From the start of the 2009/10 season, Eivind Gullberg Jensen will become Chief Conductor of NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hannover.
As a guest conductor, this season’s highlights include return visits to Orchestre de Paris (with Nikolai Lugansky as soloist), Orchestre National de France, and the Münchner Philharmoniker (where he again appears with Truls Mørk). Future engagements include debuts with the Berliner Philharmoniker, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, Wiener Symphoniker (with Hélène Grimaud), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the Concertgebouw. Following the success of his debut with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in January 2009, he will return to work with the orchestra regularly over the next three seasons.
In the opera world, highlights of the 2009/10 season include his debut with Den Norske Opera with a production of Dvořák’s Rusalka in September 2009, and a production of Verdi’s Il Corsaro for Zürich Opera. Other recent productions have included Martinu’s Greek Passion for Zürich Opera in autumn 2008, and his debut for English National Opera with Janáček’s Jenůfa in spring 2009.
