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Thomas Dybdahl

with TrondheimSolistene

Intense friendships for vocals, guitar and strings.

Dramatised concert

Peer Gynt

Experience Herbert Nordrum as Peer in Ibsen's magnificent drama with Grieg’s extraordinary music.

The Telavåg Tragedy

A new musical work about the terror in the islands.

Vetra

Ragnhild Hemsing's folk jazz

Folk tunes from Valdres in a new costume.

Leif Ove Andsnes & Bertrand Chamayou

Piano duets for four hands from Schubert's last months.

Vilde Frang

with Maximilian Hornung & Denis Kozhukhin

Schumann in three parts.

Yuja Wang

A charismatic adventurer on the piano.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Isata Kanneh-Mason

From the Royal Albert Hall to Håkonshallen.

Music Theatre Dramatised concert

DSCH

Concert theatre with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Breaking the bounds of a concert.

Symphony for all of Grieghallen

with Grieg's Concerto in A minor

Music to wander in.

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Ragnhild Hemsing. Photo: Kaupo Kikkas

With Ole Bull's Hardanger fiddle to Bergen

For Ragnhild Hemsing, the violin and Hardanger fiddle are equally important. She is the next Artist in residence at the Bergen International Festival.
Øyvind Torvund. Photo: Synne Sofi Bårdsdatter Bønes

A synergy of sketches

The family man from Frekhaug has been involved with music all his life. Still, it wasn't until a documentary about Frank Zappa appeared on TV that this year’s festival composer, Øyvind Torvund, thought about writing music.
Herbert Nordrum will be playing the title role in Peer Gynt. Photo: Erika Hebbert/Nationaltheatret

Full-scale Peer Gynt

The 2024 Bergen International Festival opens with a performance that highlights both the writing and the music in the way Ibsen and Grieg always wanted for the Norwegian icon Peer Gynt.

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