Bjørg Lewis

About Bjørg Lewis

Bjørg Lewis is one of Norway's most sought-after and admired cellists. She has been a soloist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with Mariss Jansons conducting, as well as performing with orchestras throughout Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Baltics. She has collaborated with musicians such as Leif Ove Andsnes, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Elisabeth Batiashvili, Truls Mørk, Steven Isserlis, Martin Fröst and the Nash Ensemble.

Bjørg is a founding member of the Vertavo String Quartet, an internationally acclaimed ensemble that has received numerous awards, including Norway's prestigious Grieg Prize in 2005, and made numerous highly acclaimed recordings.

A busy performance schedule takes Bjørg throughout Europe, North America and Japan. In the UK she has performed at several festivals, including The BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Bath and Aldeburgh, and she performs regularly in the Wigmore Hall. From 2001 to 2015 she was Artistic Director of the Elverum Festival in Norway, and in 2009, together with Paul Lewis, she started Midsummer Music, an annual chamber music festival held in the Chilterns. The Vertavo Quartet started its own festival in Norway, which launched in September 2016.

Bjørg Lewis plays a Gennaro Gagliano cello of 1748 – previously played by Martin Lovett of the Amadeus Quartet – generously loaned to her by the Dextra Musica foundation.