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BERGEN MAY 25 — JUNE 08 2016

2016 PROGRAMME BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

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PROUD SPONSOR Challenge your OF DIVERSITY barriers

Our world view is changing dramatically, and the in return you meet the festival’s many offerings Nordic spirit and our fundamental beliefs are with curiosity and an open mind. We disrupt the being increasingly challenged – both favourably town and offer a substantial and diverse pro- and adversely. This is reflected in this year’s gramme of music, theatre, dance, performance, festival programme. debate, and much more. The festival creates a breathing space to inhale fresh air and think We are experiencing a world at our doorstep new thoughts. as people cross borders both voluntarily and involuntarily. Barriers have been broken down We challenge you to confront your personal bar- and rebuilt. The dream of a great European fel- riers, defy accepted rules, and expose yourself lowship has been replaced by chaos, both on to a renewed perception of our wonderful world. our maps and in our minds. Welcome! Art has an inherent wish to be without limitations. It has a desire to break down barriers and create an understanding of the unexpected in order to craft a narrative for people in today’s world.

This year’s festival uses the theme “Barriers”: A theme clearly visible in art that defies global challenges, and if you dare to open your ears and eyes to discovery, you will see the theme unfold in a number of areas of our varied programme. The American composer and pianist DNB values its partnership with Norwegian cultural institutions, sports Philip Glass is one such artist, who gathers musical inspiration from all cultures of the world associations and other non-profit organisations, both locally and on a to create music without artificial limitations. He national level. is one of the major artists we highlight in 2016 and you can meet him during the festival. For more than 60 years, we have sponsored the Bergen International The absolutely most important thing to us is Festival, one of Norway’s most dynamic cultural events. Through our our audience – of all ages. All with sky-high sponsorship, we aim to make the arts accessible to as many people as expectations for the festival – and rightly so. possible. Our ambition is not only to meet these expectations, but to create magical moments when an audience experiences artistry that both DNB - Sponsor of cultural activities. enriches and transforms. Anders Beyer The Bergen International Festival aims to Festival Director delight, challenge and include. We hope that Twitter: @AndersBey dnb.no WWW.FIB.NO 003 004 BERGEN INTERNATIONAL INDEX INDEX BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 005 FESTIVAL 2016 FESTIVAL 2016 Foundations Friction

Index ú FAMILY (INDOORS) md THE BEST OF THE BEST IN RECKLESS AND SHREWD, NEW TECHNOLOGY, 035 Festival Youth Day THE CLASSICAL ART TRADITION EXPERIMENTING AND EXPLORING 035 Festival Youth Performance mt m m See also the programme calendar. 035 Festival Youth Performance in Stord mt MUSIC MUSIC Crescendo: Top Young Soloists and BFO Opening show: Powaqqatsi 036 The Tree t 050 082 k ú Crescendo: Janine Jansen & Leif Ove Andsnes – Life in Transformation f Dramatised concert Family 036 In Hertha’s Studio t 051 m with Top Young Soloists Apparatjik with Buika and Void k Music Outdoors 037 The Forest of Grimm t 084 t Theatre f Film 052 Closing Concert 085 PGE Retro: Philip Glass Ensemble (1969–1983) d Dance o Dialogues FESTIVAL SQUARE 056 Sir András Schiff 086 Our Short Life On Earth úk Opera u Exhibition 026 Welcome to Festival Square! 057 The Goldberg Variations with Christian Ihle Hadland 087 The Nine Worlds Festival Square Opening with Mames Babe- k s Contemporary circus 027 058 Lise Davidsen with Helmut Deutsch 087 Sit Ozfårs Wysr and Ensemble 101 genush m 059 Bror Magnus Tødenes with Håvard Gimse 088 Sàpmi with Torgeir Vassvik 027 JASS. B.B.B.BOX m 060 The Trondheim Soloists and Truls Mørk 089 Asamisimasa 028 Hedvig Mollestad Trio and Moonpedro and 061 The Vertavo String Quartet and Birgitte Christensen 090 Angel of the North the Sinking Ship m 062 Andreas Brantelid & Christian Ihle Hadland 091 Peter Sheppard Skærved Festivities 029 Bach, Brann and Bacharach m 063 Crescendo: Andsnes, Gimse & Top Young Soloists 092 Lull u 029 Che Sudaka m 064 Navarra String Quartet and Mathias Kjøller d 030 Festival Milonga d 065 Mahan Esfahani and Concerto Köln DANCE ENTERTAINMENT AND 093 by carte blanche m/Anneli Dreckerm 030 Friends of Lysverket #10 m 066 A Recital with Jordi Savall SURPRISES 094 Carte Blanche: We Are Here Together 031 BIFF Film Night f 068 Crescendo: Opus 13 String Quartet plays m 006 Opening Ceremony m dk 031 Ekko in the Tent Beethoven, Brahms and Tsintsadze t THEATRE m 031 OperaPub with Bergen National Opera 068 Crescendo: DaNiBi Trio 096 A Place in the Sun – Bergen Citizen Theatre m MUSIC m 031 Party from Space 069 Crescendo’s Young Chamber Ensembles 096 Dear Europe 008 Judy Collins with guest Thomas Dybdahl múu 032 Colour and Music – a Sensory Space with Konstantin Heidrich 096 The Ambassador 010 Fargespill with KORKkú úu 032 Space 070 Troldsalen: Louis Lortie 097 Fugit 012 Angélique Kidjo 032 Rhythms from Space m 071 Troldsalen: Christian Svarfvar & Helge Kjekshus 014 Dreamers’ Circus with Selene Muñoz 033 Oldschool with Absence úd 071 Troldsalen/Crescendo: Opus13 String Quartet Other 015 Fliflet and the Writers 033 RIFF World Market ú plays Grieg and Janáček 015 Lariba 034 Powerimpro úmt 072 Grieg’s villa: Sandra Lied Haga with u 016 The Kuraybers with Silje Nergaard 034 Classic Buskers úm Ole Christian Haagenrud 098 Festival Exhibition 2016 m 017 Tord Gustavsen Trio with Tander, Vespestad 034 Tales in the Tent úmt 072 Grieg’s villa: Joachim Carr 099 Nordic Council Music Prize o & Molvær 034 The Strange Journey of Sir Tonet úu 073 Grieg’s villa: Brantelid plays Bach’s Cello Suites 099 Dialogues 019 RIFF úm 035 Meg og kammeraten min 073 Grieg’s villa: Sharon Bezaly with Ihle Hadland PRACTICAL INFORMATION 020 Palle Mikkelborg & Friends 074 Lysøen: David & Julie Coucheron OUTDOORS 100 Accessibility 041 Mimi Terris 075 Lysøen: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad with Håvard Gimse 037 Family Day at Siljustøl úm 100 Festival Lounge 075 Lysøen: Charlie Siem with Sveinung Bjelland k DRAMATISED CONCERT 038 Water Fools úmtd 100 Talk to us 076 Siljustøl: Gunilla Süssmann 011 Séance – The Making of a Murder Mystery 040 Festival on the Seven Mountains m 100 Visit us online 076 Siljustøl: Diploma concert with Daunytė, Shim & Nystad Musical 040 Frantix the Clown ús 100 Volunteers 077 Gjermund Larsen & Frode Haltli 018 Dakh Daughters 040 Trio Tunnel úm 100 Listen to TIDAL 077 Te Deum 016 From Bar to Barricades with Tora Augestad 040 Damsgårdsdagene 101 Venue map 077 High Mass with Bach Cantata 76 102 Tickets d DANCE (Festival Days at Damsgård) úm 078 Drop In Concerts 044 Flamenco evening with Selene Muñoz 040 The Three Grains of Oats úk 105 Accommodation and Transport 078 The Academy’s Selection 042 Morning Mood mo t 078 Masterclasses THEATRE 042 Festival Quarter úm ú 078 Masterclass Concert 022 Hallo with Martin Zimmermann 042 Festival Street úmdt úm OPERA OPERA 042 Wonderful Wood 043 Andrea Pellegrini & Bjarke Mogensen m 048 Verklärte Nacht/Erwartung 021 The Barber of Seville t 043 The Piazzolla Orchestra m 054 Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht! s CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS 044 Annar Follesø with Julie Ye m t THEATRE ú 024 Limits with Cirkus Cirkör 045 Mostraspelet In Such a Night t 079 The Dance of Death

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Opening Ceremony FESTIVI- m

TORG- The 64th Bergen International Festival opens We hope to see you there! TIES ALLMENNINGEN with a grand outdoor event in the city square ENTERTAINMENT AND SURPRISES. FOR YOUNG DATE/TIME Torgallmenningen, with teasers from Festival AND OLD. PLAYFUL SCENES IN THE STREETS AND EVENTS AT NEW Supported by Rika AS, represented by Wednesday 25 May artists, speeches and surprises, and of course AND FAMILIAR VENUES. BROAD APPEAL. EXPERIENCES FOR at 12:30 Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber and the Kavli Trust YOUR HEAD, HEART AND FEET. the traditional singing of Nystemten. DURATION PAGE 1:00 Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be present during Sponsored by DNB and DNV GL 08 — 45 the opening day. Free The full programme will be published on www.fib.no in May.

Edited by: Bergen International Festival / Design and concept: ANTI Bergen / Printed by: Bodoni / Concept images: Fred Jonny / 3D illustrations: Elijah A. Chote. Photos: Brad Trent (p 8), Helge Hansen (p 10), Silje Sandodden Kise (p 11), Nabil Eldernin (p 13), Kristoffer Juel Poulsen (p 14), Heiko Purnhagen (p 15, left), Arjan Aelmans/Guilleume Saix (p 15, right), Thomas le Duc (p 16, left), Åsa Maria Mikkelsen (p 16, right), Hans Fredrik Asbjørnsen (p 17), Svend Withfelt (p 20), Augustin Rebetez (p 23), Tomáš Cafourek (p 21), Mattias Edwall (p 24), Sandra Blikås / byHands (p 26), Julia Marie Naglestad (p 28, right), Eva Lene Gilje Østensen (p 28, left), Ingvild Habbestad Kjelsås (p 29), Melody Smith (p 29), Olga Shangina Williams (p 30), Lars Opstad/Tiril Hjelmeland (p 31), Eric Richmond (p 32, left), Jon Berntsen Huseby (p 32, middle), Solveig Egeland (p 32, right), Andreas Roksvåg (p 33), Marthe Amanda Vannebo (p 35), Thor Brødreskift (p 35), Kari Halvorsen (p 36), Bengt Wanselius (p 36), Thor Brødreskift (p 37), Klaus Tummers (p 38), Helene Wilson (p 41), Robin Skjoldberg (p 43), Stian Tysnes Mørtsell (p 45), Sverre C. Jarlid (p 50, middle, p 63 left), Juventino Mate (p 50, right, p 63 left), Harald Hoffmann, Decca (p 51, left), Anti (p 51, right, p 63, right), operaomnia.co.uk (p 52), Marco Borggreve (p 53), Kim Laland (p 57, s 62), Bertil Tødenes (p 59, right), Nikolaj Lund (p 60), Marios Taramides (p 62, top), Bernhard Musil/DG (p 65), Teresa Llordes (p 66), Martin Slottemo Lyngstad (p 68, left), Mat Hennek (p 69), Dag Fosse (p 70 left), Knut Koivisto (p 71, left), Martin Slottemo Lyngstad (p 71, right), Marius Hauge (p 72, middle), Keith Saunders (p 73, right), J.D. Scott (p 74 right), Sverre C. Jarlid (p 75, left), Gilles Marie Zimmermann (p 75, left), Thor Brødreskift (p 77), Mattias Edwall (p 79), Void (p 84), Pierre Thilloy (p 87), J. Norvik (p 89), Lisbeth Holton (p 90), Helge Grønmo (p 99), Stian Andersen (p 93), Helge Hansen/Carte Blanche (p 93, p 95).

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m Judy Collins GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN

DATE/TIME Sunday 29 May at 20:00 with guest Thomas Dybdahl

DURATION 1:30

TICKET The American legend Judy Collins Judy Collins has performed a number of times Standard: 300 embraces Grieghallen with heart- with various symphony orchestras, and on this Under 30: 150 warming songs. occasion at Grieghallen she will be joined by Festival Card: KORK (The Norwegian Radio Orchestra). 30 % discount Collins made her recording debut in 1961, and is one of the greatest folk musicians of her gene- BT Fordel: ration. She is still active both as an artist and as 25 % discount Judy Collins vocal, guitar a social activist and has made her own versions Russell Walden piano of songs by Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen Thomas Dybdahl vocal among others. She is perhaps best known for

Both Sides Now, a song, although written by The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) Joni Mitchell, first recorded by Collins. Her Ingar Bergby conductor focus is on good stories and gripping melodies and she has fallen for Norwegian songs including Jonas Fjeld’s Engler i snøen (,Angels in the Sponsored by Widerøe Snow,) and Thomas Dybdahl’s From Grace. The latter is included on Judy Collin’s duet album released last autumn.

Thomas Dybdahl has released six albums, sold over 400.000 records, won three Norwegian Grammys and fills concert halls both in Norway and Europe.

’That someone who has made a career of fin- ding good songs and making them her own, has found my song is extraordinary,’ Dybdahl has said. Both Sides Now is one of his all-time favourite songs.

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m kú Effervescent musicality meets the ulti- k A concert performance about spiri- mate in professionalism to create an The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) tualistic séances and one of the most Created by Harald Zwart GRIEGHALLEN extravaganza that nobody could have Ingar Bergby conductor World infamous criminal mysteries in Norway’s Karoline Krüger, Sigvart Dagsland music GRIEGSALEN achieved alone. premiere history. Mike McGurk lyrics Fargespill – 100 children and youths from DATE/TIME Harald Zwart, Allison Robbins script Monday 30 May ‘We are relentlessly ambitious when we gather around the world GRIEGHALLEN Film director and playwright Harald Zwart, in GRIEGSALEN Veslemøy Ruud Zwart producer at 18:00 up and thrust forward the voice, culture Ole Hamre drums, artistic director collaboration with composers Karoline Krüger Silje Sandodden Kise set design and history of the performers in Fargespill. Sissel Saue choir master, song instruction, DATE/TIME and Sigvart Dagsland and Veslemøy Ruud DURATION Eline Sundal cello 1:00 (Kaleidoscope in English). Therefore, we select artistic director Wednesday Zwart, guide the audience through the world 01 June Bjørn Holm bass the best; a first-class symphony orchestra that Harald Dahlstrøm keyboard premiere of a concert version of their coming RECOMMENDED at 20:00 Steffen Isachsen keyboard has the flexibility and playfulness needed to Yngve Ådland guitar musical, Séance. It is inspired by the historical AGES Jango Nilsen percussion All make this concert a milestone in our history’ , Jaser Sayun percussion, beatboxing Satellites battle between academia and new alternative Harald Zwart, Karoline Krüger, says Ole Hamre, one of two artistic directors of Mira Thiruchelvam tamil flute, jathees forces and the true story of Ingeborg Køber TICKET Presented at Sigvart Dagsland, Veslemøy Ruud Zwart, Fargespill. Joining Fargespill in the medley are Johanne Haugland violin (1895–1977). Standard: 170–390 Baroniet Rosendal Carrie Gibson, Matthew Oliva, Alex Bohlun Under 30: 150 two young classical soloists who will be playing Andrés Maurette O’Brien viola Friday 03 June and others contributors instruments on loan from Dextra Musica. Elizabeth Guino-O choreography, staging at 19:00 Køber was one of Norway’s most famous Festival Card: and Stavanger Britt Koldal sceneography, stage manager mediums. In 1934 she was accused of plan- 30 % discount Fargespill are masters of combining expres- konserthus Jan Henrik Vindenes sound design Sunday 05 June ning and carrying out the drowning of her own Sponsored by Dagens Næringsliv siveness and professionality in order to create Kåre Ivar Skjørestad lighting design at 19:00 father after first predicting his death during vivid dramatic art. Children and youths bring Kjersti Berge producer a séance. The case received considerable their unique expressiveness – a story to tell DURATION Frøydis Moberg co-producer 1:30 attention because the law, academia, church through their own cultural inheritance. Their Sigurd Rotvik Tunestveit musical consultant and science challenged each other’s values; to story is given a professional framework in the TICKET Håkon Berge musical arrangement believe or disbelieve in the supernatural, and form of top-drawer artistic and technical staff Standard: 300 Under 30: 150 if it is possible for the living to communicate in order to elevate and give it momentum. with the dead. Supported by The DNB Savings Bank Festival Card: During the festival this principle is taken to new Foundation – Dextra Musica and Grieg 30% discount Harald Zwart grew up beside Ingeborg Køber’s heights as a symphony orchestra of internatio- Foundation DN Fordel: summer home on the island of Hankø, in the nal standing meets an animated eruption of 100 15 % discount Oslo fjord. After Harald and Veslemøy met children and youths from 35 countries – who Sigvart and Karoline at Hankø and they went Sponsored by DNB together crash through social barriers and shat- on a research excursion to the haunted house ter musical boundaries. and the idea of the musical Séance was born.

