets Hardangerfiedel
19:30 Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich (GER)

Works by Edvard Grieg, Johan Svendsen, Sparre Olsen and others

25. April 2023
Norsjø kammermusikkfest 2023
19:00 Gullbring Kulturanlegg, Bø (NO)
23. April 2023
Malte und Mezzo in Norway
11:00 Cologne, Philharmonic Hall (GER)

Children's concert
Malte Arkona: moderation and conception & mezzo moderation
Ragnhild Hemsing: violin, Hardanger fiddle
Benedict Klöckner: Cello
Mario Häring: piano

Program:
Works by Edvard Grieg, Johan Svendsen and Johan Halvorsen

23. April 2023
Hemsing Trio
17:00 Kerpen, Schloss Loersfeld (GER)
21. April 2023
Ragnhild Hemsing Trio
20:00 Kempen, Paterschurch (GER)

Røta – Klassik und Volksmusik aus Norwegen
Antonín Dvorák: Klaviertrio Nr. 4 e-moll op. 90 „Dumky“

20. April 2023
Ragnhild Hemsing Trio
19:00 Villingen-Schwenningen, Franziskaner Konzerthaus Konzertsaal (GER)

Program:

Edvard Grieg Klaviertrio in c-Moll, ´Andante con moto´ – Traditionelles Stück auf der Hardangerfiedel
Johan Halvorsen Veslemøys Lied (Bearbeitung für Hardangerfiedel und Klavier)
Dimitri Schostakowitsch Klaviertrio Nr. 2 in e-Moll op. 67
Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia nach Georg Friedrich Händel (Bearbeitung für Hardangerfiedel und Violoncello)
Antonín Dvorák Klaviertrio Nr. 4 in e-Moll op. 90 ´Dumky-Trio´

18. March 2023
Ragnhild Hemsing & Benedict Kloeckner & Mario Häring
Fellheim, Old synagogue (GER)
17. March 2023
Ragnhild Hemsing & Trondheim Soloist
20:00 Viersen, Festhalle (GER)

Program:
Aulis Sallinen String Quartet No. 3 Op. 19
Britta Bystrom A Walk to Gade
Edvard Grieg Arrangement from the incidental music to Peer Gynt op. 23

16. March 2023
Ragnhild Hemsing & Trondheim Soloists in Bietigheim-Bissingen
20:00 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Kronenzentrum (GER)

Program:
A. Sallinen – String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19
"Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March"
B. Bystrom-A Walk to Gade
E. Grieg - Arrangement from the incidental music to Peer Gynt, op. 23 for Hardanger fiddle, violin and string orchestra

18. February 2023
Rendezvous with Ragnhild Hemsing and Marja Mortensson
13:00 Stjørdal, Kimen Kulturhus (NO)

Ragnhild Hemsing, harding fiddle | The Trondheim Soloists | Marja Mortensson, joik

PROGRAM:
Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings
Marja Mortensson (arr. Knut Anders Vestad): Aarehgïjre
Ørjan Matre: Gaavnedien, Rendezvous (first performance)
Edvard Grieg (arr. Tormod Tvete Vik): Peer Gynt Suite (Selection)

17. February 2023
Rendezvous with Ragnhild Hemsing and Marja Mortensson
19:00 Melhus, Kultursalen (NO)

Ragnhild Hemsing, harding fiddle | The Trondheim Soloists | Marja Mortensson, joik

16. February 2023
Rendezvous with Ragnhild Hemsing and Marja Mortensson
19:30 Bergen, Grieghallen (NO)

Ragnhild Hemsing, harding fiddle | The Trondheim Soloists | Marja Mortensson, joik

Program:
Works by Elgar, Nielsen and Grieg and Ørjan Matres Gaavnedien, Rendezvous (first performance)

16. September 2022
Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern
7 p.m. Schwiessel, Castle

Together with Benedict Kloeckner (violoncello) & Mario Häring (piano)
ProgrammePieces from the album "Røta".

28. August 2022
MDR Musiksommer
5 p.m. Sondershausen, Achteckhaus

Together with Benedict Kloeckner (violoncello) & Mario Häring (piano)
ProgrammePieces from the album "Røta".

29. June 2022
Boswiler Sommer (CH)
Alte Kirche, Boswil (CH) 8 p.m.

Together with: Benedict Klöckner, (violoncello) Stefan Tarara (violin and direction) & CHAARTS
Programme: Grieg, Halvorsen & Svendsen

26. June 2022
Lenzburgiade (CH)
7.30 p.m. Metzgplatz, Lenzburg (CH)

Nordic tunes with award-winning violinist Ragnhild Hemsing and accordionist Bjarke Mogensen.
Works by Grieg, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Halvorson, Kvandal, Svendsen as well as Norwegian and Danish Folk.

24. June 2022
Landskappleiken Folk Music Festival
8 p.m. Såheimshallen , Tinn

Programme:
pieces by Halvorsen with the inspiration from folk musicians and which Grieg used later in his compositions for his Opus 72.

