Eivind Aadland is one of Norways most respected conductors. A former Chief Conductor and Artistic Leader of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra for seven seasons, he is currently completing the full Beethoven and Mahler symphony cycles with them. He has frequently worked with many Scandinavian orchestras, including the Oslo and Bergen Philharmonics, Stavanger Symphony and Swedish Chamber Orchestra. A student of Jorma Panula, Eivind Aadland was encouraged by Mariss Jansons to pursue his conducting career. Previously as a violinist having studied…
Eivind Aadland is one of Norways most respected conductors. A former Chief Conductor and Artistic Leader of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra for seven seasons, he is currently completing the full Beethoven and Mahler symphony cycles with them. He has frequently worked with many Scandinavian orchestras, including the Oslo and Bergen Philharmonics, Stavanger Symphony and Swedish Chamber Orchestra. A student of Jorma Panula, Eivind Aadland was encouraged by Mariss Jansons to pursue his conducting career. Previously as a violinist having studied with Yehudi Menhuin, Eivind Aadland was concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic (1981-1989) and Music Director of the European Union Chamber Orchestra during 1987-1997, with whom he directed concerts at major concert halls and festivals throughout Europe, and made a number of well received recordings. Mr. Aadlands prolific recording output encompasses a diverse range of repertoire and he is a champion of Norwegian composers like Groven, Nordheim, Irgens Jensen, Bull and Schjeldrup for labels BIS, Simax Classics, CPO, Hyperion and others. Oct 2010
