Eivind Gullberg Jensen's Tchaikovsky praised by critics in Munich and Bergen

"Gullberg Jensen has a great conduting style, especially for high romantic music. He has been working with [the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover] for three years now, and their concerts were a highlight of the Bergen Festival 2012. He inspires with his unique approach to interpreting romantic music. While Tchaikovsky's music can sometimes come across as superficial, this was not the case with Gullberg Jensen on the podium." [Morgenbladet, 1 June 2012]

"Conducting the highly attentive Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen sharpens the unheard orchestral occurrences, developing an impressive musical interaction... Jensen is a musician of great expressiveness; it is only natural that he lives out Tchaikovsky's near-existential 6th symphony in all its eruptions... It suits the sound of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra that Jensen – unlike what others often try to do with Tchaikovsky's music – chooses not to polish it to a mirror finish." [Straubinger Tagblatt, 4 June 2012]

Listen to Norway sat down with Eivind Gullberg-Jensen and cellist Truls Mørk to discuss these concerts and more. Read the interview.

La Bohème at Norwegian Opera garners critical acclaim

"The young Maestro Eivind Gullberg Jensen conjures from the pit a sumptuous soundscape for Herheim's production..." [Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 22 January 2012]

"This opera makes high demands on the artists. To experience the close and detailed collaboration of the orchestra and the singers under the baton of Eivind Gullberg Jensen is simply overwhelming." [Aftenposten, 22 January 2012]

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Jenůfa at English National Opera receives high praise

"...ideally buoyant, rhythmically alert, liberated conducting...a sensational house debut for the young Norwegian." [Financial Times]

"...the score perfectly balanced by...Eivind Gullberg Jensen" [The Stage]

"...Eivind Gullberg Jensen (bookmark that name), displays a fine sensitivity for balance and rhythm" [Norman Lebrecht]

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Selected other reviews

Tabea Zimmermann und die Bamberger begeistern [read]
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, 12-Oct-12
Main Post

Äktromantisk tolkning gav Tjajkovskij tung puls [read]
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, 17-Feb-11
Svenska Dagbladet

Grandioses Panorama [read]
Münchner Philharmoniker, 6-Jul-10
Münchner Merkur

Schmerz und Energie [read]
Münchner Philharmoniker, 5-Jul-10
Süddeutsche Zeitung

Mann der Tat [read]
Profile, 3-Jul-10
Süddeutsche Zeitung

Hochspannung pur mit der NDR Radiophilharmonie [read]
NDR Radiophilharmonie, 7-Jun-10
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung

Praktfullt orkester med gedigen dirigent [read]
NDR Radiophilharmonie, 6-Jun-10
Bergens Tidende

Spätromantiker unter sich [read]
SWR Sinfonieorchester, 5-Mar-10
Badische Zeitung

Mest bravur [read]
Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester, 19-Feb-10
Dagbladet

Rusalka, Norwegian National Opera, Oslo [read]
Norwegian National Opera, 7-Sep-09
Financial Times

Eivind Gullberg Jensen: chains of communication [read]
Interview and Profile, 13-Aug-09
Music Information Centre Norway (mic.no)

Wenn ein Lächeln kein Echo findet [read]
Czech Philharmonic, 3-Jul-09
Main Post

Le maestro taxi passe à la vitesse supérieure [read]
Orchestre de Paris, 24-Apr-09
altamusica.com

Sjostakovitsj med Trondheim Symfoniorkester [read]
Trondheim Symfoniorkester, 23-Jan-09
Adresseavisen

Gibt es unzeitgemäße Musik? [read]
SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden & Freiburg, 15-Jan-09
Badische Zeitung

Takk for fyrverkeriet [read]
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, 7-Jan-09
Vårt Land

Endelig [read]
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, 6-Jan-09
hanslick.com [Musikkritik av Magnus Andersson]

Karajans Enkel [read]
Tonhalle Orchestra, 27-Nov-08
Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Organized religion's failings laid bare in 'Greek Passion' [read]
Greek Passion, Opernhaus Zürich, 26-Nov-08
International Herald Tribune

Verschwende deine Jugend [read]
25-Nov-08
Süddeutsche Zeitung

Ein Wahrheitssucher [read]
Fidelio, Baden-Baden, 12-May-08
Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung

Liebe auf den erste Blick [read]
Münchner Philharmoniker, 16-Jan-08
Abendzeitung

Eleganter Stil [read]
NDR Radiophilharmonie, 14-Jan-08
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung

[Orchestre de Paris, 23 May 07] [read]
Orchestre de Paris, 23-May-07
classiquenews.com

[Orchestre National de France, 27 Jan 07] [read]
Orchestre National de France, 27-Jan-07
classiquenews.com

A remarkable gift for the pastoral [read]
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchesrtra, 20-Jan-07
Birmingham Post

« Violence et passion » avec Hélène Grimaud [read]
Orchestre National de France, 17-Dec-05
resmusica.com



Die Bühne
June 2011

"Mit der Urkraft eines Wikingers"

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Musikk-Kultur (Norway)
March 2011

"Lar seg ikke knekke av jantelov"

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Klassisk musikkmagasin (Norway)
November 2009

"Tubro-dirigenten"

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Klassisk musikkmagasin (Norway)
January 2007

"An exclusive interview with Eivind Gullberg Jensen"

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Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Summer 2007

"Der Nordische Notenkapitan"

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Le Monde de la Musique
September 2006

"Ten conductors for the 21st Century"

The French music magazine recently featured ten young conductors for the new century. They are:
Vladamir Jurowski: le visionnaire
Yannick Nézet-Svguin: l'énergie
Tugan Sokhiev: la grâce
Danial Harding: l'évidence
Eivind Gullberg Jensen: le grand style
Gustavo Dudamel: la tornade
Mikko Franck: le Mozart de la direction
Philippe Jordan: la grande tradition
Ilan Volkov: la précision
Stéphane Denève: acclamé... à l'étranger

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