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Angélique Kidjo

GRIEGHALLEN An African superstar with a big voice GRIEGSALEN and an even bigger heart. Angélique Kidjo vocal

DATE/TIME Dominic James guitars Tuesday 07 June Angélique Kidjo has become a symbol of African Magatte Sow percussion at 19:30 creativity and energy. Her music is a unique Edgardo Serka Mimica drums combination of her western African roots with DURATION Benjamin Zwerin bass 1:30 including funk, soul and Latino music. interval Angélique Kidjo is in more than one way one of DIALOGUE the strongest voices of the African continent. Sponsored by Radisson Blu Hotel Norge Monday 06 June at 19:00 She is politically active, particularly in relation Dialogue with to Africa’s present and future. She intentionally Angélique Kidjo, uses her music as a platform for communication see page 99 between her own culture and the widely varying TICKET cultures around the world. Standard: 190–460 Under 30: 150 ‘Electric and explosive’, ‘soul and funk’, ‘Africa’s Festival Card: Premier Diva’; these are just a few of the epit- 30 % discount hets in reviews of Kidjo’s music and stage presence. She has collaborated with great names in a variety of genres, including Alicia Keys, James Brown and Philip Glass. Her musical fireworks make it impossible to sit still and listen, while her power and musicality hit you straight in the heart.

Angélique Kidjo won the Grammy for Best World Music Album in 2016 for the album Sings.

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LOGEN TEATER Late Night Late Night Logen TICKET Logen Standard: 290 DATE/TIME LOGEN TEATER Under 30: 150 Saturday 28 May Songs of Bergen Festival Card: at 22:00 World DATE/TIME premiere Monday 30 May at 22:00 30 % discount DURATION World premiere of new Bergen songs DURATION BT Fordel: 1:20 including LOGEN TEATER 1:30 including interval 25 % discount interval – 225 years after the Bergen anthem DATE/TIME Nystemten first was sung. TICKET Sunday 29 May A passionate mix of Latino, jazz and Standard: 290 at 22:00 We really should sing the praises of our towns, hip hop made for dancing. Under 30: 150 DURATION especially Bergen. Although Bergen has a Festival Card: 1:50 including bountiful bouquet of songs narrating hap- Lariba combines salsa, rumba, Reggaeton, 30 % discount interval penings and yearnings in streets and homes, jazz, cumbia, hip hop, reggae and anything else that can be branded as “Latin rhythms”. BT Fordel: TICKET many of the old favourites are timeworn. 25 % discount Standard: 290 They sing and rap in five different languages, Under 30: 150 In Songs of Bergen, musician and lyricist their songs bubbling over with attitude, crea- Gabriel Fliflet has invited Frode Grytten, Stig tivity and energy. This may seem to describe a Festival Card: 30 % discount Holmås and a number of other writers to create random fusion of styles, but it actually sounds entirely new Bergen songs – tender and bur- far from casual. The energetically professional ‘Folk music is so strong that it can be used for BT Fordel: lesque, sober and nostalgic. and accomplished musicians play refined, they 25 % discount anything, and it is in its element when chal- play effortlessly and they play from the heart. Dreamers’ lenged and developed,’ say the members of Gabriel Fliflet sets music to the lyrics and Dreamers’ Circus. performs the songs with musicians Jørgen The group comprises musicians from Cuba, Sandvik, Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt and various Switzerland, Sicily and Brazil. In an inspired Circus The group met in a pub during a folk festival treasures of musical guests. The wing-man way they have managed to collect all of these in 2009. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin) was for the evening is Bergen’s young, rhythmical musical threads into a collective expression of jamming with Ale Carr (cittern). Nikolaj Busk poet Erlend O. Nødtvedt, who pens new texts party, dance and fun. happened in and joined in on the piano. This for the occasion. He teases and lampoons the with Selene Muñoz was Dreamers’ Circus first performance. songs in his own uniquely perceptive style. The music has a drive and a pulse that simply entices the audience onto the dance floor, which They are joined by award-winning dancer Gabriel Fliflet has had a number of commis- is precisely their goal: “We came from the North, Dreamers’ Circus is folk music of 2016 – enthu- Selene Muños, who adds a fascinating visual sioned compositions and composed Åresong South, East and the West, to test the rhythms siasm and innovation founded on tradition. aspect to the music. for the Bergen International Festival in 2010 that we love the best. salsa, hip hop, jazz – the These three young musicians have set out on with Jon Fosse. important thing is that you’re shaking your ass!” a dream journey in the world of folk music. A Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen violin journey that includes detours to visit Sibelius, Ale Carr cittern Gabriel Fliflet accordion, piano, vocal Lariba Vivaldi, Mozart, Grieg and Nielsen – and fortu- Nikolaj Busk piano, accordion Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt double bass, vocal Simone Santos vocal, percussion nately a visit to the Bergen International Festival. Jørgen Sandvik guitars, vocal Rob Haçaturyan vocal, percussion Erlend O. Nødtvedt rhythmic poet Alcides Toirac bass, vocal On their way here the reputation of their ener- Selene Muños dance Amik Guerra trumpet getic live performances has reached far and Guests: Carlos Irarragorri piano, cuban guitar, vocal wide. Their concerts are attended not only by Supported by the Oticon Foundation Arve Henriksen trumpet Alex Wilson piano traditional folk enthusiasts but also by young Tora Augestad vocal Juan Carlos Abreu drums indie and rock fans, who have had a new musical Irene Kinunda vocal David Stauffacher percussion door opened for them.

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Tord The Kuraybers From Bar to Barricades Gustavsen

with Silje Nergaard with Tora Augestad Trio m Prepare for a lively evening m Spicy, raw and unadorned at Logen when eight version of music from a time Late Night innovative musicians are Late Night when Europa stood on the with Tander, Logen given free reign. Logen brink of an abyss. Vespestad & The Kuraybers and Silje Nergaard share Norway’s uncrowned queen of LOGEN TEATER LOGEN TEATER Molvær a passion for blending musical styles. cabaret Tora Augestad steals the DATE/TIME DATE/TIME audience back to Berlin during the Tuesday 31 May The Kuraybers have a multilingual Thursday 02 June interwar period. Cabaret as entertain- at 22:00 musical vocabulary and a unique, bril- at 22:00 ment and art form played a significant liant, fresh and witty expression. They m Norwegian psalms meet jazz and DURATION DURATION and fabled role in those fertile and 2:00 including have strong ties with Norwegian and 1:50 including Afghan poetry. fatal years of European history. interval Balkan folk music, and bring musical interval Late Night Tord Gustavsen and Simin Tander perform fami- elements from countries such as From Bar to Barricades follows Logen TICKET TICKET liar Norwegian psalms freely translated into the Standard: 290 Ireland, Poland and Spain. Standard: 290 the threads of Arnold Schönberg’s LOGEN TEATER Afghan language Pashto, and Suﬁ poetry which Under 30: 150 Under 30: 150 cabaret songs, Brettl-Lieder, with In this Late Night performance they is translated into English. Afghan-German servings of the 20th century’s most DATE/TIME Festival Card: are joined by Silje Nergaard, who also Festival Card: Tander is one of the most captivating voices 30 % discount 30 % discount cutting-edge vocal work Pierrot Friday 03 June roams a landscape of various genres. at 22:00 on the European jazz scene, and they are joined Lunaire, also by Schönberg. In his BT Fordel: The well-known and merited singer BT Fordel: by Gustavsen’s regular drummer partner Jarle search for topicality and a satirical DURATION The interpretations also create political and 25 % discount songwriter performs within jazz, folk 25 % discount Vespestad and the ground-breaking trumpeter view of his time it was biting in its 1:20 theological controversy when the contents of pop, country and blues, but always Nils Petter Molvær. psalm texts express a multi-faith universe when irony and demanded honesty in its TICKET with a recognizable expression that impulses from Sufism, Tantra and Christian performance. Joining Tora Augestad Standard: 290 Tord Gustavsen is acclaimed for his unique bears Nergaard’s unique signature. Under 30: 150 mysticism are combined. for this concert is the versatile pianist musical style and he creates creative and lyrical Trygve Brøske in addition to her own Festival Card: music that challenges the boundaries between ensemble Music for a While. 30 % discount The Kuraybers modern and melodic jazz. Psalm melodies have Tord Gustavsen piano Almir Mešković accordion BT Fordel: shadowed Gustavsen from his childhood in Simin Tander vocal Grzegorz Miszczyszyn accordion Music for a While 25 % discount churches and chapels, and, he says, serve as a Jarle Vespestad percussion Daniel Lazār violin Tora Augestad vocal powerful source of inspiration and new inter- Ramon Figueras Alsius trumpet Stian Carstensen accordion, pedal steel guitar pretations through life’s stages. Nils Petter Molvær trumpet Espen Wensaas guitar Mathias Eick trumpet In Simin’s versions the familiar melodies take on Bjornar Kaldefoss Tveite double bass Martin Taxt tuba Daniel Wold sound design a mystical dimension through the sound created Boris Iochev drums Pål Hausken drums, percussion Tor Ditlevsen light design in the beautiful Pashto language.

Silje Nergaard vocal Trygve Brøske piano, pump organ, melodica

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Late Night Logen

LOGEN TEATER

DATE/TIME Saturday 04 June at 22:00

DURATION in Independence Square in Kiev during the RIFF is being arranged for the third time and 2:00 including protests, which eventually led to the Ukrainian m has at its foundation great words such as roots, interval Dakh revolution. RIFF identity, divergence and fellowship. But most TICKET LOGEN TEATER importantly it is a limitless celebration of music All of the members are both actors and Standard: 290 for the feet, head and heart. Under 30: 150 musicians, and as the name of the ensemble DATE/TIME Daughters Sunday 05 June suggests, they are all children of the DAKH The evening is hosted by the dedicated cul- Festival Card: at 19:00 A bubbling melting pot of music, Centre of Contemporary Arts in Ukraine. The tural ambassador and dancer Chiku Ali and 30 % discount dance rhythms and messages from all responsibilities of the members of the ensemble DURATION you will hear Sanjally Jobarteh on the African 3:00 corners of the world. BT Fordel: include singing, screaming, speaking, dancing, kora harp. 25 % discount A chaotic but incisive cabaret from Ukrainian revolutionists. acting, doing stunts and playing fifteen different TICKET Yuzzo (pictured) and The Front Line Band mix instruments. Standard: 190 reggae, hip hop and African music. They sing Under 30: 150 Chiku Ali compere The seven women in Dakh Daughters do as about love, but never take it for granted. It’s Meelodi they please. They call the genre freak cabaret, Festival Card: about hope and the battle for freedom, but also Yuzzo and the Front Line Band and have positioned themselves in a noman’s Vlad Troitsky direction 30 discount about dance and having fun on the way there. Sanjally Jobarteh kora land between theatre and music. Every song is Solomiia Melnyk cello, accordion, piano, drums OTHER Meelodi consists of multi-string-instrumen- Bergen Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra a spectacle and a story in itself. The attitude Ruslana Khazipova drums, percussion, RIFF World Market, talist Ole André Farstad and painter Medi is punk, the dance is burlesque ballet and the double bass, trembita see page 33 Farmani on vocals. Together with a number of music is electronica and folk. Tanya Hawrylyuk piano, double bass, drums, flute Presented in collaboration with Hordaland guest artists they serve an eclectic mixture Natalia Halanevych double bass, percussion, piano Joint Immigrant Council and Bergen from all corners of the world. With whitened faces, sooty eyes and blood-red Natalia Zozul violin, trembita International Culture Center. lips they look as if they have stepped straight Anna Nikitina guitar, percussion Bergen Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra guaran- out of a silent movie. But Dakh Daughters do Nina Garenetska cello tees festival music with irresistibly danceable not make a habit of being silent or sitting still. TenpointVJ’s video design rhythms spiced with a pinch of jazz. Here is a The ensemble made a courageous, uncompro- treat for those who want to dance and those mising decision in 2013 when they performed who want to listen.

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Comedy and sweet music in a dynamic and timeless opera. Premiere It is not without foundation that Rossini’s The DEN NATIONALE SCENE Barber of Seville is one of the world’s most STORE SCENE performed operas.

