Norwegian violinist Ole Böhn pursues an extensive career as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. In 1990 Ole Böhn gave the world premiere of Elliott Carter's violin concerto with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. He has performed this concerto , which was written for and dedicated to him, with the leading orchestras in Europe and the U.S.A. His recording of the concerto on Virgin Classics was nominated one of the best recordings in 1992 by the Gramophone. Since his debut in 1969, Ole Böhn has performed regularly with orchestras in Europe, the U.S.A. and South America. In 1983 he toured the People's Republic of China. He has collaborated with conductors such as Moshe Atzmon, Herbert Blomstedt, James Conlon, Lukas Foss, Heinz Fricke, Michael Giehlen, Marek Janowski, Franz Welser-Möst, and Oliver Knussen. Ole Böhn's repertoire is greatly varied and ranges from the baroque up until the present day. His programmes are always innovative and exciting.Besides Elliott Carter, composers like Niels Viggo Bentzon, Noel Lee, Ib Nørholm, Pascal Dusapin, Saed Haddad and Arne Nordheim have written for him. Ole Böhn is a great advocate of 20th and 21st century music and has become one of the leading interpreters of American contemporary music in Scandinavia. As a chamber musician Ole Böhn was for 12 years a member of the Trio du Nord which in 1975 won the UNESCO competition in Bratislava. From 1997 - 2001 he was the first violinist of the Leonardo Quartet. Since 2004 he is the first violinist of the Vigeland Quartet. Mr. Böhn is a frequent guest at numerous chamber music festivals. He also gives a large number of recitals. Ole Böhn lives in Oslo in his native Norway and is the concertmaster of the Norwegian National Opera. He has previously held a similar position with the Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra, and worked for shorter periods as concertmaster of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro del Fenice in Venice, Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, the Residentie Orchestra in Den Haag, Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, The Beethoven Orchestra, Bonn and the Hamburg State Opera. Starting March 1 2009 he will become a professor at the Sydney Conservatory of Music.
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