Halldis Rønning was born in Bergen, Norway in 1978 into an artist family. She started playing the violin at the age of 7, and when she first conducted an orchesta at the age of 14, she decided to follow the path of conducting. Allready at the age of 18 she got "the talentprice of the year" in Norway, given by Vladimir Ashkenazy for her conducting skills.
Then followed violin studies at the Grieg Academy in Bergen (1997-99), the Conservatory of Amsterdam (1999-2002) and at The Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo (2002-2004) where she also joined the conductingclass.At the same institute she took her master degree in orchestral conducting from 2002-2004 with the highest mark possible.
After her studies Rønning conducted all the symphony orchestras of her own country, all the windbands, contemporary music ensembles and several theater- and musical tv- productions. She also worked with orchestras and ensembles in Sweden, the Netherlands and Vietnam.
From 2011-2013 she was assistent conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra where she studied with some of the worlds greatest conductors.She conducted Bartok's Bluebeards Castle during her assistantship on short notice and with great success.
Coming engagements as a conductor are:
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Trondheim Sinfonietta, Bergen Philharmonic in 2021 and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra at SPOT festival in 2022.
Rønning has a great interest in contemporary music and she has
conducted countless world premieres and contemporary pieces in concert and festivals in Europe and Scandinavia.
She has had long and fruitful collaborations with the Trondheim sinfonietta, BIT20 ensemble and the CIKADA ensemble, major contributors in both the Norwegian and the international music scene.
In 2018 she got the Oddvar S. Kvam’s conductors prize for her work for Norwegian contemporary music.
Rønning has a great interest in contemporary music and she has
conducted countless worldpremiers and contemporary pieces in concert and festivals in Europe and Scandinavia.
She has had long and fruitful collaborations with the Trondheim Sinfonietta, BIT20 ensemble and the CIKADA ensemble, major contributors in both the Norwegian and the international music scene.
In 2018 she got the Oddvar S. Kvam’s conductor prize for her work for Norwegian contemporary music.
She has the recent years gradually moved towards a more creative plattform, exploring improvisation with orchestras, composition and collaborative art projects across disciplines.
She is interested in expanding the conductor’s movements into a more performative role in relation to other art forms. In 2019 she got two major grants, one from Morten Eide Pedersens memorial fund to make music and visuals for her project »Watermusic» and the other from the Norwegian Cultural Council to compose and lead a MultimediaProject called «Sort Glimmer» which will be premiered at the Reykjavik Art Festival in 2022.