Drop-in concerts
Festival Academy of Bergen
Stop by for a daytime music boost.
Students from the Grieg Academy take the stage, ensuring memorable musical experiences nearly every day at 12:00 and 15:00 during the Festival.
These short daytime concerts offer a variety of musical genres – with a focus on the classical repertoire. There will be concerts with everything from solo performances to a chamber orchestra.
The concert series are a popular Festival tradition with a more than 50 year long history, plenty of surprises, and a great atmosphere. Among previous artists in the Drop-in concert series include Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, who will also give a concert at the 2026 Festival. Maybe it’s the next classical sensation that will appear on the Drop-in stage?
Drop-in concert in 2025. Photo: Thor Brødreskift
Kari Knudsen Laetitia Stemp Balder Brudeseth Holmedal Sigurd Mosbakk Helen Tyssekvam Giorgi Grdzelidze Martin Korsvold Gjerholm
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 from 26 May or at the entrance before each concert.
Practical information
Doors open 30 minutes before each concert.
Concert details
Friday 29 May at 12:00
June Klipper Halvorsen saxophone
Katrine Bratteng flute
Mona Sjøvaag viola
Nils Rainer Vågen euphonium
Mads Oliver Hamberg cello
ALFRED EVENSEN (1883–1942), arr. Lasse Bergmann (1998–)
Norsk dans nr. 2
WILHELM PETERSON-BERGER (1867–1942)
From «Frösöblomster»
Vid Frösö kyrka
Gratulation
MATS PAULSON (1938–2021)
Visa vid vindens ângar
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Waltz no. 2
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Leon Zapffe piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano sonata no. 5 in C minor, op. 10 no. 1
1. Allegro molto e con brio
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Ballade no. 1 op. 23
Saturday 30 May at 12:00
Martin Korsvold Gjerholm piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano sonata no. 9 in E minor, op. 14 no. 1
1. Allegro
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
From Preludes book 2 L. 123
8. Ondine
FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
From Three Concert Etudes, s. 144
1. Il lamento
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Ricardo Odriozola, Natali Turiatko, Bernhard Sekkelsten violin
KETIL HVOSLEF (1939–)
Tre Violini nr. 1 (2025)
Tre Violini nr. 2 (2025)
Saturday 30 May at 15:00
Mária Magdolna Boross viola
GYÖRGY KURTAG (1926–)
Fra Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages)
Népdalféle
J.H.Sang
Carenza-Jig
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Pavel Girunyan clarinet
Natali Turiatko, Mona Sjøvaag violin
Mária Magdolna Boross viola
Mads Oliver Hamberg cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Klarinettkvintett Clarinet quintet, op. 115
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Andantino – Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
4. Con moto
Sunday 31 May at 12:00
Helen Tyssekvam soprano
Signe Bakke piano
EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
Sechs Lieder, op. 48
1. Gruss
2. Dereinst gedanke mein
3. Lauf der Welt
4. Die verschwiegene Nachtigall
5. Zur Rosenzeit
6. Ein Traum
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Mária Magdolna Boross viola
Jarle Rotevatn piano
PAUL HINDEMITH (1895–1963)*
Der Schwanendreher
1. Zwischen Berg und Tiefem Tal
2. Nun laube, Lindlein laube!
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Zsuzsa Zseni mezzo soprano
Mária Magdolna Boross viola
Jarle Rotevatn piano
FRANK BRIDGE (1879–1941)
3 Songs for voice, viola and piano
1. Far, far from each other
2. Where is it that our soul doth go
3. Music when soft voices die
*Updated 22 May
Monday 1 June at 12:00
Nils Rainer Vågen euphonium
Jarle Rotevatn piano
DIEGO ORTIZ (1510–1570)
Recerda Prima
ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH (1923–2014)
Partita
STIG NORDHAGEN (1966–)
Divertimento for Euphonium and Piano
First movement
EDUARDO BOCCALARI (1859–1921)
Fantasia di Concert
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Heidi Lyngholm violin
Elena Dikic piano
Juni C. Ottesen cello
CLARA SCHUMANN (1819–1896)
Piano trio in G minor, op. 17
1. Allegro moderato
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Heidi Lyngholm violin
Liudmyla Tereshchenko piano
MAX BRUCH (1838–1920)
Violin concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26
3. Allegro energico
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Order updated 26 May
Tuesday 2 June at 12:00
Kari Knudsen violin
Hallgeir Fiskaaen guitar
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992)
Histoire du Tango
Bordell 1900
Café 1930
Nightclub 1960
Concert d’aujourdhui
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Jacob Brown Slåttum piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Kinderszenen, op. 15
1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
2. Kuriosa Geschichte
3. Hasche-Mann
4. Bittendes Kind
5. Glückes genug
6. Wichtige Begebenheit
7. Träumerei
8. Am Kamin
9. Ritter Vom Steckenpferd
10. Fast zu ernst
11. Fürchtenmachen
12. Kind im Einschlummeren
13. Der Dichter spricht
Tuesday 2 June at 15:00
Balder Brudeseth Holmedal piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Piano sonata in G minor op. 22
1. So rasch wie möglich
2. Andantino. Getragen
3. Scherzo. Sehr rasch und markiert
4. Rondo. Presto
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Agnes Önnerstad piano
EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
Lyrical pieces op. 54
1. Gjetergutt
2. Gangar
3. Trolltog
4. Notturno
5. Scherzo
6. Klokkeklang
Wednesday 3 June at 12:00
Helen Tyssekvam soprano
Daniel Henry Øvrebø flute
Sølve Andre Håvik piano
ANA MARIA OANCEA (1998–)
Hamlet?