DATE/TIME Vibrant music from start to finish and a char- Saturday 04 June, Monday 06 June, ming story of young Rosina, who, with the help ROCC scenography Tuesday 07 June and of the ingenious barber Figaro, finally wins the Anne Randine Øverby artistic direction, Wednesday 08 June man she loves. All this, and an abundance of at 18:00 production jesting and intrigues too. Miro Sabo costume design Performed in Bodø Jens Lange lighting design Tuesday 14 June In 2016 it will be 200 years since the opera’s

and in Tromsø world premiere at Teatro Argentina in Rome. Thursday 16 June William Lacey conductor The Bergen International Festival, in col- and Friday 17 June Arctic Philharmonic laboration with Opera Bergen and the Arctic Bergen Opera Chorus DURATION Philharmonic, is proud to present a completely 3:00 including new production of this colorful opera. interval Tuva Semmingsen/Lilly Jørstad Rosina album, Aura, for Miles Davis, which won a Tony Bardon/Ruben Perez Palle Mikkelborg Grammy for the best instrumental jazz album of LANGUAGE Be prepared for both extravagant rococo and Performed in Italian, Rodrigues Count Almaviva the year. In Norway he is perhaps best known for modern scenography. The cast includes recog- Norwegian surtitles Marcin Bronikowski Figaro his collaboration with artists such as Karin Krog, nized international and Norwegian singers col- & Friends Donato Di Stefano Don Bartolo Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal and Gunnar Andreas TICKETS laborating with Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra Standard: 490–590 Petar Naydenov Don Basilio Berg. The group of Mikkelborg’s friends on stage and local choirs. m Under 30: 150 Kaia Rullestad Teigen Berta at Logen Teater include pianist Carsten Dahl, The production is staged by Slovenian Rocc, Jørgen Magnus Haslum Fiorello A display of the trumpet’s many harpist Helen Davies and the Ghanian percus- Festival Card: Late Night 30 % discount who has staged and designed more than 30 Geir Dancke Molvik an officer nuances and sides. sionist Ayi Solomon. Logen prominent opera productions in Czech Republic, LOGEN TEATER Even if Palle Mikkelborg is one of Denmark’s most Slovenia, Norway and Italy. DATE/TIME innovative and original jazz musicians ever, the Palle Mikkelborg trumpet His previous collaborations with Opera Bergen Produced by Opera Bergen Monday 06 June description, jazz musician doesn’t quite cover it. Helen Davies harp at 22:00 include the 2015 production of Carmen. His musical expression is formed just as much Ayi Solomon percussion DURATION Carsten Dahl piano A collaboration between Bergen International by composers like Ravel and Messiaen as musi- Even 200 years after its world premiere, The 1:30 including Festival, Opera Bergen and the Arctic interval cians like Miles Davis and George Russell. Palle Barber of Seville appears lively and contem- Mikkelborg is self-taught and has, since the end Philharmonic. TICKET Supported by the Oticon Foundation porary. Rossini combined his best ideas in Standard: 290 of the 1960s challenged conventions with his the opera. Our production maintains the rich Under 30: 150 unique trumpet playing and crossover projects. baroque tradition while merging it with an Supported by Grieg Foundation Festival Card: exciting and contemporary visual expression. Mikkelborg has developed a lyrical and dramatic 30 % discount Scenographer Rocc promises us a backdrop of style of playing, with a melodic and airy tone. Sponsored by DNB BT Fordel: shrewd humor, which will still make us laugh – In 1989 he produced and composed a concept 25 % discount and reflect.

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Hallo

with Martin Zimmermann

t ú Absurd theatre meets slapstick comedy. Martin Zimmermann development, direction, Scandinavian set design, choreography, performance The set, which at first glance appears solid premiere Sabine Geistlich dramaturgy and static, comes to life, bringing Martin Colin Vallon music DEN NATIONALE Zimmermann both opportunities and hindran- Ingo Groher development, set design, SCENE ces. The Swiss choreographer, set designer and STORE SCENE technical concept clown manoeuvres himself through a landscape Franziska Born costume design, costumes DATE/TIME of constantly moving frames, boxes and lop- Eugénie Rebetez director/choreographer’s Thursday 26 May sided rectangles. He alternately wears a long at 19:30 assistant coat, a helmet, a bowler hat and a sheet, and Sammy Marchina lighting design Friday 27 May occasionally takes time to do the vacuum clea- Andy Neresheimer sound design and at 18:00 ning. All in an attempt to find himself. – direction DURATION Roger Studer development – stage manager 1:00 Objects come to life and fly around his head; magic fills the room and erases the border Sarah Büchel development – stage director, RECOMMENDED between fantasy and reality. Finesse and cho- technical production AGES All reography combine with a feeling of chaos and the impression that anything can go wrong at Sponsored by PwC TICKET any time. Standard: 290–350 Under 30: 150 Martin Zimmermann has appeared on stage for Festival Card: over twenty years and in Hallo he loses contact 30 % discount with reality, mistakes himself for his own mirror BT Fordel: image, folds himself up and becomes a piece of 25 % discount scenery. All the while balancing on the fine line between mastery and catastrophe.

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sú Norwegian Limits premiere

GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN with Cirkus Cirkör DATE/TIME Saturday 04 June at 18:00

Sunday 05 June at 13:00 and 18:00 Breakneck stunts in a fascinating, Tilde Björfors director, concept

RECOMMENDED beautiful and melancholic Tilde Björfors, Fanny Senocq, AGES contemporary circus production. Stefan Karlström, Joel Jedström and 10 and up the ensemble scenography Daring feats challenge gravity when performers DURATION Jonna Bergelin costume 1:55 including spin through the air before landing on thin Samuel Andersson music, sound design interval planks, or safely in the arms of other acrobats. Olle Strandberg choreography The Swedish troupe stretches the limitations of TICKET Johannes Ferm Winkler, Per Rydnert/Visual Standard: 190–510 what a contemporary circus can be, and what Relief video design, scenography Under 30: 150 a person is capable of. Sara De Vylder, Amy Fee production

Festival Card: The production is not only about strength, 30 % discount Manda Rydman, Einar Kling-Odencrants, precision and agility, but also trust and unity. Anton Graaf, Peter Åberg, Saara Ahola, Completely without a safety-net everyone is Samuel Andersson artists dependent on each other in order to succeed and to avoid falling. In classic Cirkus Cirkör manner, limitations of perspective are overtur- In collaboration with Bærum Kulturhus and ned. With energy and focus on what is possible Norsk turnénettverk for dans- og scenekunst. a world of fleeing, migration and new frontiers is balanced against the artists' individual limits in Supported by Grieg Foundation terms of risk, pain, the limitations of the group and of the body. Stepping over boundaries is hard without moments of chaos and disorder, Sponsored by Atea but the state of today's world demands new approaches.

World-renowned acrobats fill the roles in Tilde Björfors's production which is a continuation of Borders from 2015.

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DURATION to jazz, working hard to gather new 1:00 recruits to the genre. In honour of the Bergen International Festival TICKET Standard: 100 they have created a long-awaited collaboration between Bergen Big BT Fordel: Band, jazz pianist Dag Arnesen 25 % discount and double bass player Magne Thormodsæter. Most of the music refers to danceable 1960s and 1970s Festival Square compositions. The sizeable ensem- Opening ble of horns and comp makes it possible to involve break-dancers, 1 with Mames jazz-dancers, rappers and vocalists 2 Babegenush from Bergen’s underground scene. There is a lot of young talent eager to show the incredible potential in the fusion of contemporary styles and big band jazz. m Opening of the festival’s 3 main arena with world-class FESTIVAL Klezmer music. Espen Horne producer, DJ 4 SQUARE MELODONTEN Danish Mames Babegenush is Dag Arnesen orchestra leader, piano famous for their spellbinding and Magne Thormodsæter orchestra DATE/TIME leader, double bass Friday 27 May intense live concerts where energy 19:00 and melancholy go hand in hand. Bergen Big Band Hester V75 Free Bonding together a fusion of tradi- Action Man 1 3 Melodonten Paraplyen tional Jewish Klezmer music minted The main arena at the Festival Square with jam- Innovative and tasty food and drink from Lysverket, Stig Paa, Torb Roach breakdance packed day and evening programmes. Read more on stimulating conversation and festival atmosphere. at weddings and parties, melted with Kola Abidogun, Louis Pomfret p. 27–31 (evening/adult) and p. 32–35 (day/family). Open every day at 11:00–24:00. rock and electronic music, they are jazz dance 2 Parabolen 4 Tullemutten once again our guests, this time to Explore outer space (p. 32) and envelop yourself in Explore the ingenious homemade devices of The create a festival atmosphere during colour and music – a sensory installation. Free. Strange Travels of Señor Tonet (p. 34) in this outdoor the opening of the main arena of the In collaboration with West Norway area for children and adults. Open every day at Jazz Center 11:00–17:00. Free. Festival Square.

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Che Sudaka

m Overwhelming and energetic mestizo music to make you FESTIVAL dance, reflect and dream. SQUARE MELODONTEN Rebellious cumbia, lively rumba, ska

DATE/TIME with a hint of latino, in-your-face Friday 03 June punk as well as personal and socially at 21:00 critical lyrics – Che Sudaka invites

DURATION you to a party for the head, heart and 1:30 stomach! Bach, Brann and Hedvig Mollestad Trio OTHER As illegal immigrants from Argentina Bacharach Thursday 02 June at 13:00 and Colombia, the band members & Moonpedro and Cook-up and earned their living as street musici- conversation at ans in Barcelona. Since then the gang A musical evening Bien Snackbar the Sinking Ship on a tangent has become standard bearers for TICKET Mestizo music worldwide, with over m Experience new musical Standard: 150 1500 concerts in 40 countries. Che perspectives when classical Festival Card: Sudaka is a band with a mission: They FESTIVAL virtuosos expose their previ- 30 % discount see themselves as an instrument of SQUARE ously unseen sides. collective conscience and use music MELODONTEN BT Fordel: as a weapon in a non-violent war for m A sonic storm with a new release Poet, musician and writer Pedro Carmona- Renowned musicians from the clas- 25 % discount from hyper Hedvig Mollestad Trio. Alvarez has released music under the name DATE/TIME a caring society. Thursday 02 June sical stage take their instruments FESTIVAL Moonpedro and the Sinking Ship since 2007. Hedvig Mollestad Trio are eager to liberate at 21:00 into other arenas, and present pop, The band also knows how to wield SQUARE The Chilean-Norwegian artist became known MELODONTEN the melodies from their fourth album on this jazz, neoclassical and even football a spatula and offers self-made food to many as vocalist of the band Sister Sonny DURATION release concert in Melodonten. In this split gig, 1:10 songs – Brann being the local team. at Bien Snackbar Thursday 02 June. DATE/TIME in the 1990s. This February, Moonpedro and Moonopedro and the Sinking Ship also invite We can expect playfulness enriched In a panel discussion, they will share Tuesday 31 May the Sinking Ship released the album Let’s, pig TICKET at 20:00 the audience into its eclectic world of music. with humour, fantasy, charm and musi- their experiences of being illegal to great reviews. Standard: 150 cal surprises, and you will experience immigrants and present homemade DURATION Hedvig Mollestad trio are renowned for their Festival Card: how diverse music can be. We promise culinary gems before serving the 2:00 monumental stage presence, with guitarist 30 % discount Hedvig Mollestad Trio an entertaining atmosphere, frisky musical main meal and dessert at Hedvig Mollestad’s lightning riffs, bassist Ellen TICKET Hedvig Mollestad guitar BT Fordel: concoctions and nail-biting musical Melodonten Friday 03 June. Standard: 300 Brekken’s powerfully dynamic, lightly dancing Ellen Brekken bass 25 % discount challenges for both musicians and Under 30: 150 bass lines and drummer Ivar Loe Bjørnstad’s Ivar Loe Bjørnstad drums audience. hyperactive octopus arms. Jazz metal, or “Jazz Festival Card: 30 % discount Sabbath” as music magazine Classic Rock defi- To guide us through the evening is Leonardo Gabriel Fernández Moonpedro and the Sinking Ship ned them, rock, freebag, doomjazz, stonerswing Audun Sandvik, solo cellist with the vocal, Spanish guitar BT Fordel: Pedro Carmona-Alvarez and band Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) 25 % discount – for every album the trio releases, new genres Marcos Fernández vocal and permutations are unleashed in an attempt and expert saw player, also known Sergio Adrián Morales cleves, to classify some of their music. for his unique brand of irreverence accordion in his musical performance. John Jairo Pineda Castro guitar Participating artists will be announ- Mario Alvira Sanchez sound design ced at www.fib.no

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BIFF Film Night OperaPub Festival with Bergen Milonga f National Opera FESTIVAL SQUARE TICKET MELODONTEN Standard: 100 m DATE/TIME BT Fordel: Sunday 29 May at 20:00 25 % discount FESTIVAL SQUARE DURATION Tango party in three acts, open to Sunday 05 June at 20:00 MELODONTEN 2:00 d both new and experienced dance DATE/TIME Free enthusiasts. FESTIVAL Old classics and new pearls Wednesday 01 June SQUARE in Festival Square. at 21:00 Do you like to move to the sound of tango? MELODONTEN Open stage for all who wish Have you always wanted to try but never Melodonten converts to a cinema to sing Opera. DATE/TIME dared? Or perhaps you prefer to enjoy the on Sundays during the Bergen Monday 06 June dance and music as a spectator? Here is International Festival. The posters The concept is simple: Anyone who wis- Party from at 20:30 After this inspirational break, the dance floor is your opportunity as we invite you to Festival detail films associated with the theme hes to can throw themselves into the fire open to everyone and the third session of the Space DURATION Milonga in Melodonten. “boundaries”, and films about art and – your neighbour, your colleague, one of 2:30 festival milonga can begin. All tango enthusi- music. All chosen in collaboration with the town’s prima singing stars, or perhaps asts, new and experienced, can participate in TICKET A milonga is a place or event for dancing tango. the Bergen International Film Festival. yourself? The singers have a pianist to the art. Of course if you prefer, you can drink Standard: 100 The festival milonga starts with a 40-minute accompany them and just need to pre- m ADDITIONAL up the atmosphere without dancing yourself. The final film programme will be INFORMATION introductory course. Participants need no sent themselves and what they are going BT Fordel: A DJ from Tango Abrazo provides the music presented at www.fib.no. Rhythms from Space 25 % discount previous skills, as dance instructors from the to perform – arias and duets will abound FESTIVAL SQUARE Monday 06 June and ensures that the tango atmosphere seizes MELODONTEN tango club Tango Abrazo will lead you safely while the pianist plays. Between artists and Tuesday 07 June through the session. you from the first beat. at 18:00. (see page 32) In collaboration with the Bergen there will be plenty of time for a cosy chat DATE/TIME and to top up your tipple. The stage is Tuesday 07 June TICKET In session two a couple with rather more than International Film Festival (BIFF). at 21:00 Standard: 150 free for all, but please contact Vera at 40 minutes’ experience take over the dance- In collaboration with Tango Abrazo Bergen National Opera at [email protected] DURATION Festival Card: floor with a striking tango display. 30 % discount. in advance to book a slot. Contributors 2:00 will be unveiled on the night. Welcome BT Fordel: Ekko in the Tent 25 % discount to a pleasant evening with a varied opera programme filled with surprises! m An intergalactic noise DURATION warning notification will Friends of 1:30 FESTIVAL SQUARE be sent out when Peter In collaboration with Bergen Lysverket #10 MELODONTEN TICKET Baden hosts club night in Standard: 100 National Opera. DATE/TIME Melodonten. Monday 30 May BT Fordel: LYSVERKET at 21:00 25 % discount With laser lights, smoke machine and A musical-culinary meeting crossing perspectives through a common love for good supersonic rhythms, composer, percus- DATE/TIME sionist and improviser Baden and the Tuesday 07 June borders. food and drink. In a collaboration between the organisa- music. As a curator and event organi- other drumonauts guarantee an out of at 19:00 tion Ekko and the Bergen International ser, Ekko works with everything from Cooks from the whole world meet local craft- The Bergen International Festival is deligh- this world experience. With them are Festival, electronic music will be pre- experimental contemporary music to ADDITIONAL smen, musicians, artists, farmers and fisher- ted to pool resources for the tenth Friends of dazzling star guests who promise live INFORMATION sented in the tent. With a plethora of intense electronic club music, always men as guests of chef Christopher Haatuft at Lysverket meal on Tuesday 07 June. Join us music, party effects and zero gravity. Limited number exciting artists and expressions, it’s in with a finger on the pulse and always of seats. Lysverket. Together they create a series of and experience a dynamic meeting between the undergrowth that you ripen and on the hunt for new expressions. Please visit meals, with Haatuft as host. Many nationalities culinary art of the highest class combined with www.fib.no/friends- experiment, and where components are gathered around the table, irrespective a fantastic festival atmosphere. Peter Baden, Jonas Barsten, of-lysverket for more and styles are constantly harvested information of language and other barriers, to find new Knut Sævik artists and adopted by more commercial pop In collaboration with Ekko.