 

19. June 2022
Bosnes Church
Bønes Kirke Bergen

Together with Bjarke Mogensen

Programme:
Danish, Swedish and Norwegian traditional melodies and folk tunes, Grieg, Halvorsen, Piazzolla and Schnittke.

12. June 2022
Hardingtonar
5 p.m. Norheimsund kyrkje

A concert of Ragnhild Hemsing together with the Trondheimsolistene.
The programme includes Edvard Grieg's well-known tones to Peer Gynt.

10. June 2022
Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen
7 p.m. Troldsalen at Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen in Bergen

A concert of Ragnhild Hemsing together with the Trondheimsolistene. 
They will perform excerpts from Grieg's own Peer Gynt, but with a new approach through the use of a Hardanger Fiddle and will also perform the Serenade for Strings written by Grieg's friend and contemporary composer Tchaikovsky.

15. May 2022
Festival Katowice Culture Nature
7.30 pm. Katowice Concert Hall

Festival Katowice Culture Nature
Together with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Gardner

Program:
Works by Ravel, Tveitt, Noskowski & Debussy
Duration (including break):  100 minutes

08. May 2022
Göttingen
Deutsches Theater Göttingen

Catharinus Elling: violin concerto
Johan Halvorsen: Fossegrimen, Suite, op. 21

With Göttinger Symphonie Orchester

25. April 2022
Weimar
Weimarhalle

Max Bruch: concerto for violin and orchestra no.1 g-minor op.26
Geirr Tveitt: concerto no. 2 for Hardanger fiddle and orchestra op.252 »3 Fjorde«

With Staatskapelle Weimar, Clemens Schuldt (conductor)

 

24. April 2022
Weimar
Weimarhalle

Max Bruch: concerto for violin and orchestra no.1 g-minor op.26
Geirr Tveitt: concerto no. 2 for Hardanger fiddle and orchestra op.252 »3 Fjorde«

With Staatskapelle Weimar, Clemens Schuldt (conductor)

 

23. February - 27. February 2022
Hemsing Festival
Aurdal (NO)
14. February 2022
Hamburg
Elbphilharmonie, kleiner Saal

Release concert: Peer Gynt

With Trondheim Soloists

31. December 2021
Tartu (EST)
12 p.m. Vanemuise kontserdimaja (Concert House)

Together with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Programmes: Norwegian music - Halvorsen, Svendsen, Kvandal, Grieg

31. December 2021
Tallinn (EST)
5 p.m. Estonia kontserdisaal (Estonia Concert House)

Together with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Programmes: Norwegian music - Halvorsen, Svendsen, Kvandal, Grieg

30. December 2021
Jõhvi (EST)
7 p.m. Jõhvi, kontserdimaja (Concert House)

Together with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Programmes: Norwegian music - Halvorsen, Svendsen, Kvandal, Grieg

28. November 2021
RØTA Album Release Tour Concert
7.30pm TONALi SAAL, Hamburg

RØTA program together with Mario Häring (piano) and Benedict Kloeckner (cello)

27. November 2021
RØTA Album Release Tour Concert
7 p.m. Ehemalige Synagoge Fellheim

RØTA program together with Mario Häring (piano) and Benedict Kloeckner (cello) as part of the album release tour in Germany.

19. November 2021
Rostock - Villa Papendorf
Rostock

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Mario Häring (piano) & Benedict Kloeckner (cello)

18. November 2021
Wernigerode
Marstall

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Mario Häring (piano) and Benedict Kloeckner (cello)

Works by Grieg, Halvorsen, Bull, Nyhus, Svendsen

 

17. November 2021
Leipzig - Grieg-Begegnungsstätte
Leipzig

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Mario Häring (piano) & Benedict Kloeckner (cello)

16. November 2021
Berlin - Felleshus
Berlin

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Mario Häring (piano) & Benedict Kloeckner (cello)

15. November 2021
Schwerin - Goldener Saal
Schwerin

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Mario Häring (piano) & Benedict Kloeckner (cello)

14. November 2021
Bremen
Sendesaal Bremen

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Mario Häring (piano) and Benedict Kloeckner (cello)

Works by Grieg, Halvorsen, Bull, Nyhus, Svendsen

31. October 2021
Osafestivalen, Voss (NO)
Osasalen

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Tor Espen Aspaas (piano) and Andreas Brantelid (cello)

Works by Grieg, Halvorsen, Bull, Nyhus, Svendsen

 

26. October 2021
Skien (NO)
Ibsenhuset

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Tor Espen Aspaas (piano)

Works by Grieg, Halvorsen, Bull, Nyhus, Svendsen

20. October 2021
Nordfjordeid (NO)
Operahuset Nordfjord

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Tor Espen Aspaas (piano)

Works by Grieg, Halvorsen, Bull, Nyhus, Svendsen

08. September 2021
Resonans Konserter, Gjøvik (NO)
Gjøvik Kultursenter

Works by Brahms and Thoresen

With Grieg Trio

 

05. September 2021
Bergen (NO)
Kode Museum

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Tor Espen Aspaas (piano)

