eldbjørg hemsing was born in valdres in norway in 1990 and started to play the violin at the age of five. she played for the norwegian royal family at age six. at the age of seven she was accepted into the prestigious barratt due institute of music in oslo, where she received lessons from alf richard kraggerud and stephan barratt-due. eldbjørg hemsing has also studied with boris kuschnir. in 2012, she gave a globally televised performance at the nobel peace prize ceremony in oslo.