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Colour and Music – a Sensory Space RIFF World Market múu Allow yourself to be enveloped in a m ú self-made universe of light, sound Rhythms from FESTIVAL and colour. Space FESTIVAL SQUARE SQUARE Oldschool DATE/TIME PARABOLEN The mobile sensory space from the British Sunday 05 June at 12:00 DATE/TIME Eye Music Trust is about opening the senses, Open every day stimulating creativity and awareness of how kmú DURATION RECOMMENDED 3:00 at 11:00–17:00 colour and music affects us. from FESTIVAL AGES with Absence Friday 27 May to SQUARE 4 and up. Free Thursday 02 June By playing with movement and pressure MELODONTEN sensors, the participant influences music and TICKET Hip-breaking acrobatics, humour and Festival Square bubbles over with food DATE/TIME Standard: 150 d ú RECOMMENDED theatre lights. LED lights mix the colours onto rebellion at the retirement home. from all corners of the world. AGES Monday 06 June Under 30: 60 the surface of large sails as participants create at 18:00 All World One day break-dancers Absence wake up to In collaboration with the Bergen International a new atmosphere in the room, which becomes Tuesday 07 June Festival Card: at 18:00 30 % discount premiere discover that time has passed by and they are in Festival, BIKS and Det felles invandrerråd ADDITIONAL enveloped in moving lines, music and colour. INFORMATION FESTIVAL a retirement home. When they realize that they Hordaland host a food market where the public Suitable for DURATION BT Fordel: 0:40 25 % discount SQUARE have grown old, they refuse to accept it. Even if can buy reasonably priced food from 20 different children and young MELODONTEN people with physi- Supported by Grieg Foundation and the body isn’t willing, the six break-dancers in countries. This tasty morsel from RIFF includes cal or developmen- the Kavli Trust An exciting journey through the galaxy DATE/TIME Absence rebel against time and the carers in the artistic performances from Bergen and other parts tal challenges and with drums, smoke and laser lights. Wednesday 01 June retirement home. Oldschool is a production about of the world. After the aperitif at Festival Square, elderly people with at 18:00 life’s joys and impermanence that puts life into RIFF continues at Logen Theatre with even more dementia Rhythms from Space is a family show with interac- Thursday 02 June perspective. music and dance at 19:00 (see page 19). Free tive technology, lots of drums and exciting music. at 18:00 Two drumonauts who drum themselves through With the help of break-dance, humour and Artists and performers supply entertainment for DURATION the galaxy. Suddenly, they find themselves in a 0:40 a good dose of hip-breaking acrobatics, the all ages, while the various food stands serve large life-threatening situation, quite alone, far out in Bergen-based crew show that growing old doesn’t and small delicacies. This is the third RIFF event, Space RECOMMENDED the universe. A princess gives them a task: They AGES have to mean becoming boring. but the first time an abundant food menu and múu must save her planet from a dangerous asteroid. 8 and up outdoor programme is offered. The concept is Members of the audience get to control the lights centred on grand words such as roots, identity, dif- FESTIVAL TICKET Absence idea, choreography Control the galaxy exactly as you wish! and laser beams, and everyone has to help when Standard: 150 ference and fellowship, but is first and foremost a SQUARE Andreas Roksvåg, Piero Issa, Daniel PARABOLEN the drumship develops engine trouble. The chil- Under 30: 60 boundless celebration of music for the feet, head, Space is an interactive sound and video installa- Grindeland, Halvard Haldorsen, Christopher dren will never forget this journey. Festival Card: heart and of course, stomach. Bon appétit! DATE/TIME tion where you can, amongst other things, con- 30 % discount Bottolfsen, Ole Petter Knarvik contributors Friday 03 June trol the stars with your own movements. This is Kristian Brusletto Kjærholt sound, lighting 11:00–17:00 BT Fordel: a unique opportunity for an out-of-this-world Created by Peter Baden 25 % discount technician Supported by Grieg Foundation and Saturday 04 June experience for both large and small, created by Peter Baden, Jonas Barsten, Knut Sævik Linn Therese Michelsen costume design the Kavli Trust 11:00–17:00 multitalented artist Peter Baden. artists Mette Noodt mask Sunday 05 June 11:00–17:00 Supported by Grieg Foundation Supported by Grieg Foundation Supported by Grieg Foundation Free

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Powerimpro Tales in the Tent Meg og km mtú kammeraten min tú Everything was fixed and FESTIVAL Playful musical adventure SQUARE ready. Then this happens! MELODONTEN crossing linguistic boundaries. FESTIVAL Crazy humour, music and SQUARE Powerimpro moves in the zone bet- Fortellerhuset (Storyteller House) MELODONTEN DATE/TIME goosebumps. Martin Hagfors vocal, guitar, ween theatre improvisation and music. Sunday 29 May bring tales from Arabic and African cul- piano, bass DATE/TIME You may hear a previously unknown at 14:00 and 15:30. tures to the festival and Melodonten. Martin Hagfors is ’meg’ and Erik Monday 30 May Erik Johannesen vocal, trombone, Saturday 28 May adventure musical, a power ballad The tales are told in Arabic, Wulu, Johannesen (Jaga Jazzist) is ’kam- at 10:30 and at 17:00 chimes, piano 12:30 performed by aliens or a completely French and Norwegian and are woven meraten’, when Meg og kammeraten new lullaby. Powerimpro is a vitamin DURATION together to be suitable for everyone min perform. The enthusiastic musici- 40 min DURATION injection of energy, music, humour and irrespective of which language you ans play catchy tunes with funny and Supported by Grieg Foundation 0:45 reflexion in free flight. RECOMMENDED use. Four storytellers play with rhythm, absurd lyrics about everything from RECOMMENDED AGES language and musicality, and engage m ú girlfriends on the moon to real events All AGES with the children. on Rat Planet. Me and my friend is All Sveinung Næss vocal, theatre FESTIVAL DURATION improvisation LANGUAGE SQUARE 0:50 brilliantly funny entertainment for Free Arabic, wulu, MELODONTEN everyone from 3 to 103, which is why Bendik Lund Haanshus guitars French and Fortellerhuset Charlotte Øster, RECOMMENDED AGES they tour the whole country under Knut Ola Vang piano Norwegian. Raymond Sereba, Beathe Frostad DATE/TIME The tales can 4 and up the umbrella of both Rikskonsertene storytellers Saturday 04 June be understood at 11:00 and 13:00 Free and Polar Artist. Supported by Grieg Foundation by anyone who Ilham Twafig guest storyteller understands one of and the Kavli Trust these languages Supported by Grieg Foundation Free Festival Youth Festival Festival Youth Classic Buskers Performance in Stord Youth Day Performance mú ú u The Strange Journey of Sir Tonet FESTIVAL Classical whirlwind of the Outdoors SQUARE world’s strangest wind m ú t m ú d m ú t MELODONTEN FESTIVAL instruments. SQUARE Take a journey of discovery in STORD KULTURHUS LOGEN TEATER GRIEGHALLEN DATE/TIME TULLEMUTTEN Sir Tonet’s fantastic creations. KINOSALEN PEER GYNT-SALEN Saturday 28 May Michael Copley plays his huge collec- DATE/TIME at 16:00 tion of recorders, clay whistles, flutes, DATE/TIME The Catalan company Tombs Creatius DATE/TIME Tuesday 07 June DATE/TIME at 10:00–14:30 Tuesday 07 June pan pipes, crumhorn, early woodwind Open 11:00–17:00 recaptures streets, squares and open Thursday 26 May Sunday 29 May between at 18:00 at 18:00 at 11:00 instruments, melodica, and lots more places to transform them back to the DURATION Friday 27 May– 4:30 DURATION strange and exciting wind instruments. Tuesday 07 June playgrounds and meeting places they DURATION DURATION 1:30 He also plays a rubber chicken! With were in the past. 1:30 Free 1:00 RECOMMENDED TICKET Ian More on his unstoppable accordion, AGES With a series of skilfully created games TICKET Experience young performing arts – Standard: 110 RECOMMENDED they play music of classical composers All Standard: 100 Under 16: 60 AGES they invite everyone to wonder and music, dance, theatre and visual arts such as Mozart, Haydn, Rossini, Vivaldi, Children: 50 5 and up Free enjoy. Each wooden box contains a – at this open all-day performance. The finest young talents in Western Handel, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, story about fantastic discoveries and Experience young festival arts with Norway have been handpicked for TICKET Chopin and Wagner. Standard: 150 exciting figures from The Strange art & performance students from all this gala performance. Under 16: 60 over Sunnhordland. The festival youth Journey of Sir Tonet. Come and be Festival youth day and Festival Youth performance in Stord is a collabora- Festival card Michael Copley various instruments amazed! Performance are arranged by Norsk tion between Bergen International 30 % discount. Ian Moore various instruments kulturskoleråd – Hordaland, in Supported by Grieg Foundation Festival, Fartein Valen festival satel- collaboration with Bergen kulturskole, BT Fordel: Supported by Grieg Foundation lite concerts and art and performance 25 % discount Bergen Dansesenter and Bergen Supported by Grieg Foundation and The Kavli Trust schools in Sunnhordland. Sponsored by Statoil International Festival.

034 #FESTSPILLENE16 WWW.FIB.NO 035 036 BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVITIES FESTIVITIES BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 037 FESTIVAL 2016 FESTIVAL 2016 t ú The Tree Jorunn Lullau, Jan Holden, mú Family Day at Ugress (Gisle Martens Meyer) outdoors. There World Steinar Thorsen cast will be guided tours of the house and mini con- Outdoors Siljustøl certs with Sæverud’s famous piano works. premiere SILJUSTØL Supported by Grieg Foundation CORNER- A collaboration between the Bergen TEATERET DATE/TIME Musical puppet theatre for younger Sunday 05 June International Festival, KODE, Dukkenikkernes DATE/TIME children, about life in a tree. 12:00–16:00 teaterverksted, Siljustøls Venner, Stiftelsen Enchanting Sunday close to nature in Saturday 28 May Opening ceremony Siljustøl and Bergen kommune – Fana og at 11:00, 13:00 What can you find in a tree? What happens in a 13:00 Sæverud’s own paradise. and 15:00 Ytrebygda kulturkontor. day in the life of a tree? Birds, insects, larva, shoots RECOMMENDED The great family day at Harald Sæverud’s DURATION and leaves – and maybe things that we can’t see? AGES 0:30 All property is a valued and popular tradition. The Supported by Grieg Foundation and composer’s property in Fana is wonderfully A day in the life of a tree is like a fairground of ADDITIONAL the Kavli Trust RECOMMENDED beautiful and Sæverud was fond of wandering in AGES life in all its forms. There is birth, laughter and INFORMATION 0 and up sadness, there are battles and compromises, Please note that the the bewitching surroundings at Siljustøl. Many festival does not hope and disappointments – this is life. new musical works found their inspiration here. TICKET provide transport to this event, although Standard: 150 This Sunday at Siljustøl there will be displays of Under 16: 60 The production is without words, but has a this is done for musical backdrop. Kompani 13 plays with sim- other festival events dancing, fun figures created by Dukkenikkerne at Siljustøl. Festival Card: ple, modern scenic expressions with the help of theatre group and film-inspired music from 30 % discount figures and in collaboration with music. A warm, Free BT Fordel: safe and inspiring arena for younger children 25 % discount who are experiencing theatre for the first time. The Forest of Grimm t ú t ú CORNER- Prize-winning enchanting puppet TEATERET theatre with music as narration. CORNER- TEATERET In Hertha’s Studio DATE/TIME but with skilful physical precision, the produc- Monday 06 June The Spanish theatre group La Maquiné pre- DATE/TIME tion, explores feelings of freedom, fantasy, love, at 18:00 sents a visual and musical feast of a production Monday 30 May grief and joy. Tuesday 07 June inspired by classical tales such as Red Riding at 18:00 and Tuesday Hood, Snow White and Tom Thumb. Physical 31 May Excitement, mystery, humour and DURATION theatre and puppets are presented silently at 18:00 ceramics as classical pantomime theatre. Pantomimteatern 0:50 while the piano tells the story. DURATION Victoria Kahn director, idea 0:40 In Hertha’s Studio is a silent tribute to the Bo W. Lindström actor, idea RECOMMENDED The musical repertoire is built around parts of Swedish ceramicist Hertha Hillfon’s irrepres- AGES Alice Hillbom Rudfeldt actor 5 and up French composer Ravel’s piano works such as RECOMMENDED sible creativity and artistry. Anything can AGES Sara Kander scenography, costume, masks, Gaspard of the Night and Mother Goose Suite. 5 and up happen when the clay is kneaded and formed illustration TICKET Standard: 190 In recent years The Forest of Grimm by La by Hertha, played by pantomime master Bo W. Cais-Marie Björnlod make-up, wigs TICKET Under 30: 150 Maquiné has landed several prizes in their Lindström. A mysterious friend, played by Alice Torbjörn Svedberg music Under 16: 90 Standard: 150 homeland for best production for children and Under 16: 60 Hillbom Rudfeldt, captivates the children with Mikael Tham sound design, technical her naughty pranks in the studio, which may Festival Card: families. This performance is scenic art of the Veronica Bedecs producer 30 % discount Festival Card: well lead to life and action in the sculptures! highest quality for a young audience. 30 % discount BT Fordel: In Hertha’s Studio is a wonderfully warm and Supported by Grieg Foundation 25 % discount BT Fordel: Supported by Grieg Foundation 25 % discount humoristic classic pantomime. Without words

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mtd ú Water Fools Outdoor Norwegian premiere LILLE Water theatre fills Lille The music, composed by Phil Spectrum, is LUNGEGÅRDS- classically inspired but also dark and carnival- VANN Lungegårdsvann with wild, surreal and whimsical scenes in the like with fusions of opera and electronica. The DATE/TIME darkness of night. dramaturgy and choreography in the perfor- Saturday 04 June mance are built around Spectrum’s original at 24:00 Water Fools is a production where the French music. Lighting and pyrotechnics intensify the DURATION theatre company Ilotopie blurs the line between imaginative scenes in a performance that fol- 0:50 fantasy and reality. A man wakes one morning lows the short-lived, dramatic and utopic nature

ADDITIONAL to discover that his head is on fire. Soon he of mankind. INFORMATION finds himself on an epic journey where everyday Purchase tickets things become mystical creatures. Wonderful Theatre critic Lyn Gardner in The Guardian in advance to called the piece ‘a beautiful vision of hell’ save time. You sights, flames and light reflect in the water and can borrow create dream-like scenes. and believes that if Lewis Carroll had created headphones upon street art based on his visions, teaming up with presenting your Water brings life to horizons and open spaces. Salvador Dalí and Hieronymus Bosch, he might ticket. Headphones can be picked up Water, like mountains and forests, is a reservoir have come up with Water Fools. from 21:00, and for the fantasy. These shimmering surfaces are should be returned unspoilt sanctuaries where town dwellers can Bring something to sit on, borrow headphones after the concert. from the festival and allow yourself to be You cannot allow themselves to be seduced into a percep- use your own tion of what can be found beyond the urbane. seduced into fantasy when darkness sets in headphones. The French theatre company Ilotopie sees water this Saturday! Water Fools with all its mythologies and associations as a pre-concert new arena on which to play. They find energy in Supported by H. Westfal-Larsen and Hustru warm up at the water’s primeval and continuously flowing Festspillplassen Anna Westfal-Larsens Almennyttige Fond from 21:00. form. and Institut français de Norvège

TICKET It is technically difficult for an actor to maintain Standard: 100 expression and freedom of movement on a floa- BT Fordel: ting element. By overcoming these challenges, 50 % discount the artists made a discovery. They found that the divide between reality and fantasy becomes fluid when a dynamic stage is placed in the ever-changing water reflection. The stage is no longer implausible and new myths can be freely created. This is how Water Fools was formed – as water art with 15 actors and thou- sands of spectators.

