Stikk innom 50 år. Foto: Thor Brødreskift

Drop-in concerts

Festival academy of Bergen

Next event (15)

Duration: 

Approx. 45 min

Daytime concerts with artists of the future.

Drop by the Grieg Hall foyer for a musical break around lunchtime! Students from the Grieg Academy take the stage, ensuring memorable musical experiences nearly every day during the Festival.

These short daytime concerts offer a wide range of music, with a primary focus on the classical repertoire. The Drop-in concerts are a popular Festival tradition with a low threshold, plenty of surprises, and a great atmosphere. Among previous Drop-in artists is the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen.

Photo: Thor Brødreskift

Thursday 22 May at 12:00
  • Duo Lignum:

  • Lisa Daae clarinet

  • Benjamin Søreide guitar

MIROSLAV TADIC (1959–), arr. Benjamin Søreide (1996–)
Rustemul

SIGURD BEVANS KVITVIK (1997–)
Idyll

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992)
Night Club 1960

MIROSLAV TADIC (1959–), arr. Benjamin Søreide (1996–)
Gajdarsko oro

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  • Inga Bialach violin

  • Julia Palmer viola

  • Johanna Saaek cello

  • Charis Hadjisophocleous double bass

  • Marina Matsuoka piano

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Piano quintet i A major, D 667 ("Forellenquintett")
1. Allegro vivace
4. Andantino – Allegretto
5. Allegro giusto

Friday 23 May at 12:00
  • Grieg Academy Chamber Orchestra

  • Ricardo Odriozola conductor

  • Tora Theigmann flute

  • Hedda Frøland, Vilde Schøyen oboe

  • Isak Holm, Johannes Byrkjeland basoon

  • Arild Ronæs, Håvard Breistein French horn

  • Alexandra Wolff, Joanna Ridao, Heidi Lyngholm, Bernhard Sekkelsten, Weronika Matusiak, Nazrin Huseynova, Emilie Hughes, Inga Bialach, Kari Knudsen violin

  • Maria Boross, Mona Sjøvåg, Sebastian Goepel viola

  • June Kiesczek, Karina Medvetska, Adrianna Arapinowicz, Mads Hamberg cello

  • Charis Hadjosophocleous, Didrik Berg double bass

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
Cello concert no. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb/2, op. 101
1.Allegro moderato

Soloist: Adrianna Arapinowicz cello

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Piano concerto no. 9 in E-flat major, K 271
1. Allegro
2. Andantino
3. Rondo (Presto)

Soloist: Marina Matsuoka piano

Friday 23 May at 15:00
  • Grieg Academy Chamber Orchestra

  • Ricardo Odriozola conductor

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Violin concerto no. 5 in A major, K. 219
1. Allegro aperto – Adagio – Allegro aperto

Soloist: Inga Bialach violin

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano concerto no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19
1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio
3. Rondo - Molto allegro

Soloist: Diana Galakhova piano

Saturday 24 May at 12:00

Grieg Academy Young Talents

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  • Anna Bracke oboe

  • Amanda Kvammen voice

  • Kristoffer Steinsvåg piano

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685-1759)
Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207, arr.: Michel Rondeau 

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  • Sunniva Karlsen Wüller oboe

  • Knut Christian Jansson piano 

CARL NIELSEN (1865-1931)
Fantasy pieces for oboe and piano, op. 2
1. Romanze

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  • Tristan David Safir Brandanger clarinet

  • Knut Christian Jansson piano

MAX REGER (1873-1916)
Sonate no. 3 in Bb-major, op. 107
1. Moderato

  • Amanda Kvammen voice

  • Luca-Kristina Solheim piano 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Torna, di Tito a lato (from «La clemenza di Tito»)

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  • Sunniva Karlsen Wüller oboe

  • Kristoffer Steinsvåg piano 

OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
Vocalise-étude

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  • Luca-Kristina Solheim piano

BELA BARTOK (1881-1945)
Suite, op. 14
1. Allegretto
2. Scherzo

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  • Amanda Kvammen voice

  • Knut Christian Jansson piano

MAX REGER (1873-1916)
Waldeinsamkeit, op. 76 no. 3

  • Kristoffer Steinsvåg piano

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
La cathédrale engloutie (From Preludes, book 1)

Programme updated 16 May

Saturday 24 May at 15:00

Grieg Academy Young Talents

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  • Anna Bracke oboe

  • Knut Christian Jansson piano

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
Oboe concerto in C-major, Hob VIIg:C1
1. Allegro spirituoso

  • Anastasiya Ostianina fløyte

  • Knut Christian Jansson piano

BENJAMIN GODARD (1849-1895)
Suite for flute and piano, op. 116
1. Allegretto
2. Idylle

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  • Adrian Tvedt Hellevik piano 

SERGEJ RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Moment Musicaux op. 16
4. Presto

  • Lene Marie Hofstätter clarinet

  • Marit Mangersnes Lie violin

  • Balder Holmedal piano 

ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
1. Moderato

  • Anastasiya Ostianina flute

  • Adrian Tvedt Hellevik piano

SVERRE JORDAN (1889-1972)
Sonatine for flute and piano, op. 61
1.  Allegro moderato

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  • Balder Holmedal piano 

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Piano sonata no. 2 in g-minor, op. 22
1. So rasch wie möglich

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  • Lene Marie Hofstätter clarinet

