BIOGRAPHY

After a substantial and varied career as violinist since his debut in 1980, Lars-Erik ter Jung is now engaged full time as an orchestral conductor. He first took up conducting studies in 1998, initially with Jorma Panula, George Hurst and Kenneth Kielser, and later with Colin Metters, the latter still being his mentor, further developing his skills through masterclasses with professional orchestras around the world (Berlin, Brasov, Vaasa, Moscow, Vilnius and Belgrade).

ter Jung’s experience as concertmaster of ensembles such as The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra under Iona Brown and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and from leading various chamber ensembles, now brings unique insight to his conducting work with a wide variety of repertoire that ranges from chamber, symphonic and contemporary music to opera and ballet.

Since then, He has conducted leading Norwegian ensembles including the Oslo Philharmonic, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, the Oslo Sinfonietta and the Trondheim Soloists. For four years he was artistic director of the Sinfonietta at the Kristiansund Opera, which led to conducting iconic works such as Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” and Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”. He worked regularly for a period with the BIT20 Ensemble in Bergen, and in 2000 he conducted the ensemble at the Darmstadt Contemporary Music Festival, and the following year Arne Nordheim's "Descending" at the cathedral of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. In 2002 ter Jung conducted the BIT20 Ensemble at the widely broadcasted inauguration ceremony of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt.

Partnerships with international festivals and the role as guest conductor have taken Lars-Erik to various countries, including concerts with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra (UK). He has also enjoyed residencies in Poland, with The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lódz and the PRIMUZ Chamber Orchestra, as well as concerts in the Barents region of Russia. He has performed at festivals in Berlin, Stuttgart, Huddersfield, Copenhagen, Luxembourg and Lyon with the Norwegian contemporary music ensemble Asamisimasa – a partnership that also led to Norway’s prestigious ‘Spellemann’ Music Award in 2012.