 A student of Jorma Panula, Eivind Aadland was encouraged by Mariss Jansons to pursue his conducting career.Previously as a violinist, Eivind Aadland was concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic (1981–1989) and Music Director of the European Union Chamber Orchestra during 1987–1997, with whom he directed concerts at concert halls and festivals throughout Europe, and made a number of recordings.Mr Aadland studied with Yehudi Menuhin and together they performed chamber concerts in Paris and London as well as in Switzerland.