General & Artistic Director of Bergen National Opera,

Chief Conductor of Nord Nederlands Orkest

 

Eivind Gullberg Jensen is widely recognised for his knowledgeable and insightful interpretations. He has been Artistic and General Director of Bergen National Opera since the 2020/21 season, and Chief Conductor of Noord Nederlands Orkest since 2022/23, a position he will hold through the 2026/27 season. Prior to this, he was Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover for five years.

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The 2026/27 season features returns to Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic, Romanian Radio National Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, as well as debuts with Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana and the orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera.

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Previous season highlights include Philharmonia Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier and Orchestre de Paris. Jensen collaborates regularly with many of today’s leading soloists, including Gil Shaham, Leif Ove Andsnes, Truls Mørk, Alice Sara Ott, Javier Perianes, Hélène Grimaud, Alban Gerhardt, Hilary Hahn, Gabriela Montero, Emmanuel Pahud, Yefim Bronfman, Renaud Capuçon, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Valeriy Sokolov, Mari Eriksmoen, Charlotte Hellekant and Guy Braunstein.

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Opera has been a strong presence throughout Jensen’s career. Highlights include Festival d’Aix-en-Provence with Simon McBurney’s production of The Rake’s Progress; Die tote Stadt (Bergen National Opera); Asle and Alide (Royal Danish Opera); Tosca and Rusalka for Wiener Staatsoper; Tosca for National Theatre Tokyo; Die Zauberflöte and Der fliegende Holländer for Opéra de Lille; Rusalka for Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; Oedipus Rex and The Rake’s Progress for Finnish National Opera; Jenůfa for English National Opera; Il corsaro and Rusalka for Opernhaus Zürich; and Rusalka, Eugene Onegin and La bohème for Den Norske Opera.

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Eivind Gullberg Jensen studied conducting in Stockholm with Jorma Panula and in Vienna with Leopold Hager; his mentors included Claudio Abbado, Kurt Masur and David Zinman.