conductor
From Sarpsborg in Norway
Hot conductor
from the fjords
and the mountains
of cold Norway
His passionate
and powerful
performances
always make
impressions
from the fjords
and the mountains
of cold Norway
His passionate
and powerful
performances
always make
impressions
Biography
- Jon Fylling was born in the northern Norway in 1955
- He has his musical education from Grieg Academy Bergen, Oslo University, and Music Academy in Oslo, with higher Diploma in conducting 1984
- Studied the flute as main instrument, but has also studied piano, singing and cello
- Studied conducting with Eric Ericson, Stefan Sköld, and Helmut Rilling.
- Participated in master class Choral Conducting in 1992 – teacher Stefan Sköld
- Participated in master class Orchestral Conducting in 1995 – teacher Per Borin
- Participated in Master Class orchestral conducting in Berlin 2010 – teacher Colin Metters.
- Has been working as a choral and orchestral conductor since 1980.
- Has been teaching conducting, composition and Choir at the music college in Sarpsborg since 1985
- Has worked with about 20 choirs and orchestras, performing a great part of the central and norwegian repertoire, included many of the well-known bigger works for choir and orchestras.
- Started the chamber choir www.norskekammersangere.no in 1994, with which he has performed a cappella repetoire, and made 3 CD’s, and won prizes in competitions.
- Guest conducted regularily with Østfold Kammerorkester 1985-1990
- Guest conducted regularily with the baroque orchestra Barokkanerne, Oslo 1987-2002
- Guest conducted regularily with Oslo Symfoniorkester 1997 – 2005
- Conductor and artistic director of Østfold Symfoniorkester since 2002.
- Conductor and artistic director of Grenland Symfoniorkester since 2010
- Guest conductor with Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra, Ukraina 2010
Performances 1
Orchestral works (chronological)
| Symphony no 5 (Beethoven) | Trøndelag Symphony orchestra | 1984/2002 |
| Violin concerto (Bruch) | Trøndelag Symphony orchestra (O. Hannisdal) | 1984 |
| Rococco variations (Tsjaikovskij) | Trøndelag Symphony orchestra (Liv Opdal) | 1985/2003 |
| Symphony in C (Bizet) | Trøndelag Symphony orchestra | 1985 |
| Symphony no 104 (Haydn) | Trøndelag Symphony orchestra | 1985 |
| Norwegian Dances (Grieg) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2002 |
| Symphony in g-minor (Mozart) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2003 |
| Suite Ancienne (Halvorsen) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2003 |
| Magic flute ouverture (Mozart) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2003/2007 |
| Piano concerto a-minor (Grieg) | Østfold Symphony orchestra (Shirin Khadiroff) | 2003 |
| Symphony no 1 in C (Beethoven) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2003/2008 |
| Symphony no 5 in D (Mendelssohn) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2004 |
| Symphony no 2 (Svendsen) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2005 |
| Violin concerto (Beethoven) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2005 |
| Midtsommarvaka (Alfvén) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2005 |
| Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2005 |
| Haydn-variations (Brahms) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2006 |
| Clarinet concerto i A-dur (Mozart) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2006/2007 |
| Violin concerto i D-dur (Mozart) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2006 |
| Nutcracker (compl.) (Tsjaikovskij) | Østfold Symphony orchestra (Ketil Gudim) | 2006/08 |
| Ruslan & Ludmila ouverture (Glinka) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2007 |
| Lieutenant Kije (Prokofiev) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2007 |
| Piano concerto no 2 (Rachmaninof) | Østfold Symphony orchestra (S. Osadschuk) | 2007 |