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Sigurd Mosbakk piano
TORU TAKEMITSU (1930–1996)
Litany
1. Adagio
2. Lento misterioso
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Partita no. 5 in G major BWV 829
1. Preambulum
2. Allemande
3. Corrente
4. Sarabande
5. Tempo di Minuetto
6. Passepied
7. Gigue
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Performance order updated 19 May
Wednesday 3 June at 15:00
Joanna Ridao Wang violin
Elena Dikić piano
DORA PEJAČEVIĆ (1885–1923)
Violin sonata no 1 in D Major
1. Allegro
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Sigurd Mosbakk piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Piano sonata in A Major d.959
2. Andantino
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Laetitia Stemp soprano
Knut Christian Jansson piano
CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786–1826)
Einst träumte meiner selgen Base (from «Der Freischütz»)
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Laetitia Stemp soprano
Helen Tyssekvam soprano
Knut Christian Jansson piano
CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786–1826)
Schelm, halt fest (from«Der Freischütz»)
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Laetitia Stemp soprano
Knut Christian Jansson piano
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
Begegnung
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685–1759)
Mio Caro Bene (from «Rodelinda»)
PAULINE VIARDOT (1821–1910)
Canción de la infanta
FRANK LOESSER (1910–1969)
Adelaide's lament (from «Guys and Dolls»)
Thursday 4 June at 12:00
Giorgi Grdzelidze piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Kinderszenen, op. 15
1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
2. Kuriosa Geschichte
3. Hasche-Mann
4. Bittendes Kind
5. Glückes genug
6. Wichtige Begebenheit
7. Träumerei
8. Am Kamin
9. Ritter Vom Steckenpferd
10. Fast zu ernst
11. Fürchtenmachen
12. Kind im Einschlummeren
13. Der Dichter spricht
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Davidsbundlertanze, op. 6
1. Lebhaft
2. Innig
3. Etwas Hahnbuchen
4. Ungeduldig
5. Einfach
6. Sehr rasch und in sich hinein
7. Nicht schnell mit äußerst starker Empfindung
8. Frisch
9. Lebhaft
10. Balladenmäßig sehr rasch
11. Einfach
12. Mit Humor
13. Wild und lustig
14. Zart und singend
15. Frisch
16. Mit gutem Humor
17. Wie aus der Ferne
18. Nicht Schnell
Friday 5 June at 12:00
Kari Knudsen violin
Stefan Bivand violin
Eugenio Meneghel viola
Sarah Wang cello
SERGEJ PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
String quartet nr. 1 in B minor, op. 50
1. Allegro
2. Andante molto
3. Andante
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Heidi Lyngholm violin
Elena Dikic piano
Juni C. Ottesen cello
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
Piano trio in F sharp minor, Hob. XV:26
1. Allegro
2. Adagio cantabile
3. Finale
Friday 5 June at 15:00
Kari Knudsen violin
Kateryna Persysta piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Sonata for violin and piano no. 4 in A minor, op. 23
1. Presto
2. Andante scherzoso, piu allegro
3. Allegro molto
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Agnes Önnerstad piano
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Piano sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58
1. Allegro maestoso
2. Scherzo
3. Largo
4. Finale: presto non tanto
Saturday 6 June at 12:00
The Grieg Academy Young Talent Programme
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Emil Alexander Ren Johansson piano
EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
From the Holberg Suite, op. 40
1. Preludium
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Rafael Fernando Johnsen Silva trumpet
Polina Zhurzha piano
ROLF WALLIN (1957–)
Elegy
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Sunniva Karlsen Wüller oboe
Knut Christian Jansson piano
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
From oboe concert in C major, Hob VIIg:C1
1. Allegro spirituoso
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Brynjar Sander Heggholmen Trygg French horn
Knut Christian Jansson piano
FRANZ JOSEF STRAUSS (1822–1905)
Nocturno, op. 7
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Anna Bracke oboe
Lene Marie Hofstätter clarinet
Anastasiya Ostanina flute
MALCOLM ARNOLD (1921–2006)
From Divertimento, op. 37
1. Allegro energico
3. Vivace
4. Andantino
6. Piacevole
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Anastasiya Ostanina flute
Knut Christian Jansson piano
JULES MOUQUET (1867–1946)
From La Flûte de Pan, op. 15
2. Pan et les oiseaux
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Luca-Kristina Solheim piano
EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
Notturno, op. 54 no. 4
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Amanda Kvammen soprano
Knut Christian Jansson piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
From The Wedding of Figaro: Deh vieni, non tardar
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Evan Roer-Bakken baritone
Knut Christian Jansson piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
From the Magic Flute: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
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Amanda Kvammen soprano
Evan Roer-Bakken baritone
Knut Christian Jansson piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
From the Magic Flute: Papageno, papagena
Saturday 6 June at 15:00
The Grieg Academy Young Talent Programme
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Sunniva Karlsen Wüller oboe
Brynjar Sander Heggholmen Trygg French horn
Emil Alexander Ren Johansson piano
CARL REINECKE (1824–1910)
From Trio for oboe, horn and piano in A minor, op. 188
1. Allegro moderato
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Anna Bracke oboe
Knut Christian Jansson piano
PIERRE SANCAN (1916–2008)
Sonatina for oboe and piano
1. Moderato
2. Andante
3. Presto
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Polina Zhurzha piano
SERGEJ RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)
Etude-Tableaux in E flat major, op. 33 no. 4
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Lene Marie Hofstätter clarinet
Knut Christian Jansson piano
BERNHARD CRUSELL (1775–1838)
From Clarinet concerto no. 2, op. 5
1. Allegro
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Marit Mangersnes Lied violin
Knut Christian Jansson piano
CÉSAR FRANCK (1822–1890)
From Sonata for violin and piano in A major
1. Allegretto ben moderato
2. Allegro
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