Terje Wik Mikkelsen (born April 6, 1957 in

Drøbak Drøbak is a List of cities in Norway, town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Viken county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants. History Drøbak and Frogn was established as a parish on its o ...

, south of Oslo) is an acknowledged Norwegian conductor with his main career in Europe and Asia. He graduated from the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the co ...

, and later studied orchestral conducting with Professor

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Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...

in Helsinki where he got his diploma. From 1984 to 1991 he studied with

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in Oslo and St. Petersburg. In 2001 he was appointed Visiting Professor with the college of music of the

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in Bangkok.

Musical posts

* Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Chief Conductor (1993-1994) *

Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra ( lt, Lietuvos valstybinis simfoninis orkestras or LVSO) is one of Lithuania's two national orchestras, founded in 1988. The other, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO, Lietuvos nacionalinis sim ...

, Principal Guest Conductor (1989-1993) *

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO; lv, Latvijas Nacionālais simfoniskais orķestris) is a Latvian orchestra based in Riga. Its primary performance venue is the Great Guild Hall in Riga. In addition to regular symphonic concert ...

, Chief Conductor (1997-2001), Principal Guest Conductor (2001–05) * Thuringen Philharmonie Gotha-Suhl, GDM and Chief Conductor (1999-2003) *

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra () is a symphony orchestra in Shanghai, China. Its music director is Yu Long. Founded in 1879, the SSO is the oldest Chinese symphony orchestra. Originally, it was known as the Shanghai Public Band, expanding in 1 ...

, Principal Conductor (2006-2009) *

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra The Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra is a Russian classical music radio orchestra established in 1930. It was founded as the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, and served as the official symphony for the Soviet All-Union Radio network. History Follow ...

Moscow Radio, Principal Guest Conductor (2009-2012)

Tours

Terje Mikkelsen regularly appears with the Moscow Radio Orchestra, has given a number of concerts with orchestras such as

St. Petersburg Philharmonic The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (russian: Симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербургской филармонии, ''Symphonic Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia'') is a Russian orchestra based ...

, Warszaw Philharmonic, Cologne Radio Orchestra (WDR), Hamburg Radio Orchestra (NDR), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgian Radio Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra and the Philharmonia Hungarica. He has conducted a large number of tours with both his regular- and other orchestras. With the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, he conducted two concerts in the

Disney Hall The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It was opened on October 24, 2003. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand ...

, Los Angeles in 2008, and in 2010 fifteen concerts in England and two at the

Festival of North Norway The Arctic Arts Festival ( no, Festspillene i Nord-Norge) is a festival based in Harstad, Norway. It was first held in 1965, and consists of music, theatre and art performances. The festival lasts one week and is held in June. The Arctic Arts Fes ...

. In Spain he has conducted more than 100 concerts with Thuringen Philharmonie, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra and Norrlandsoperan (Sweden). With the Czech National Orchestra, he visited Great Britain in 2011 and with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra (

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's former orchestra), South America in 2015. He has also made a number of productions towards jazz, rock, film and light music for radio and TV. With

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, the guitarist Marc Bonilla and the BBC Concert Orchestra he conducted a performance of Three Fates Project in Barciban Hall, London, in July 2015.

Discography

A selection of Mikkelsen's 50 CD-recordings

* A complete series of orchestral works by Edvard Grieg (Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra). * Edvard Grieg; Peer Gynt Suite 1 & 2 - Johan Svendsen: Romance for Violin and Orchestra. (Shanghai Symphony Orchestra) * 3 CDs with music by Johan Svendsen (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra) * Finn Mortensen’s Symphony and other orchestral works (Munich Radio Orchestra) * Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto (Henrik Hannisdal, violin - Norwegian Radio Orchestra). * Peter Tsjaikovskij; Symfoni No 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra) * Adrien Francois Serais: Souvenir de Spa (Wen-Sinn Yang, cello - Munich Radio Orchestra)

World premiere recordings

* Johan Halvorsen: Complete stage music. (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra). * Thomas Tellefsen: Piano Concertos. (Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, piano -

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra The Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera ( Norwegian: ''Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera'') is a Norwegian orchestra based in Trondheim, Norway. Its principal concert venue is the Olavshallen. The orchestra is organised as a trust and receives p ...

) - nominated to the Norwegian Grammy Award 2005. * Ole Olsen: Symfoni, Aasgaardsreien, Suite for String Orchestra (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra) * Eyvind Alnæs: Symphony Nos 1 and 2 (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra) * Keith Emerson / Marc Bonilla: Three Fates Project (Munich Radio Orchestra) * Carl Davidoff: Cello Concerto No 1 & 2 (Wen-Sinn Yang, cello - Latvian National Symphony Orchestra) * Carl Davidoff: Cello Concerto No 3 & 4 (Wen-Sinn Yang, cello - Shanghai Symphony Orchestra) * Romualds Kalsons: Concertos for Violin, and Cello, Symphonic Variations. (Valdis Zarigs, violin - Agnese Rugevica, cello - Latvian National Symphony Orchestra) * Havana - Rio - Moscow (Stein Erik Olsen, guitar - Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields)

References

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