  • Manuel Hofstätter percussion

  • Knut Christian Jansson piano

ARTIE SHAW (1910-2004)
Clarinet concerto

Programme updated 16 May

Tuesday 27 May at 12:00
  • Karina Medvetska cello

  • Torleif Torgersen piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Sonata for cello and piano no. 3 in A major, op. 69
1. Allegro ma non tanto

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  • Bernhard Sekkelsten violin

  • Sølve Andre Håvik piano

  • Karina Medvetska cello

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Pianotrio nr. 2 in E-flat major, D.929
1. Allegro
2. Andante con moto

*Programme updated 11 May

Tuesday 27 May at 15:00
  • Leon Zapffe piano    

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
3 Intermezzi, op. 117
1. Andante moderato
2. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione
3. Andante con moto

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)/FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Widmung

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  • Helen Tyssekvam voice

  • Anders Mulder clarinet

  • Sofie Haukland Weist piano

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965

Wednesday 28 May at 12:00
  • Boreas:

  • Sergio Llorente violin

  • Johanna Saaek cello

  • Marina Matsouka piano

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809–1847)
Piano trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 49
1. Molto allegro e agitato
2. Andante con moto tranquillo

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  • Una Kristin Sagatun Kristjansdottir voice

  • Alf Marius Kjærås guitar

MANUEL DE FALLA (1876–1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas
1. El paño moruno
3. Asturiana
4. Jota
5. Nana
6. Canción

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  • Una Kristin Sagatun Kristjansdottir voice

  • Marina Matsuoka piano

EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
Four poems from Fiskerjenten, op. 21
1. Det første Møde
2. God morgen
3. Jeg giver mit Digt til Vaaren
4. Tak for dit Råd

Wednesday 28 May at 15:00
  • Irina Tarasova fortepiano

Piano sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 2 no. 2
1. Allegro Vivace
2. Largo appasionato
3. Scherzo. Allegretto
4. Rondo Grazioso

*Programme updated 7 May

Thursday 29 May at 12:00
  • Kateryna Persysta piano

EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
Lyrical pieces, book 7, op. 62*
1. Sylfide
2. Takk
3. Fransk serenade
4. Bekken
5. Drømmesyn
6. Hjemad

  • Ingrid Reinan voice

  • Maria Haukenes Malmedal voice

  • Elena Dikić piano

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI (1710–1736)
Stabat Mater (P.77)
1. Stabat mater dolorosa
2. Cujus animam gementem
3. O quam tristis
5. Quis est homo
8. Fac ut ardeat
12. Quando corpus morietur

*Programme updated 7 May

Thursday 29 May at 15:00
  • Szilard Simon Pal piano

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Chromatic fantasia and fugue in D minor, BWV 903

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  • Helen Tyssekvam voice

  • Szilard Simon Pal piano

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
8 Gedichte aus “Letzte Blätter”, op. 10
1. Zueignung
2. Nichts
3. Die Nacht
4. Die Georgine
5. Geduld
6. Die Verschwiegenen
7. Die Zeitlose
8. Allerseelen

Friday 30 May at 12:00
  • Sigurd Mosbakk piano

MARC ALEXANDRE MAYOR FERRER (1998–)
Rain Triptych

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op. 26
1. Allegro: Sehr Lebhaft
2. Romanze: Ziemlich Langsam
3. Scherzino
4. Intermezzo: Mit Größter Energie
5. Finale: Höchst Lebhaft

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  • Alme quartet:

  • Bernhard Sekkelsten violin

  • Emilie Victoria Hughes violin

  • Mona Sjøvaag viola

  • Mads Oliver Hamberg cello

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
String quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96
2. Lento
4. Finale

Friday 30 May at 15:00
  • Sofie Haukland Weist piano

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Piano sonata no. 13 in A major, D. 664
1. Allegro Moderato

EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
Lyrical pieces, book 4, op. 47
1. Valse Impromtu

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  • Julie Kristine Berg voice

  • Sofie Haukland Weist piano

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
Cinq poemes de Baudelarie, L.64
1. Le balcon
2. Harmonie du Soir
3. Le Jet d’Eau
4. Recueillement
5. La mort des Amants

Saturday 31 May at 12:00
  • Kari Knudsen violin

  • Tor Erik Seime Pettersen piano

ASTOR PIAZOLLA (1921–1992)
L'histoire du tango
Bordell 1900
Cafe 1930
Nightclub 1960
Concert d'aujourd'hui

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  • Bernhard Sekkelsten violin

  • Sebastian Goepel viola

  • Mads Hamberg cello

  • Agnes Önnerstad piano

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911)
Piano quartet in A minor

ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934–1998)
Piano Quartet

Saturday 31 May at 15:00
  • Theodor Odland piano

  • Sølve Andre Håvik piano

  • Sigbjørn Forland piano

  • Sigurd Mosbakk piano

KETIL HVOSLEF (1939–)
4 Footnotes for piano (2024) – first performance

Programme change: Sunday 1 June at 12.00 there will not be a Drop-in concert as previously announced. Updated 6 March 2025.

Tickets

  • Standard: 60

  • Ticket bundles with five optional concerts: 190
    Ticket bundles in sale at the Festival ticket booth and at the concert entrance.

Same price for all concerts. Ticket sales online, or at the ticket booth at Torgallmenningen after 19 May or at the entrance before each concert.

Practical information

Doors open 30 minutes before each concert.

A collaboration between

Bergen International Festival and The Grieg Academy – Department of Music

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