Works by Grieg, Halvorsen, Bull, Nyhus, Svendsen

31. August 2021
Clinker Lounge Berlin
19:30 Backfabrik Berlin

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Mario Häring (piano)

28. August 2021
Hohenloher Kultursommer
18:00 Schloss Langenburg

Nordic ways

Music from Ragnhild's album Røta with Mario Häring (piano)

26. August 2021
Ringve Musikkmuseum
Ringve Musikkmuseum

Concert with Trondheim Soloists

23. August - 27. August 2021
CD recording
Trondheim

CD recording with Trondheim Soloists

10. August - 15. August 2021
Stavanger Chamber Music Festival
St. Peter Kirke & BGE Contemporary Art Projects

Chamber music concerts with Andreas Brantelid, Joachim Carr, Marina Kan Selvik, Lars Anders Tomter, Audun Sandvik, Terje Skomedal, Christian Ihle Hadland, Johan Dalene and Sandra Lied Haga.

Works by Brahms, Dvořák and Bacewitz.

07. August 2021
CANCELLED
Fränkischer Sommer

together with Mario Häring, Piano

18. July 2021
Hindsgavl Festival
Middelfart, Denmark

together with Bjarke Mogensen, Akkordeon

21. June 2021
CANCELLED
Weimar, Germany

together with the Staatskapelle Weimar, conducted by Dominik Beykirch

20. June 2021
CANCELLED
Weimar, Germany

together with the Staatskapelle Weimar, conducted by Dominik Beykirch

18. June 2021
CANCELLED
Mühlhausen, Germany

together with the Staatskapelle Weimar, conducted by Dominik Beykirch

10. June 2021
CANCELLED
Cully, Swizerland

Lavaux Classics
Recital together with Mario Häring, Piano

04. June 2021
CANCELLED
Weilburger Schloss, Germany

Weilburger Schlosskonzerte 
together with the Staatskapelle Weimar, conducted by Dominik Beykirch

29. May 2021
Bergen International Festival
Bergen International Festival

with Trondheim Soloists, World Premiere Peer Gynt Suites

18. September - 20. September 2020
Music in Centre Festival
Tønsberg

Recital at Music in Centre Festival with Tor Espen Aspaas (piano).

 

17. September 2020
Beethoven with Norwegian resonances
7pm Kalkmølla Kulturstasjon, Oslo

Recital with Tor Espen Aspaas

29. August 2020
Serenade Concert
4pm Fürstlicher Marstall Wernigerode, Germany

together with the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode, conducted by Christian Fitzner

29. August 2020
Serenade Concert
7.30pm Fürstlicher Marstall Wernigerode, Germany

together with the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode, conducted by Christian Fitzner

27. August 2020
Norwegian Sounds
Kloster Drübeck, Germany

together with the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode 

25. August 2020
Ragnhild Hemsing & Norwegian Radio Orchestra
7pm NRK Radio Concert Hall, Oslo

Ragnhild Hemsing - violin & hardanger fiddle

Petr Popelka - conducter

Adrian Angelico - mezzosopran

Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK)

 

20. August 2020
Recital at Rudi Gård
Rudi Gård

Beethoven and Norwegian music (folk and classical) together with Tor Espen Aspaas

16. August 2020
International Music Festival Koblenz 2020
11am Fort Großfürst Konstantin, Germany

together with Mario Häring (piano) and Benedict Klöckner (violoncello)

09. August 2020
Classical music on Sundays in Havlystparken
3pm RAMME GÅRD

Recital with pianist  Einar Steen-Nøkleberg.

18. July 2020
Kissinger Summer
Bad Kissingen

Recital with pianist Tor Espen Aspaas.

Repertoire:

L. v. Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano no. 1 in d major op. 12/1 

L. v. Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano no. 9 in a major op. 47 („Kreutzer-Sonate“)

Traditional: „Rotneimsknut“ and „Myllargutens Hochzeitsmarsch“ (Hardangerfiedel) 

Pieces by E. Grieg

16. July 2020
Midtåsen Culture Festival
Sandefjord

Recital at the Midtåsen Culture Festival with pianist Tor Espen Aspaas.

 

03. July - 04. July 2020
Stavern Chamber Music Festival
Stavern
17. May 2020
Soloist with Lillehammmer Symphony Orchestra
Lillehammer

With the Lillehammer Symphony Orchestra and Elsine Haugstad (Conductor).

Repertoire: Hjellemo Violin Concert

16. April - 10. February 2020
Kalkmølla Culture Station Recital
Oslo

Recital with Tor Espen Aspaas.

 

Repertoire:

Beethoven: Sonata for piano and violin no. 9 in a major op. 47

Beethoven: Sonata for piano and violin no. 8 in g major op. 30 no. 3

Norwegian pieces for violin and hardangerfiddel: "Myllargutens bruremarsj" &"Rotneimsknut" among others

19. February - 23. February 2020
Hemsing Festival
Valdres

This festival, founded by Ragnhild & Eldbjørg Hemsing, includes 19 concerts with over 50 top-class musicians. Ragnhild will appear in various chamber music ensembles with her violin and hardanger fiddle and will give an exclusive masterclass.