| Piano concerto no 3 (Beethoven) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2008 |
| Cello concerto (Elgar) | Østfold Symphony orchestra (Live Frengstad) | 2009 |
| Symphony The new world (Dvorak) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2009 |
| On hearing the first cuckoo (Delius) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2009 |
| Fingal’s cave (Mendelssohn) | Grenland Symphony orchestra | 2009 |
| Unfinished symphony (Schubert) | Grenland Symphony orchestra | 2009 |
| Symphony no 3 (R Schumann) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2010 |
| Piano concerto a minor (Schumann) | Østfold Symphony orchestra | 2010 |
| 1st symphony (Brahms) | Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra | 2010 |
| Symphony no 3 (Schumann) | Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra | 2010 |
| Figaro Ouverture (Mozart) | Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra | 2010 |
| Organ Symphony (Saint-Saëns) | Grenland Symphony orchestra | 2010 |
| Symphony no 8 (Beethoven) | Grenland Symphony orchestra | 2010 |
| Symphony no 2 (Brahms) | Østfold Symphony Orchestra | 2011 |
| Piano concerto no 2 (Brahms) | Østfold Symphony Orchestra | 2011 |
| Pirates of the caribbean (Badelt) | Østfold Symphony Orchestra | 2011 |
| Harry Potter suite (Williams) | Østfold Symphony Orchestra | 2011 |
| Star wars suite (Williams) | Østfold Symphony Orchestra | 2011 |
Performances 2
Oratorios, Masses and Operas (chronological)
- Bach Cantatas - Music Academy orch - 1980-85
- Israel in Egypt - oratorium (Handel) – music academy orch – 1983
- A norwegian Te Deum (Nystedt) – Harlow Symph orch – 1983
- Gloria (Vivaldi) music students orchestra – 1983/2002
- Magnificat (Bach) – 1983/1992/2009
- Requiem (Duruflé) – Trøndelag symph orch – 1984
- Christmas Oratorio (Bach) – Trondheim Symphony Orch. – 1984/1987
- St Matthew Passion (Bach) – Trondheim Symphony Orchestra – 1985
- Missa in D (Dvorak) – Trøndelag Orchestra – 1985
- Requiem (Mozart) - Østfold Chamber Orch – 1986/1992/1997/2004/2005
- Elijah (Mendelssohn) – Østfold Chamber Orch – 1987/2009
- Requiem (Rutter) - both versions – 1987/
- Messiah (Handel) – baroque orchestra – 1990/1997/2000
- Mass in B minor (Bach) – baroque orchestra – 1990
- Paulus (Mendelssohn) – Østfold Chamber orch – 1991
- Missae Brevis in F/g/G/A (Bach) – baroque orchs – 1983/1991/2002
- Missa in e-minor (Bruckner) – wind ensemble – 1992
- Porgy and Bess (Gershwin) - Sarpsborg Music high school - 1994
- Die Jahrezeiten (Haydn) - Østfold Symph orch - 1996
- Lobgesang-sinfonie (Mendelssohn) - Oslo symphony orch - 1997
- Schicksals-lied (Brahms) - Oslo Symphony orch - 1998
- Missa in C (Beethoven) - Oslo symph orch - 1998/2004
- Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms) - Oslo Symph orch - 1999/2003
- Choral Fantasy (Beethoven) - Østfold Chamber orch - 1999
- Das Paradies und die Peri (Schumann) - Oslo Symph orch - 2001
- Die Schöpfung (Haydn) - Østfold Symph orch - 2002
- Fjeldeventyret – opera (W. Thrane) - Østfold Symph orch - 2003
- Missa solemnis i C kv337 (Mozart) - Østfold Chamber orch - 2006
- Requiem (Verdi) - Østfold/Grenland symph orc - 2007
- Der Messias (Handel/Mozart) - Østfold Symph Orch - 2008
- Requiem (Fauré) - various - 1996/99/2009
- Gloria (Karl Jenkins) - Østfold Symphony orchestra -2010
Performances 3
Stage Musicals and popular works
- The great Wonder (Nyberg) – AKS Trondheim – 1984
- The pilgrims Mass (Hovland) – Trondheim – 1984
- The good country (Tveit) – 1986
- Ressurection mass (Hovland) - 1986
- 2nd sacred Concert (Ellington) – 1987/1993
- Gabriel and Mary (Høybye) – 1987
- Karry Kalkun (Gundersen) – 1988
- Ice Front (Gundersen) – 1989
- Chess – the musical – 1990
- Surely spring will come (Tveit) – 1995
- Wig Wam symphonic – 2005
- Hair – the musical – 2006
- Sacred Concert (Ellington) – 2007