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Outdoors Trio Tunnel activities, veteran cars, guided tours, markets, museums, games and other Admission free activities near Laksevåg Church. mú Mimi Terris vocal This year the Bergen International Mårten Lundgren trumpet, flugelhorn Supported by Grieg Foundation FLØYEN, AMFIET Festival contributes with two Mattias Carlson saxophone, flute, clarinet and the Kavli Trust events during Damsgårdsdagene. DATE/TIME Henrik Bay Hansen guitar Monday 30 May at 12:00 For more information please visit: Johan Ohlsson piano www.damsgardsdagene.com. DURATION Kristoffer Rostedt drums Festival on 0:40 the Seven Mountains Marc Davis bass AGE Arranged by Stiftelsen Damsgårds- 4 and up dagene in collaboration with In collaboration with Fløibanen AS and m Come along into Knutsen & Fyllingsdalen og Laksevåg Fløien Folkerestaurant Ludvigsen’s remarkable universe. kulturkontor. BYFJELLENE Important themes such as cows DATE/TIME and dogs, ellediles and crocophants, Sunday 29 May at 07:00-20:00 colour-blind fishmongers and tuba- The Three Grains This traditional seven-mountain hike playing aft-sailed grandparents are of Oats is an attraction and a great day out. on the agenda when Trio Tunnel play the Bergen International Festival this Monday morning. Welcome to a contributes with musical vitamin concert with lots of singalong action. kú injections along the route. FLØYEN, FLØYSLETTEN

Ivar Loe Bjørnstad drums, vocal, kazoo DATE/TIME In collaboration with The Norwegian Endre E. Olsen guitar, bass, vocal, kazoo Saturday 04 June at 11:30 and 14:00

Trekking Association Roald Kaldestad guitar, bass, mandolin, DURATION vocal, kazoo 0:40 Jørgen Sandvik guitar, bass, banjo, RECOMMENDED AGE m Mimi Frantix the Clown vocal, kazoo 4 and up LANGUAGE FLØYEN FOLKE- Performed in Norwegian without RESTAURANT sú In collaboration with Fløibanen AS translation. Terris DATE/TIME FLØYEN, OUTSIDE FLØISTUEN Some familiar and some less familiar Monday 06 June DATE/TIME tales from Western Norway are retold at 19:00 Sunday 05 June at 13:00 Damsgårdsdagene by Hanne B. Oftedal. The stories are DURATION Swedish retro jazz brought to life DURATION (Festival Days at Damsgård) woven together with beautiful, eerie 1:30 and blues – genres that may have lain dormant with charm, wit and elegance. 0:40 and diverse tones from the fiddle in a Swedish vinyl collection, and in the heart. OTHER The concert is timeless and seductive, so send RECOMMENDED AGES of Gro Marie Svidal. Fairytales and Allow 30 mins With humour and drive, darkness and melan- 4 and up regards to 1940s USA, or present day Skåne, mú music are formed and refined over before the start choly Mimi Terris offers a lyrical and tragicomic many hundred years. At Fløysletten of concert for the Sweden if you will. Acrobatics, antics and clowning DAMSGÅRD, LAKSEVÅG-PARKEN funicular from the portrayal of when life doesn’t go exactly to plan. they will be retold and conveyed in a around on the rooftop of town. lower station. Her natural tone, crystal-clear phrasing and DATE/TIME way that is relevant for children and To avoid ticket ‘I love it when comedy and tragedy meet in a Friday 03 June at 11:30–14:00 subtle lyrics grab the listener, and the legacy Chris Liengaard as Frantix the Clown adults today. queue, buy online: comforting balance – like a Chaplin film, Astrid Saturday 04 June at 17:30–21:00 www.floyen.no of icons such as Alice Babs, Olle Adolphson is a mini circus all by himself as he Sunday 05 June at 12:00–17:00 Lindgren’s stories or when Billie Holiday sings. and Monica Zetterlund is passed on in mas- conquers Fløyen (the funicular) with TICKET On the surface it’s feel-good, but when you look ADDITIONAL INFORMATION terly style. stilts, unicycle, juggling and other Entire programme publicised at: Hanne B. Oftedal storyteller Standard: 220 closer you discover all the nuances’ says Terris. entertaining fun. www.damsgardsdagene.com Gro Marie Svidal Hardanger fiddle Under 30: 150 All outdoor events are free. Festival Card: Mimi Terris’ compositions move effortlessly 30 % discount between swing, bossa-nova, ballads, jazz-waltz In collaboration with Fløibanen AS Three days packed with music, In collaboration with Fløibanen AS dance, theatre, boxcar races, boating

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Festival Quarter all ages both outdoors and indoors. Outdoors Street corners and backyards will be swarming with life. Admission free md Please visit www.fib.no for updates.

TORGALLMENNINGEN Supported by Grieg Foundation and the Kavli Trust DATE/TIME Thursday 26 May–Tuesday 07 June Wonderful Wood at 16:15 The Piazzolla DURATION Orchestra 0:15 m ú The Bergen International Festival a BERGEN CITY CENTRE meeting place for artists of many genres. Each day you will meet DATE/TIME Andrea Pellegrini & m The seductive temperament some of them on the small stage at Friday 03 June at 12:00 Bjarke Mogensen of the backstreets of Torgallmenningen. DURATION Satellite Buenos Aires meets the 1:00 islanders of Austevoll. 26 May Selene Muñoz AUSTEVOLL 27 May Haga & Hagenrud Beautiful tones from an HENGJO I The Piazzolla Orchestra’s concerts Rhythm-Rain in the city centre. m BEKKJARVIK Morning Mood 28 May Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad exceptional baroque duo. are abundant with the swaying walt- Just like the Pied Piper of Hamelin, 29 May TBA at www.fib.no Satellite DATE/TIME zes, dramatic songs and fiery fugues 30 May Fargespill BIT20 percussionists will stand in Originating from their different sphe- Saturday 28 May of the Argentinian composer Astor at 19:00 31 May The Kuraybers Bergen centre and lure in 100 chil- FJELL res, mezzo-soprano Andrea Pellegrini Piazzolla. The music is closely related m FOLDNES CHURCH 01 June Absence dren placed around town, each with a and Bjarke Mogensen on accordion DURATION to Argentina and its tango culture, FESTIVAL SQUARE 02 June Che Sudaka pair of claves (wooden dowels). The DATE/TIME make an unlikely duo, but on the 1:15 and Piazzolla himself described it 03 June Andreas Brantelid alluring rain of rhythm that slowly gat- Wednesday 25 May stage it feels as if they were meant as “the sound of Buenos Aires”. The DATE/TIME at 19:30 TICKET Daily 04 June Sharon Bezaly hers around the BIT20 percussionists to perform together. Standard: 300 orchestra, mezzo-soprano Andrea Thursday 26 May – Tuesday 07 June 05 June Extracts from RIFF gradually evolves into the children’s ASKØY Under 30: 150 Pellegrini and accordionist Bjarke at 08:00–10:00 own compositions that they have HERDLA CHURCH Andrea Pellegrini has inspired many 06 June Tango Abrazo Festival Card: Mogensen have devoted themselves worked on during the week through opera productions with her humour Live radio broadcasts from 07 June Ensemble 101 DATE/TIME 30 % discount 100% to Piazzolla’s music. BIT20’s “We Compose!” programme and ability to communicate with an Festival Square. Thursday 26 May for schools.. at 19:30 audience. Her interest in merging dif- BT Fordel: Reviewers have described Pellegrini’s 25 % discount Bergen Student Radio broadcasts the ferent art forms and bringing classical voice as perfect for tango – dark, Festival Street The starting point of the concert DURATION festival atmosphere live from their music into new contexts has followed expressive and with numerous depths and the children's compositions is 1:15 outdoor studio in Festival Square. her throughout her career. of intensity, and the orchestra are Ole André Farstad's concept work The broadcasts are packed with TICKET acclaimed for their refined and precise m dt ú Wonderful Wood, which focuses on Standard: 280 Bjarke Mogensen is one of those live guest appearances from festival interpretation of Argentinian music. the sounds of wooden materials. Under 30: 150 rare talents who seems to have been artists, conversation and debates with SKOSTREDET born with an accordion strap over his guests from the festival programme Festival Card: 30 % discount shoulder. His repertoire is virtually Andrea Pellegrini mezzo-soprano and others. Keep your finger on the DATE/TIME Saturday 28 May at 11:00–15:00 Ole André Farstad percussion limitless and embraces folk music, Bjarke Mogensen accordion festival pulse live on your way to BT Fordel: Francois Taillefer percussion classical and newly composed works. Philippe Benjamin Skow violin school or work, or follow the radio 25 % discount Music, theatre, dance and Tanja Zapolski piano broadcasts. The duo performs by, amongst free fun in the streets. In collaboration with BIT20. Per Arne Ferner guitar others, Bach, Vivaldi and Handel. Jesper Thorn double bass The festival repeats its success and Supported by In collaboration with Bergen fills Skostredet with free concerts, Hordaland County Student Radio. dance, street theatre and other Council and the Andrea Pellegrini mezzo-soprano Supported by Hordaland County activities this Saturday. Activities for Oticon Foundation Bjarke Mogensen accordion Council and the Oticon Foundation

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Svein Tindberg script m Annar Follesø Flamenco evening Ivar Tindberg production Kjetil Bjerkestrand music Satellite Gjermund Andresen scenography, costume André Danielsen choreography OSEANA with Julie Ye with Selene Muñoz GRIEGSAMLINGEN Rolf Kristian Larsen Olav Haraldsson d Svein Tindberg Tore Hund DURATION DATE/TIME Sonatas by German masters and a Anderz Eide Sigurd Saturday 28 May 1:10 at 16:00 raging Bull. Satellite Nina Sele Jorid TICKET Brynjar Stautland Olav Tryggvason/priest DURATION Violinist Annar Follesø has created international OSEANA Standard: 280 OSEANASALEN Under 30: 150 1:00 attention with his Ole Bull interpretations, and Produced by Bømlo Theatre in collaboration TICKET has previously performed world premieres of DATE/TIME BT Fordel: Standard: 250 Bull’s works at the Bergen International Festival. Friday 27 May 19:00 25 % discount with Bergen International Festival. Under 30: 150 Follesø was the first Norwegian violinist to be Festival Card: invited to the Salzburg music festival in 1999. Supported by Hordaland County Council. 30 % discount He has toured a number of countries as a soloist Passion and perfectionism. and chamber musician. With him at this festi- BT Fordel: The internationally acclaimed flamenco artist val concert is Julie Ye, who recently completed 25 % discount Selene Muñoz performs at traditional flamenco her education at the Guildhall School of Music festivals in addition to other festivals around the in London. world. At Oseana her performance will include Annar Follesø has issued three critically acclai- sections of the self-choreographed pieces Ritmout med albums where Bull’s compositions are well and Wild Blooms. represented, including Ole Bulls violin concerts Her personal and unique creativity within fla- in collaboration with Kringkastingsorkestret (The menco dance has unsurprisingly led to a growth Norwegian Radio Orchestra). in her popularity, especially in the home of fla- t defining Norway as a constitutional state in the Ole Bull composed the theme to Polacca Guerriera menco - Spain. Mos traspelet transition from Norse Mythology to a Christian to please the monks in the Closter Santa Maria Satellite religion and society. Selene Muñoz was educated in Denmark and Spain Novella in Firenze, but the work was later revi- Outdoor and has been invited to participate as dancer in sed and dedicated to the people of Poland. The The action takes place in Moster, England, and “Dressed to Dance” at Museo del Traje (museum for World music is colourful and humorous – a piece for a In Such a Night France, onboard ships, at Selja and in Cadiz. costume history) in Madrid and has been involved premiere technical wizard. Svein Tindberg has expertly woven audacious in this project at the Guggenheim Museum in New BØMLO World premiere of a play about the humor into reflections on existential questions York. She has performed at the World Expo World MOSTER AMFI king who shaped Norway, performed of faith, life and death. The questions broached Exhibition in Shanghai and has given masterclasses Annar Follesø violin DATE/TIME on the most beautiful outdoor stage relating to belief and human values are shown for artistes from Cirque du Soleil in France and the Friday 27 May– Julie Ye piano in Northern Europe. to be equally relevant today as then. Royal College of Ballet in Denmark. Sunday 29 May at 18:00 In Such a Night is performed in Moster Amfi, FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) In Such a Night follows the life of young DURATION the unique amphitheatre, built initially for the Violin sonata in F major, MWV Q 26 Selene Muñoz choreography, dance 2:00 heir apparent Olaf Haraldsson, descendent JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) premiere of the first Mostraspel from 1984: Stephan Jarl percussion of Harald Fairhair, through the journey that Violin sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 LANGUAGE The Christian Kings of Moster. The ensemble OLE BULL (1810–1880) Jesule Losada guitar Played in transformed him from the ruthless Viking and consists of theatrical professionals and 80 local Polacca Guerriera Matías Lopez “El Mati” vocal Norwegian murderer to the Christian legend later known amateur actors from Bømlo Theatre. By Luna costume TICKET as Olaf the stout, Holy Olaf and Rex Perpetuus Standard: 420 Norvegiae, (Norway’s Eternal King). Supported by Hordaland County Council Under 30: 150 Supported by Hordaland County Council and Festival Card: That he came to Moster and established the Oticon Foundation 30 % discount Christian law here in 1024 is accredited as

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Premiere Verklärte Nacht/

GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN Erwartung DATE/TIME Saturday 28 May at 18:00

DURATION Duration 1:10

LANGUAGE Performed in German, subtitled Two staged masterpieces in a musical and moonlight plays a key role in this piece in Norwegian and moral borderland. inspired by Richard Dehmel’s poem by the same name. We join a woman into the forest OTHER How does one describe a moment in a woman’s Introduction in where she shares her dark secret with her new Danish by Henrik life where she desperately seeks through the boyfriend – she carries another man’s child. Engelbrecht forest for the man she loves? How does one at 17:15 capture the feelings that rage through her Verklärte Nacht caused a stir in its time. The

TICKET body? text shows contempt towards the moral dam- Standard: 190–490 nation of sexual urges, and the work points Under 30: 150 Arnold Schönberg’s Erwartung stretches this to a musical crossroads and moves into the moment into thirty passionate minutes. In this Festival Card: borderland of tonality. 30 % discount Bergen International Festival, Bergen National Opera and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra pro- BT Fordel: duction, the soprano Allison Cook and British Netia Jones director 25 % discount video artist Netia Jones takes us on a visual Marie Pappenheim libretto (Erwartung) journey in Schönberg’s disquieting soundscape. Erwartung is one of the most dramatic mono- Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra logues in music history and has served as a Baldur Brönnimann conductor source of inspiration for Netia Jones. She has Allison Cook soloist (Erwartung) been named the most imaginative opera director in Great Britain, and many will remember her ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874–1951) staging of the BNO production Marco Polo at Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 Erwartung, Op. 17 the 2013 Bergen International Festival.

