27 May–10 June 2026
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason. Foto: Johanna Berghorn

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

in Grieg's villa

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Performance type: 

Music,

Place: 
Troldhaugen, Griegs villa
Duration: 

Ca. 1 t

  • Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

    Friday, June 5, 2026

    Troldhaugen 22:00 - 23:00
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      NOK 660

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      NOK 200

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    Grieg’s villa opens briefly to be filled with music.

    “She plays with power and authority,” wrote The Guardian when 20-year-old Jeneba Kanneh-Mason made her solo debut at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall. When the opportunity arose to play on Edvard Grieg’s piano in the villa at Troldhaugen, the pianist was delighted.

    Kanneh-Mason is dedicated to bringing music to light that is not widely known. For the pianist’s Festival concerts in Håkonshallen and Grieg’s villa, she will perform, among other works, Fantasie Nègre by Florence Price, the first African-American woman to have her music performed by major symphony orchestras. Also on the programme is William Grant Still’s Summerland, alongside a lyrical piece by Grieg and classics by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

    The Festival concerts in Grieg’s villa are a cherished tradition, and in collaboration with Kode, the house will open exclusively for two concerts during the renovation, while it stands empty.

    There will also be an extra concert in Grieg’s villa with pianist Alexander Gadjiev during this year’s Festival, on Friday 29 May.

    Image: Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (photo: Johanna Berghorn)

    About Grieg’s villa

    Grieg’s villa is undergoing an extensive restoration that began in autumn 2025. The exterior has been completed, and the scaffolding has been removed, and the villa is returned to its original colour. The villa will remain closed until 2027 while interior work is carried out.

    For the first time in 100 years, the house has been emptied of all its historical furnishings, apart from Grieg’s piano, which will be unpacked for the Festival. The concert experience will therefore have a different atmosphere, both compared to earlier concerts and to how it will be once the renovation is finished.

    Read more about the work at kodebergen.no.

    Contributors

    • Jeneba Kanneh-Mason piano

    Works

    • Johann Sebastian Bach  (1685–1750) 
      Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 
      1. Praeambulum 
      2. Allemande 
      3. Corrente 
      4. Sarabande 
      5. Tempo di Minuetta 
      6. Passepied 
      7. Gigue 

    • Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770–1827) 
      Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor "The Tempest", op. 31 no. 2 
      1. Largo – Allegro 
      2. Adagio 
      3. Allegretto 

    • William Grant Still  (1895–1978) 
      Summerland 

    • Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
      From Lyric Pieces, Book 4, op. 47
      3. Melody. Allegretto

    • Frédéric Chopin  (1810–1849) 
      Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, op. 47

    • Florence Price  (1887–1953) 
      Fantasie Nègre  No. 1 in E minor 

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