Enter a fantasy world that defies the boundaries of both eyes and ears! With Cirkopolis, Canadian contemporary circus company Cirque Éloize takes us on a...
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Grieghallen, Griegsalen
Virtuoso family concern interprets Beethoven The Hagen Quartet is considered one of the world’s foremost string quartets. In the course of 30 years and more...
Håkonshallen
We climb aboard the HMS Beagle and share the thoughts, discussions and dreams of the man who changed the world. The year is 1832 and the brig HMS Beagle is...
Logen Teater
Five promising musicians compete for the title of the greatest Nordic solo talent The Norwegian Soloist Prize, which is awarded to a particularly talented...
Troldhaugen, Troldsalen
Five promising musicians compete for the title of the greatest Nordic solo talent. The Norwegian Soloist Prize, which is awarded to a particularly talented...
Håvard Gimse is one of Norway’s foremost pianists. He has performed at the Bergen International Festival every year since 1986, including an appearance as...
Troldhaugen, Villaen
Ole Bull concerts with Arve Tellefsen and Håvard Gimse have become a popular Bergen International Festival tradition. The ‘Ole Bull of our time’ presents the...
Lysøen
Bergen Kunsthall
What happens when your life is put on hold? meet me is a new drama concerning young asylum seekers living in limbo as they await the answers to their...
DNS, Lille Scene
A tragicomedy about the lives we lead. One of the most beautiful and transparent texts in literary history about what it means to live. ‘A lot of talk about...
DNS, Teaterkjelleren
Wonderful folk opera! A mysterious island has appeared in Bjørnefjorden and preparations are now underway for a grand party. The unpredictable coastal goddess...
Oseana Kunst og Kultursenter
Theater event of the year! Norway's most exciting independent theatre company brings their biggest and most spectacular performance ever! Not to be...
DNS, Store Scene
A high-tech anti-opera. The orchestra has been replaced with 80 surround speakers and the soprano is locked in an LED cube. Acclaimed multimedia group Phase7...
Skatehallen
Complete your festival evening with a duo in Bergen Cathedral Most evenings during the Bergen International Festival can be rounded off with a tranquil...
Bergen Domkirke
The all-star team Kim Haugen, Mads Ousdal and Trond Espen Seim come to blows at Ole Bull Scene. Klassekampen described the play as "witty, elegantly and...
Ole Bull Scene
Jon Fosse’s text meets improvised song in this scintillating tale of love Alida and Asle try to survive in a hostile world. Behind the façade of a loving...
Østre
A new vessel is now ready to be launched into outer space to retrieve Grieg’s lost pieces. This year, a spaceship has been created at Bergen Kjøtt, the artist...
Bergen Kjøtt
A jazzed-up family version of Prokofiev’s famous musical adventure! The story of Peter who lives with his grandfather and despite his warnings decides to...
Maartmannshaven
Informal concerts with tomorrow’s artists In collaboration with the Grieg Academy, Institute of Music at the University of Bergen, we invite you once again to...
Grieghallens foajé
Piano master students from the Grieg Academy perform piano sonatas by the Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaia, written in the Soviet era between 1947 and 1988....
The morning concerts will be held in the owner of the fishing station’s private garden from 1920, which has now been extended towards the fjord and opened to...
Bekkjarvik
Musical samples Bergen International Festival is a meeting place for artists of many genres. Every day you meet some of them on the small stage at...
Torgallmenningen v/den blå steinen
Two women fill vessels with water and walk towards their goal – a drinking glass. But the jugs leak steadily down their dresses, and the glass can never be...
Torgallmenningen