The psychological monodrama is a sharp contrast to the beautiful Verklärte Nacht. Here A co-production by Bergen International we meet the late romantic Schönberg and the Festival, Bergen National Opera and Bergen atmosphere is brought on by the whole string Philharmonic Orchestra. section together with Jones’ video art. Forest

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GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN

DATE/TIME Thursday 2 June at 19:30

DURATION 2:00 including interval

OTHER Introduction in CRESCENDO Danish by Henrik CRESCENDO Engelbrecht in the foyer at 18:45 Janine Jansen & TICKET Top Young Soloists Standard: 190–460 Under 30: 150 Leif Ove Andsnes Festival Card: 30 % discount

and BFO BT card: 25% discount with Top Young Soloists m Young soloists test their bows with Janine Jansen. Crescendo is a highly ambitious Experience this fantastic meeting of (viola), Guro Kleven Hagen (violin) and Kian the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. project running over several years initiated by masters! Soltani (cello). GRIEGHALLEN the Bergen International Festival. Partners in GRIEGSALEN In order to make it as a soloist on the inter- this project, which has a start capital of 25 mil- Janine Jansen from the Netherlands is one of Throughout the history of music the tradition DATE/TIME national scene you need brilliant technical lion kroner, are the Barratt Due Music Institute the most famous violinists in the world. The of master and apprentice has been a corners- Tuesday 31 May skill, virtuoso performance and ‘that little and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. breadth of her repertoire is second to none, tone. The Crescendo programme provides at 20:00 extra’. Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola), Guro and she is highly acclaimed as both a soloist gifted musicians at the outset of their careers

DURATION Kleven Hagen (violin) and Kian Soltani (cello) and chamber musician. opportunities of unique encounters with men- 1:30 including will demonstrate why they have been selected Guro Kleven Hagen violin tors – international soloists – through ensemble interval for Crescendo – a new talent development Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola For her, making music involves listening and performance, coaching and personal contact. Kian Soltani cello communicating with others. She is particu- OTHER programme at world class level. Introduction in larly forn of chamber music. ‘This is where This evening’s concert sees the soloists focused Danish by Henrik In this concert in Grieghallen we hear them in Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra the deepest emotions are aroused. Musical on fiveworks by Mozart, Prokofiev and Brahms. Engelbrecht in the works by Mozart and Haydn – a repertoire with Ole Kristian Ruud conductor communication in chamber music format has Grieghallen foyer infectious nerve and musical delight. The city’s been important for me ever since childhood,’ at 19:45 Janine Jansen violin own orchestra will also perform music by Philip she has explained. She has her own chamber WOLFGANG A. MOZART (1756–1791) Guro Kleven Hagen violin TICKET Glass from the film The Hours. The Marriage of Figaro, Overture, KV 492 music festival in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Standard: 190–460 JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola Under 30: 150 The Crescendo programme provides musicians Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1 Janine Jansen works regularly with eminent Kian Soltani cello PHILIP GLASS (1937–) Leif Ove Andsnes piano Festival Card: at the cusp of international careers the oppor- The Poet Acts, from the film The Hours orchestras and musicians worldwide. She has 30 % discount tunity to participate in unique encounters with WOLFGANG A. MOZART (1756–1791) collaborated with Leif Ove Andsnes before, Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, KV 364 BT Fordel: mentors – established international soloists – and was happy to continue to do so in the WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791) 25 % discount through ensemble performance, coaching and Crescendo programme, in which they are both Piano Quartet no. 2 in E flat major, KV 493 SERGEJ PROKOFJEV (1891–1953) personal contact. In 2016 these three young mentors. In this concert they perform with the Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56 musicians will work with Leif Ove Andsnes and top young soloists Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

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Closing Concert

m Grieg’s A Minor Concerto alongside mythical music depicting darkness, GRIEGHALLEN hope and the life force. GRIEGSALEN The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra brings the DATE/TIME Wendnesday 2016 Bergen International Festival to a close, 08 June joined in this imposing concert by two inter- at 18:00 national soloists and the celebrated conductor

DURATION Kazuki Yamada. 2:00 including interval The myths of the Knights of the Holy Grail and their struggle against the evil of the secular OTHER Introduction world have been the subject of great works of in Norwegian art. Many have been inspired by Parsifal and his by Annabel Guaita interminable quest for the realm of the Fisher in the Grieghallen foyer at 17:15 King, where the Holy Grail is guarded.

TICKET Forceful music from the prelude to Wagner’s Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Standard: 190–490 last opera Parsifal are followed by Rolf Wallin’s Kazuki Yamada conductor Under 30: 150 The Fisher King, composed for the trumpeter Benjamin Grosvenor piano Festival Card: Håkan Hardenberger. This trumpet concerto Håkan Hardenberger trumpet 30 % discount depicts the experience of being in a dark, desolate landscape – a place familiar to all. RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883) Nevertheless, these works portray the hope Prelude to Act 1 of the opera Parsifal ROLF WALLIN (1957–) and the urge to overcome limitations and to Fisher King (trumpet concert -2011) escape from the darkness. FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) Les préludes, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 97 ‘Where can we find the grail?’ asks the knight EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (The original version) Parsifal. The answer is that it is to be found 1. Allegro molto moderato in oneself. 2. Adagio 3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato The concert concludes with Edvard Grieg’s A minor Concerto with the young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor as the soloist. It is rare for music in a minor key to be so cheerful and Sponsored by DNV GL energetic.

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Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht!

k m A performance on the way of the world, based on Bach’s cantatas. t He is known as one of the world’s leading ope- World ratic directors in recent decades. In 2016 the premiere Bergen International Festival presents the world premiere of his latest production. LOGEN TEATER

DATE/TIME Peter Konwitschny has brought three of Bach’s Thursday 26 May fabulous cantatas to life on the stage, telling the Peter Konwitschny director at 19:30 story of a woman in three different stages of life. Helmut Brade set design, costume design Friday 27 May Youthful joie de vivre is gradually displaced by Ute Haferburg dramaturgy at 19:30 breakup, disappointment and loneliness. The final cantata finds her in a retirement home Christel Elisabeth Smith soprano DURATION 2:00 including where the residents seem to have been depor- Christiane Boesiger soprano interval ted from everyday society. Cornelia Kallisch alto Hans Schöpflin tenor TICKET There are great expectations of this co-pro- Standard: 390 Jacek Strauch bass Under 30: 150 duction by the Bergen International Festival, Theater Chur (Switzerland) and Teater Trier Le Phénix orchestra Festival Card: (Germany). Peter Konwitschny’s performances 30 % discount Attilio Cremonesi conductor consistently surprise, delight and provoke. With BT Fordel: the Swiss early music ensemble Le Phénix on 25% discount JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) historical instruments and singers headed by Falsche Welt, dir trau’ ich nicht, BWV 52 Norwegian soprano Christel Elizabeth Smith, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 the stage is set for a truly great experience. Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26

A co-production by the Bergen International Festival, Theater Chur and Teater Trier.

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Sir András Schiff piano

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) Sonata no. 60 in C major, Hob. XVI:50 The LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op. 109 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791) Goldberg Sonata no. 16 in C major, KV 545 FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Sonata in C minor, D 958 Variations

Christian Ihle Hadland

m Soothing tones and a milestone in Christian Ihle Hadland (1983–) is one of Sir András western music. Norway’s foremost pianists. After making his HÅKONSHALLEN debut at the Norwegian Opera in 2008 he was Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations acclaimed in Norwegian press as ‘a unique Schiff DATE/TIME Friday 27 May consist of an aria and thirty different variants musician who from an artistic point of view at 19:30 of it. The music provides the soloist with plenty can fill any concert stage in the world’. He has m of scope for a variety of interpretations and DURATION performed in many of the world’s most pre- expressions, and Christian Ihle Hadland takes HÅKONSHALLEN Great sonatas performed by one of will be the first to perform. He is known for his 1:00 stigious concert halls and at major festivals distinctive playing style, precise and attentive advantage of this. and is now in great demand as a soloist and the most charismatic pianists of our OTHER DATE/TIME to the slightest detail in every note and chord, chamber musician. He has been a regular guest Thursday 26 May time. Introduction in ‘Three of the variations are in G minor, while the resulting in performances that conjure up every Norwegian by at the Bergen International Festival since 2004, at 19:30 rest are in G major, so Bach creates his contrasts Sir András Schiff was knighted by Queen nuance in works by the great composers. Annabel Guaita appearing in solo recitals and chamber music at 18:55 primarily through tempo and character. Every DURATION Elizabeth in 2014 for his services to music. One concerts alike. In 2015 he performed with the 1:15 third variation (3, 6, 9 and so on) is a canon in of the most prominent characters in classical Sir András Schiff himself emphasises that all TICKET Danish String Quartet. which the theme is systematically repeated one OTHER music, he tours worldwide, with the exception of music is in the last analysis merely a game to Standard: 400 Under 30: 150 tone higher each time, and the last variation is Introduction in his native country Hungary, which he boycotts bring out the man behind the music. ‘The audi- Norwegian by a quodlibet – several different melodies played Christian Ihle Hadland piano in political protest, as ‘a great opponent of the ence … want to be swept off their feet – it’s Festival Card: Annabel Guaita simultaneously. One of the tunes in it is fami- at 18:55 political situation there now.’ about a kind of controlled letting go. Risk taking 30 % discount is part of it, and that requires courage,’ as he liar from a Norwegian children’s singing game,’ JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) TICKET Sir András Schiff is equally uncompromising told Ilona Oltuski in August 2015. explains Christian. The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Standard: 420 in his music; he has two spare Steinway grand Under 30: 150 It is said that Bach wrote the music for Count pianos which he is willing to take on tour with Kaiserling, who was chronically ill and suffered Festival Card: him in order to ensure the best possible condi- 30 % discount from sleepless nights. Kaiserling commissioned tions for concerts. Fortunately he is happy with Sponsored by DNV GL the piece to be played during his insomnia by his the new piano in Håkonshallen, on which he personal musician, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg.

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Lise Davidsen soprano Bror Magnus Tødenes Helmut Deutsch piano

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957) Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36, nr. 4 Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13, nr. 4 with Håvard Gimse Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, nr. 5 Var det en dröm, Op. 37, nr. 4 Svarta Rosor, Op. 36, nr. 1 GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) Four songs from Des Knaben wunderhorn Prize-winning young singer Rückert Lieder m RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949) Bror Magnus Tødenes performs 4 Lieder, Op. 27. HÅKONSHALLEN Grieg and Schumann with pianist Håvard Gimse. DATE/TIME Monday 30 May Supported by the Finnish-Norwegian AT 19:30 This 22-year old tenor from Eiksund south of Cultural Institute Ålesund in Norway has despite his comparative DURATION youth developed an extensive, varied operatic 1:30 including interval and lieder repertoire. In September 2015 he took Sponsored by DNV GL first prize in the opera section of the Renata OTHER Tebaldi International Voice Competition. He also Introduction in Danish by received the Audience Prize, which includes a Henrik Engelbrecht one-year contract with the Vienna State Opera. at 18:55 ‘Bror Magnus Tødenes’s performance has a TICKET Standard: 390 strength, a presence, a stage backbone and Under 30: 150 a voice that are quite exceptional,’ was the response of the critic in Stavanger Aftenblad to Festival Card: 30 % discount his role as Uria in Ståle Kleiberg’s opera/oratorio in London, the Belvedere-competition in David and Bathsheba in Stavanger Cathedral. m Amsterdam and the Queen Sonja International He has several times been compared with the Lise Music Competition. HÅKONSHALLEN legendary Swedish tenor Jussi Björling. His Davidsen According to the jury of the Queen Sonja debut album Remembering Jussi includes DATE/TIME songs from Grieg’s opus 25 and opus 48, and Sunday 29 May Competition, ‘her warm and velvety colora- Bror Magnus Tødenes tenor at 19:30 tura, combined with technical proficiency and these opuses will be performed in their entirety Håvard Gimse piano refined artistic expression, makes her unique in his Bergen International Festival concert, DURATION in the new generation of singers.’ along with Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe 1:30 including with Helmut EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) interval cycle. 6 Songs, Op. 25 Deutsch At this concert she sings works by Sibelius, 6 Songs, Op. 48 OTHER Grieg, Mahler and Strauss, providing the perfect He is accompanied by pianist Håvard Gimse, ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Introduction who is not only a distinguished concert pianist Dichterliebe Op. 48 in Danish by Norway’s new operatic star in an challenge for a soprano with such a rich palette but also the first choice as accompanist for Henrik Engelbrecht intimate programme with songs by of colours to choose from, varying from the most at 18:55 many of Scandinavia’s foremost artists. Sibelius, Mahler and Strauss. delicate nuances to the greatest of emotional Sponsored by DNV GL TICKET outbursts. At the piano is the Austrian pianist Standard: 390 Lise Davidsen is currently at the top of the list Helmut Deutsch, the accompanist of preference Under 30: 150 of great talents on the international opera sce- for many world-renowned singers, including Festival Card: ne. In 2015 she was a prizewinner in three major Jonas Kaufmann, Matthias Goerne, Bo Skovhus 30 % discount competitions: Plácido Domingo’s Operalia and Diana Damrau.

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HÅKONSHALLEN

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DURATION 1:40 including interval

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Festival Card: 30 % discount When Truls Mørk was a soloist in the anni- yearning for death. Never before had Schönberg The versary concert of the Bergen Philharmonic m The composed music of such intensity. Orchestra earlier this year, a Bergen newspaper critic wrote: ‘He has a special ability to make the HÅKONSHALLEN In this concert it is the soprano Birgitte Christensen Trondheim Vertavo who is devoured by the shadows. The Vertavo cello sing, particularly in the highest registers DATE/TIME (…) the audience gets veritably sucked down Friday 3 June String Quartet also performs Mozart’s ‘Spring’ Soloists on to the stage.’ at 19:30 String Quartet in G major, the first of six dedicated to Joseph Haydn, who is considered the father of the DURATION Truls Mørk, who was in 2002 the first Norwegian 1:30 including Quartet string quartet form. A light, elegant melodic line and Truls Mørk to win a Grammy award, has a long international interval appears in various variants, contrasting sharply career. In autumn 2015 he made a recording with Schoenberg’s music. OTHER with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, Introduction The start of a collaboration between and his programme for spring 2016 includes in Norwegian by and Birgitte The Vertavo Quartet has since its inception over the star cellist and the renowned concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic and Los Annabel Guaita thirty years ago won numerous awards and made at 18:55 chamber orchestra. Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras. He is cur- Christensen many critically acclaimed recordings. The quartet rently Artist in Residence with the Radio France TICKET has appeared at the Bergen International Festival Truls Mørk is looking forward to performing Philharmonic Orchestra. Standard: 400 on many occasions, often collaborating with clas- Under 30: 150 with the Trondheim Soloists, something he has A dramatic disruption and a pearl sical soloists such as Leif Ove Andsnes but also done only once before. This Bergen International Festival Card: from Mozart. joining projects in other genres, teaming up with Festival concert marks the start of a longer colla- Truls Mørk cello 30 % discount Hot Club de Norvège, Anne Grete Preus and a-ha. boration. Among the works played by Truls Mørk Trondheimsolistene The year 1908 involved great upheavals for are two Cello Concertos by Luigi Boccherini. Schönberg, both artistically and personally. His

EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) wife Mathilde was having an affair, and Schönberg Vertavo String Quartet ‘Boccherini was the first person to elicit the Ballade, Op. 24 was troubled with jealousy when he resumed work Birgitte Christensen soprano high notes from the cello, paving the way for LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743–1805) on his second String Quartet. In the later move- the cello as an attractive solo instrument. His Cello Concerto in G major, G 480 Cello Concerto in D major, G 479 ments he experimented with atonality, starting a style is distinctively personal characterised by ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874–1951) IGOR STRAVINSKIJ (1882–1971) new direction for his music. Incidentally, he also String Quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10 elegance, virtuosity and beautiful melody lines Apollon Musagète Sponsored by wrote in a soprano voice part. He looked to the WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791) with a tinge of melancholy. Boccherini was a child String Quartet no. 14 in G major “Spring”, KV 387 DNV GL works of the poet Stefan George for inspiration, prodigy, and composed the two cello concertos I Sponsored by Statoil which he found in themes of betrayed love and a shall perform, as a teenager,’ Truls Mørk explains.

