Maya Broman Crawford-Phillips

& Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy

Festival Academy of Bergen

The Swedish-British violinist Maya Broman Crawford-Phillips and Norwegian Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy – last seen in the Soloist Prize winner’s concert at the 2025 Bergen International Festival – will perform at both the King’s official residence at Gamlehaugen, and at Ole Bull’s villa in Valestrand in 2026. Together, they present music by Clara Schumann, Ole Bull, Edvard Grieg, and Leoš Janáček, and at Gamlehaugen they will perform excerpts from Dichotomie by the Festival’s Artist in Residence, Esa-Pekka Salonen. 

'Although written under very different circumstances, both Grieg’s Holberg Suite and Janáček’s violin sonata express profoundly human emotions. Together, the program offers a rich emotional landscape revealed in these exceptional works,' the musicians say. 

In 2026, the Bergen International Festival presents a series of five concerts at Gamlehaugen featuring young string players and pianists participating at the Festival Academy of Bergen – an annual meeting place for emerging musicians. Maya Broman Crawford-Phillips will also appear as a soloist with the Monbijou Quartet at Bullahuset in Valestrand. 

Image: Maya Broman Crawford-Phillips & Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy.

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Contributors

• Maya Broman Crawford-Phillips violin

• Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy piano

Works

• Clara Schumann (1819–96)
  3 Romances for Violin and Piano, op. 22
  1. Andante molto
  2. Allegretto
  3. Leidenschaftlich schnell

• Ole Bull (1810–80)
  Polacca Guerriera

• Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958–)
  From Dichotomie (selection)

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
  Suite: From the time of Holberg (solo piano)
  1. Prelude
  2. Sarabande
  3. Gavotte
  4. Air
  5. Rigaudon

• Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
  Violin Sonata
  1. Con moto
  2. Ballada
  3. Allegretto
  4. Adagio

A collaboration between

Bergen International Festival and Statsbygg
Bergen International Festival and Voksenåsen Music Academies