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CRESCENDO m Andreas Brantelid & m Andsnes, Gimse & HÅKONSHALLEN HÅKONSHALLEN

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OTHER Grieg landscape with this top OTHER Introduction in Scandinavian duo. Intriduction Norwegian by in Norwegian by Annabel Guaita The duo Brantelid and Hadland are said to cap- Erling Dahl jr. at 18:55 at 18:55 ture Grieg’s restless soul, his fantasy and his TICKET vulnerability. Their 2015 album, which focused TICKET Standard: 400 on Grieg, was received with great acclaim. Radio Standard: 420 Under 30: 150 Under 30: 150 Bremen commented: ‘You can tell Brantelid and Festival Card: Hadland are playing music they really care Festival Card: 30 % discount about. Both are outstanding virtuosos – on cello 30 % discount and piano – but the important extra value of this BT Fordel: A declaration of love to Schubert. recording is the emotional depth contributed 25% discount by these young Scandinavian artists.’ Leif Ove Andsnes has a special connection with Schubert. It has been said that he per- This concert also includes the first cello sona- forms Schubert ‘chemically free from superficial tas Beethoven wrote. These works are full of ornament’. The Austrian composer’s music has Guro Kleven Hagen violin surprising effects included by the composer to a broad range covering the whole gamut of Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola convince audiences of his extraordinary talent. emotions. Kian Soltani cello Andreas Brantelid is widely considered one of Karol Ciesluk double bass the most promising young cellists in the world ‘I have great affection for Schubert, and in this Håvard Gimse piano – ‘a thoroughbred virtuoso’, as the Norwegian concert we aim to present his many facets. Leif Ove Andsnes piano Broadcasting Corporation wrote in 2009, when The concert concludes with the popular Trout Brantelid substituted for Truls Mørk at a Bergen Quintet, a fantastic piece of subtle entertain- International Festival concert. ment music,’ says Leif Ove Andsnes. FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Andreas Brantelid cello String trio in B Major, D 471 Sonatina for Violin and Piano in D major, D 384 During the festival Andreas Brantelid will also Christian Ihle Hadland piano We will also hear John Harbison’s beautiful Moment musicaux no. 6, D 780 perform Bach’s Cello Suites in Grieg’s Villa. fantasy portraying Schubert’s death and his JOHN HARBISON (1938–) Christian Ihle Hadland will perform the Goldberg journey into the next world. The American Piano Quartet ‘November 19, 1828’ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Variations in Håkonshallen, and will accompany Sonata for Cello and Piano no. 1 in F major, Op. 5 composer commented that the work should Piano Quintet in A major, ‘The Trout’, D 667, Op. 114 flautist Sharon Bezaly at Troldhaugen. Sonata for Cello and Piano no. 2 in G minor focus on Schubert’s relevance today rather than EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) Intermezzo in A minor, EG 115 retrospective nostalgia. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza no. 3, Op. 45 Crescendo is a mentor programme for young Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 36 Leif Ove Andsnes is mentor this year to the classical musicians and is a joint venture bet- talented young musicians Eivind Holtsmark ween the Bergen International Festival, Barratt Ringstad (viola), Guro Kleven Hagen (violin) Due Institute of Music and Oslo Filharmonien. Supported by the Oticon Foundation and Kian Soltani (cello) under the auspices of The project is supported by Trond Mohn, the Crescendo project. On this occasion they Bettina Ford Jebsen, Hans Peter Jebsen, The Sponsored by DNV GL are joined by pianist Håvard Gimse and double DNB Savings Bank Foundation, Dextra Musica bass player Karol Ciesluk. and Talent Norge.

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Mathias Kjøller clarinet Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Magnus Johnston violin Concerto Köln Navarra Marije Johnston violin Simone van der Giessen viola FRANCESCO GEMINIANI (1687–1762) Brian O’Kane cello Concerto grosso ‘La Follia’ after Arcangelo Corelli’s String Quartet Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 5 CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714–1788) JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) 12 Variations on ‘les Folies d’Espagne’, String Quartet no. 25 in C major, Op. 20:2, Hob.III:32 H 263 / Wq. 118/9 PĒTERIS VASKS (1946–) WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH (1710–1784) String Quartet no. 3 Sonata in D major, Fk 12 and Mathias Kjøller WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV 581 Concerto no.1 in D minor, BWV 1052 ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660–1725) Variations on ‘La Folia’ Supported by the Oticon Foundation CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714–1788) Concerto in D minor, H 427 / Wq. 23

Sponsored by DNV GL Sponsored by DNV GL m Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and other chamber music goodies. HÅKONSHALLEN Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet is one of the first m Mahan DATE/TIME works ever written for the popular instrument, Monday 6 June HÅKONSHALLEN at 19:30 and the composer draws out the entire spec- Esfahani trum of its sound, from its wistful depths to its DATE/TIME DURATION playful higher notes. Its attractive melodies and Tuesday 7 June 2:00 including at 19:30 interval the interaction between the clarinet and the strings have made this one of Mozart’s most DURATION OTHER respected works. 1:45 including and Concerto Köln Introduction interval in Norwegian by Erling Dahl jr. The Danish clarinettist Mathias Kjøller says, OTHER The star behind the comeback of the In 2015 he was acclaimed Newcomer of the at 18:55 ‘Mozart’s music constantly provides new pos- Introduction sibilities and nuances, so this piece is one of my in Norwegian by harpsichord as a mainstream instru- Year by BBC Music Magazine. He is currently in TICKET absolute favourites. With each string quartet Annabel Guaita ment goes to the heart of Bach. great demand, and his enthusiasm and audience Standard: 400 at 18:55 Under 30: 150 I perform with, I discover new aspects of the contact have made him popular with audiences ‘Lots of things are old. Lots of traditions are old. work.’ He is looking forward to joining the TICKET and critics alike. Festival Card: I like it because it’s beautiful. The harpsichord Navarra String Quartet in Håkonshallen. Standard: 400 30 % discount Under 30: 150 enables you to hear much more subtlety, and Reviewing one of his four recordings, Time pre- it has a sensual quality,’ says Iranian-American sent and past, the Times wrote: ‘He emerges as The award-winning ensemble, whose members Festival Card: come from England, Ireland and the Netherlands, 30 % discount Mahan Esfahani. a superstar whose musicianship, imagination, has aroused enthusiasm for its innovative inter- virtuosity, cultural breadth and charisma far He claims that he started playing the instrument pretations of the great string quartets. They are transcends the ivory tower in which the harp- as a youthful rebellion. His parents wanted him also known for their recording of Peteris Vasks’s sichord has traditionally been placed.’ In the to become a doctor or lawyer, and he practised music, written for the Latvian people. The quar- concert in Håkonshallen he is accompanied by diligently. From childhood he was fascinated by tet collaborated closely with the composer, and the ensemble Concerto Köln. Bach, and when he heard a recording played on reviewers expressed admiration for how they the harpsichord his fate was sealed: this was captured the essence of the music, ranging from the real ‘spirit of Bach’. the powerfully mournful to the atmospherically lyrical, interspersed with folk music elements.

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CRESCENDO CRESCENDO Opus 13 DaNiBi CRESCENDO DaNiBi Trio String Quartet plays Trio Crescendo’s Young Daniel Ivanov clarinet Birgitta Oftestad cello Beethoven, Brahms DATE/TIME DURATION Thursday 02 June 1:00 Chamber Ensembles Nikita Khnykin piano and Tsintsadze at 17:00 with Konstantin Opus13 String Quartet Trios by Brahms and Beethoven DATE/TIME DURATION Heidrich Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde violin Wednesday 01 June 1:00 performed by aspiring young DATE/TIME DURATION Edvard Erdal violin at 17:00 chamber musicians. Friday 03 June 1:00 Michael Grolid viola at 17:00 Amusing miniatures and emotional At Logen you can meet the young DaNiBi Trio, Frida Tharaldsen Skaftun cello string quartets. whose musicality and technique have taken audi- An afternoon with youthful interpre- ences by surprise. The members of the trio, aged Konstantin Heidrich cello tations of Beethoven and Schubert. The 21 miniatures by Sulkhan Tsintsadze were between 14 and 16, have all won several national discovered by the young viola player Michael and international competitions for soloists. As At this concert you will meet seven young Grolid while vacationing in the composer’s home students at the Barratt Due Music Institute they chamber musicians interacting with the German country, Georgia. His fellow musicians in Opus started playing as a chamber group in 2013. cellist Konstantin Heidrich from Fauré Quartett. 13 agreed that the short, catchy movements were fun to listen to, and not least fun to play. For their Bergen International Festival perfor- DaNiBi play Beethoven’s Clarinet Trio in B-flat mance the trio has been mentored by Konstantin Major, a work known as Gassenhauer Trio. The young chamber ensemble, which was Heidrich from the Fauré Quartet under the aus- Gassenhauer in this instance means a “hit” and established at the Barratt Due Music Institute pices of the Crescendo programme. This concert illustrates that Beethoven included variations of and currently participates in the Crescendo includes one of Brahms’s four chamber works for an opera theme that many of his contemporaries Crescendo is a mentor programme for young mentoring programme, has further selected clarinet – opus 114 – and Beethoven’s B flat trio. hummed along with. classical musicians and is a joint venture Beethoven and Brahms for this Bergen The concert concludes with three solo works, between the Bergen International Festival, International Festival concert. giving the young musicians the opportunity to With Konstantin Heidrich, Opus13 play Schubert’s Barratt Due Institute of Music and Oslo demonstrate their individual virtuosity. legendary string quintet, composed during the Filharmonien. The project is supported by final summer of his life. This is regarded as one Opus13 String Quartet Trond Mohn, Bettina Ford Jebsen, Hans Peter of the masterpieces of Romantic chamber music, Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde violin Jebsen, The DNB Savings Bank Foundation, DaNiBi Trio particularly with the renowned addition of the Edvard Erdal violin Dextra Musica and Talent Norge. Daniel Ivanov clarinet second cello. Michael Grolid viola Birgitta Oftestad cello Frida Tharaldsen Skaftun cello Nikita Khnykin piano

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m m The TROLDHAUGEN TROLDHAUGEN TROLDSALEN TROLDSALEN Composers’ DATE/TIME OTHER Saturday 28 May Entrance to at 19:00 the museum/ Homes Grieg’s Villa and DURATION transportation 1:00 included in the ticket. See page OTHER 105 for details Entrance to CRESCENDO the museum/ TICKET Grieg’s Villa and Louis Lortie Standard: 270 Christian Svarfvar & Opus13 String Quartet transportation Under 30: 150 included in the Irrespective of what he plays, ‘Lortie Helge Kjekshus plays Grieg and ticket. See page has it all’ – the verdict of the Daily Festival Card: 105 for details 30 % discount DATE/TIME DURATION Janáček Telegraph reviewer after a Louis Lortie Sunday 29 May 1:00 TICKET concert in Wigmore Hall in March 2015. BT Fordel: at 18:00 DATE/TIME DURATION Standard: 270 25 % discount Tuesday 31 May 1:00 Under 30: 150 The French Canadian pianist has throughout a Grieg’s ‘Norwegian Sonata’ in at 17:00 long career concentrated on a repertoire ranging European company. Festival Card: A dramatic string quartet with new from Mozart to Stravinsky, and has made over 30 % discount In this concert the Swedish-Norwegian duo per- energy. thirty recordings to prove it. He is often praised for forms Grieg’s second Violin Sonata, often referred BT Fordel: his superb technique, but he himself is more con- Opus13 String Quartet was established in 2014 by 25 % discount to as the ‘Norwegian Sonata’. It was composed cerned about playing from the heart. ‘Everybody during Grieg’s intense honeymoon in Oslo. young musicians from the Barratt Due Institute plays well now. What matters is the concept, the of Music. Opus13 has been specially chosen for Concerts in the homes of composers mind and soul behind the playing’, he said in an ‘We have a long and close relationship to Grieg’s the mentor programme Crescendo, and has been are influenced this year by a Norwegian interview. sonata – it is pure inspiration and joy. For the mentored by Konstantin Heidrich from Fauré repertoire under the curatorship of Bergen International Festival concert we have put Quartett in preparation for the concert. Peter Herresthal. Works by Grieg, Hall, With a view over Nordås lake and Grieg’s compo- it alongside the sonata in which Schumann treats Sæverud, Bull, Skouen, Kvandal and sing hut, concerts in Troldsalen are a special expe- his own schizophrenia – fragmentary, melodic, The four musicians have grown up listening to others lead towards the celebration rience. On this occasion you can hear Grieg’s only virtuoso, intense and intimate all at the same recordings of the Grieg Quartet, and are looking next year of the 100th anniversary of Piano Sonata, which he wrote at the age of 22 – time. The immensely beautiful third movement forward to presenting their own interpretation. contemplative, coloured by German romanticism, the Norwegian Society of Composers. is amongst the most moving music Schumann The string quartet also explores the unique frene- inspired by his years of study in Leipzig. Louis ever wrote,’ the two musicians explain. tic resonance of the Kreutzer Sonata this evening. Several young soloists are taking part in the Lortie also plays Brahms’s third Piano Sonata. He Bergen International Festival for the first is convinced that Brahms’s music encompasses “Svarfvar and the ever-supportive Kjekshus cap- time, and in the spirit of Ole Bull there are echos from great composers before him, and is ture it to perfection” Andrew Clark of Financial Opus13 String Quartet also instruments of world-class quality in interested in the inspiration he derived from con- Times applauded upon hearing their rendition of Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde violin Bergen: Two Stradivarius instruments from temporaries such as Schumann and Beethoven. Grieg’s second Violin Sonata on the album Grieg: Edvard Erdal violin The Sveaas foundation are played by the Violin Sonatas. “This gifted violinist has done us – Michael Grolid viola Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Norwegian and Grieg – a big favour” the FT critic concluded, Frida Tharaldsen Skaftun cello Concertmaster David Coucheron, and cellist Louis Lortie piano mentioning “Svarfvar’s fearless expression, rock- Andreas Brantelid. The latter can be heard solid technique and stylistic acumen.”. both in Håkonshallen and in the more inti- EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) Crescendo is a mentor programme for young Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 classical musicians and is a joint venture mate setting of Grieg’s villa. In addition, you JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) can meet Norwegian-British Charlie Siem at Piano Sonata no. 3, Op. 5 Christian Svarfvar violin between the Bergen International Festival, Lysøen with a Guarneri del Gesù violin that Helge Kjekshus piano Barratt Due Institute of Music and Oslo once belonged to Yehudi Menuhin; one of Filharmonien. The project is supported by Anders Sveaas' Charitable Foundation Trond Mohn, Bettina Ford Jebsen, Hans Peter the greatest violin virtuosos of the twentieth Supported by Anders Sveaas’ Almennyttige Fond century. The enchantingly combined sound of Jebsen, The DNB Savings Bank Foundation, this violin and Ole Bull’s own Guarneri can be Sponsored by Norwegian Hull Club Dextra Musica and Talent Norge. heard at Bull’s home. Sponsored by Norwegian Hull Club

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TICKET Standard: 500 Joachim Carr Under 30: 150

Festival Card: 30 % discount

OTHER Sandra Brantelid plays Transport included in ticket, see page 105 Lied Haga Bach’s Cello with Ole Christian Haagenrud Suites

DATE/TIME DURATION DATE/TIME DURATION DATE/TIME DURATION Friday 27 May 1:00 Saturday 28 May 1:00 Friday 03 June 1:00 at 22:30 at 22:30 at 22:30 Honest, bare and beautiful. to write for her, as she seems to Joachim Carr from Bergen Sharon Bezaly A special home concert with Bach strikes the deep notes in us. with Ihle Hadland consider nothing impossible. Grieg’s Cello Sonata and evinces great emotions in an On this particular spring evening other favourites. intimate format. Bach’s Suites for unaccompanied DATE/TIME DURATION Cello are cornerstones for any cellist. Saturday 04 June 1:00 we can hear excerpts from Solo III ‘Schubert’s six Moments musicaux ‘Edvard Grieg’s Sonata for Cello is They attempt to reach the core of the at 22:30 for solo flute by the Finnish com- constitute some of the most beauti- one of my favourite pieces, and it is a music – to find their own Bach. The poser Kalevi Aho alongside Grieg’s ful and most moving music for piano Golden notes captured by a privilege to be able to play something sound of the cello moves most people. Romances. Aho composed the work ever written. Grieg’s own living room spring breeze that beautiful in his own home,’ says Is this because it resembles the human specifically for Bezaly. The Israeli is a highly appropriate intimate space flautist has lived in Stockholm with Sandra Lied Haga, who is praised voice? Bach’s suites have a special abi- She has been referred to as God’s for it,’ says Joachim Carr, who also her family for over fifteen years, by her teacher, Truls Mørk, for her lity to move, simultaneously calming gift to the flute; the flute she plays plays Grieg’s masterpiece Ballade and has in that time developed a powerful playing. the mind and making the lifeblood boil. is of pure gold. in G minor and mazurkas by Chopin special relationship to Nordic com- and Adès. Enjoy a soirée of the suites interpreted Grieg’s Its gripping melodic line and the Sharon Bezaly made her debut at posers. Accompanying her on the by Andreas Brantelid and enhanced combination of deep melancholy and The evening’s programme is thus full the age of fourteen with the Israel piano is Christian Ihle Hadland, who by the intimate atmosphere of Edvard frantic light-headedness have ensu- of exciting contrasts. Philharmonic Orchestra, and ever considers Bezaly to be one of his Grieg’s own sitting room. villa red that Grieg’s sonata has a special since reviewers have vied to sur- favourite musicians. ‘Adès approaches tradition in a place in the minds of many cellists. The Danish-Swedish cellist, who pass one another in superlatives. fascinating and thought-provoking made his debut at the age of four- Her numerous solo recordings Sandra Lied Haga wants to explore way. He is one of few contemporary teen with the Royal Danish Orchestra, have also received coveted awards. Sharon Bezaly flute the interpersonal aspect of Grieg’s composers to write idiomatically for Experience was the first Scandinavian to win Sharon Bezaly is one of a handful Christian Ihle Hadland piano works, and has also chosen to the piano,’ he continues. the Eurovision Young Musicians of international stars on the flute, the atmosphere contrast it with Frédéric Chopin’s Joachim Carr swept the board at the Competition. In 2007 he won won the and as such has contributed to Polonaise. Supported by the Finnish-Norwegian in Edvard 2014 International Grieg competition, International Paulo Cello Competition. the creation of new works for the Cultural Institute Grieg’s living Haga and her partner for the eve- and has since received further presti- He has since then performed with the instrument. ning, Ole Christian Haagenrud, have gious awards in France, Switzerland foremost Scandinavian orchestras and Bezaly’s performance has been like- room both won many prizes at home and and Norway. has appeared regularly at chamber ned to a life-affirming, redeeming abroad. music festivals throughout Europe. spring wind – reflecting her cha- Supported by Anders Sveaas’ Joachim Carr piano racteristic breathing technique and Almennyttige Fond Sandra Lied Haga cello Andreas Brantelid cello her energy. She particularly enjoys Ole Christian Haagenrud piano playing nineteenth century composers, but has premiered numerous Sponsored by DNV GL Supported by the Oticon Foundation works. Composers find it enjoyable

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m LYSØEN Ole Bull’s Eivind Holtsmark Charlie Siem TICKET Standard: 610 Ringstad with Sveinung Bjelland Under 30: 150 David & Julie home with Håvard Gimse LYSØEN DURATION OTHER Coucheron 1:00 Transportation DATE/TIME included in the LYSØEN DURATION Saturday 04 & Sunday 05 June LYSØEN DURATION 1:00 ticket. More infor- 1:00 DATE/TIME at 11:30 & 14:30 mation on page 105 DATE/TIME Sunday 29 May The beautiful villa on Lysøen – the Island of Saturday 28 May at 11:30 & 14:30 Passion and worldly-wise westerly wind. Festival Card: Light – was built in 1873 as a summer residence at 11:30 & 14:30 30 % discount for Ole Bull. It is something of a fairy-tale castle A romantic sojourn in Bull’s fairy British-Norwegian Charlie Siem is today one of the with its onion domes and intricate ornamenta- tale castle. The Coucherons come home to Bull. most highly profiled young classical musicians in tion. For many, the boat journey to the island Britain, well established as an international soloist. ‘Ole Bull’s music is incredibly captivating and Supported by culminating in a concert in Ole Bull’s unorthodox Did you know that Norway has a concert master In 2014 he released his fourth solo album to date, not least beautiful. To be able to play it in his Anders Sveaas' sitting room is a valued tradition. in one of the USA’s foremost orchestras? Under the Stars. At Lysøen he will perform favour- own home is fabulous,’ says Eivind Holtsmark Charitable ites by Beethoven, Grieg and Bull, accompanied by Ringstad, one of Norway’s most impressive Foundation David Coucheron started in the Atlanta the distinguished pianist Sveinung Bjelland. Symphony Orchestra in 2010 as the younger young talented musicians. concert master in the USA. He is also an expe- Beethoven’s work, dedicated to the violinist The young viola player has arranged works rienced soloist and chamber musician. Radolphe Kreutzer, later gave name to Tolstoy’s by Brahms, Elgar and other composers for his famous novella, which describes how the pruri- instrument, and in this concert he plays favour- As children the brother and sister team ence of the Kreutzer Sonata results in a crime of ites by Franz Schubert, Ole Bull and Edvard charmed audiences in Norway before ventur- passion. A possessive husband hears his wife and Grieg. He has also chosen to play excerpts ing out. David trained at the Curtis School in her violinist lover playing together, and becomes from the film music suite Gadfly, in which we Philadelphia and the Juilliard School in New obsessed with the thought of their concealing their see Shostakovich from his entertaining side. York, while Julie was at the Royal Academy of lovemaking from him. Music in London. Julie’s international career is Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (1994–) took first based in London, Atlanta and New York. In Ole ‘The Kreutzer Sonata is iconic. It makes special prize in the 2012 Eurovision Young Musician Bull’s fairy tale villa they perform a highly varied demands both on the pianist and on me, and I wanted Competition – the first Norwegian to do so. He programme with room for virtuoso sibling love. to combine it with music by the great sons of the west is a student at the Barratt Due Music Institute, coast, Grieg and Bull. We chose to play Grieg’s late and is one of three virtuoso performers in romantic sonata, which reflects both the German style David Coucheron violin the Crescendo program at the 2016 Bergen and the Norwegian spirit, and to play Bull’s Paganini- Julie Coucheron piano International Festival. inspired Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso. I am a huge Bull fan – both of his personality and his violin Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola playing,’ says Siem, who has a family connection with Håvard Gimse piano the charismatic virtuoso.

Sponsored by Statoil Charlie Siem violin Sveinung Bjelland piano

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Sebastian Bach. Three highly gifted diploma students In this concert these two folk musici- Te Deum, also known as the The pianist Gunilla Süssmann has at the Norwegian Academy of Music ans will perform pieces of their own Ambrosian Hymn, is one of the old- Bach wrote more than 200 church always been interested in the lesser plays a programme which ranges from invention alongside compositions est and best known Christian songs cantatas. Die Himmel erzählen die known works of famous composers. solo works for the harp to Harald dedicated to Ole Bull, music by Ole of praise. Bergen and Oslo Cathedral Ehre Gottes is one of the larger can- For this recital she started looking Sæverud’s plaintive Rondo Amoroso Bull himself and traditional tunes. Choirs have chosen the Te Deum as tatas with trumpets and large choral through the list of Harald Sæverud’s and movements from Rachmaninov’s the thematic framework for this first movements. The cantata was written works, and was surprised to discover Cello Sonata. Gjermund Larsen has trained at the collaboration. The text has inspired shortly after Bach’s commencement the extent of the intensity, melancholy, Ole Bull Academy at Voss and the numerous artists and composers at Leipzig as Director of Music for Joana Daunyté has won several awards, poetry and impressionist colour there. Norwegian National Academy of through the ages. the city’s four main churches. This and is active as a soloist, chamber musi- m She found that the pictorial aspect Music. He has been a solo performer cantata was possibly intended to cian and orchestral musician. of Sæverud’s music complements with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Cantor Kjetil Almenning says, ‘Walton, impress listeners. Oslo Cathedral TICKET the strictness of Schönberg in the Lars Fredrik Nystad made his solo the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Vasks, Britten and Pärt all have unique Choir is joined in this powerful work Standard: 270 and the Trondheim Soloists and has signatures and write very differently Under 30: 150 six aphoristically short pieces of his debut with the Bergen Philharmonic by a baroque orchestra and four opus 19. Orchestra in 2012, since which he has made critically acclaimed recordings for voices. We are looking forward to soloists. OTHER performed at home and abroad. His and composed several commissioned performing four very varied works with Transport included Gunilla Süssmann, born in Bergen in teacher at the Norwegian Academy works. practically the same title.’ in ticket, see page 105 1977, is one of the foremost Norwegian of Music is Sveinung Bjelland. Oslo Cathedral Choir pianists of the younger genera- Frode Haltli is one of Norway’s best Festival Card: Bergen Cathedral Choir orchestra 30 % discount tion. She trained at the Norwegian Joon-ho Shim won the 40th known accordeonists, well versed Oslo Cathedral Choir Vivianne Sydnes conductor Academy of Music and the Hanover International Jeunesses Musicales in contemporary music, improvisa- orchestra soloists University of Music, and has since Competition in 2010, is considered a tion and folk music. He trained at the Sigurd Melvær Øgaard organ established herself as a respected highly promising cellist. He is a mem- Norwegian National Academy of Music Vivianne Sydnes conductor JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) performer at home and abroad. Her ber of the Kallaci String Quartet and and the Royal Danish Conservatoire, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 merits include several critically acclai- ClariNord and has Truls Mørk as his has appeared with orchestras world- med recordings and recitals at the teacher. wide and has received numerous WILLAM WALTON (1902–1983) Coronation Te Deum Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and prestigious awards. PĒTERIS VASKS (1946–) Wigmore Hall in London. Te Deum per organo Joana Daunytė harp BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–1976) Gjermund Larsen violin Te Deum in C Supported by Anders Sveaas’ Joon-ho Shim cello Frode Haltli accordion ARVO PÄRT (1935–) Almennyttige Fond Gunilla Süssmann piano Lars Fredrik Nystad piano Te Deum

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Drop In The Master- Master- August Strindberg (1849-1912) script Stefan Larsson director, adaptor, scenographer Concerts Academy’s classes class Kajsa Larsson costume Selection Concert Helena Fälldin Wiberg make-up Jens Sethzman lighting Mártin Bejting stage manager, technical coor- In collaboration with With Liisa Pohjola dinator the Grieg Academy – og Håvard Gimse The Grieg Academy – REKSTENSAMLINGENE Agneta Villman producer Department of Music, Department of Music, In collaboration with Mikael Persbrandt, Lena Endre, Thomas University of Bergen DATE/TIME University of Bergen has the Jiří Hlinka Grand Sunday 05 June Hanzon contributors DURATION the pleasure of welcoming Piano Academy and at 14:00 1:00 you to a concert in which Rekstensamlingene, DURATION Supported by Herman Friele TICKET* the Academy’s students, Bergen International 1:00 50 teachers and young Festival presents talents present their activ- Masterclasses open to TICKET *Sold at the door only, in Standard: 220 the Grieghallen foyer. Free ity on a larger scale. the public with Finnish Under 30: 150 entrance in Bergen Domkirke piano legend Liisa Pohjola THE GRIEGHALLEN FOYER and Gunnar Sævig’s Hall. and Håvard Gimse at Festival Card: 30 % discount TICKET* Rekstensamlingene. THE GRIEGHALLEN FOYER 100 *Sold at the door only. REKSTENSAMLINGENE Hear the result of three DATE/TIME days of masterclasses Friday 27 May Chamber Music DATE/TIME with Håvard Gimse and at 12:00 and 15:00 Cavalcade Thursday 02 June Liisa Pohjola. Tuesday 31 May at 12:00–17:30 (interval at 12:00 and 15:00 DATE/TIME 15:00–15:30) Saturday 28 May at 12:00 Masterclasses with Liisa Wednesday 01 June Pohjola at 12:00 and 15:00 Supported by the t DURATION Friday 03 June Finnish-Norwegian each other. They are drained of joy and spend Friday 03 June 1:30 at 12:00 and 15:00 at 10:00–12:00 Cultural Institute Norwegian their time peppering each other with cynical Masterclasses with Liisa The Monday 06 June Grieg Academy presents Pohjola premiere comments. It’s as if they have become each at 12:00 and 15:00 other’s prison guards on an isolated island, excerpts from a variety Friday 03 June DEN NATIONALE Tuesday 07 June SCENE abandoned by their friends. But what happens at 12:00 and 15:00 of collaborative musical at 12:00–17:30 (interval Dance of STORE SCENE projects its students have 15:00–15:30) when suddenly one day they are visited by a Masterclasses with Håvard relative from America? GUNNAR SÆVIG’S HALL participated in during the Gimse DATE/TIME past year. Saturday 28 May Death DATE/TIME Saturday 04 June at 19:00 –The Dance of Death is a pure masterpiece. Thursday 26 May at 10:00–13:00 Sunday 29 May Strindberg inserts the knife in exactly where at 15:00 Young Talents of Masterclasses with Håvard at 19:00 the Grieg Academy Gimse Monday 30 May it hurts most, and twists it with a flippant, Monday 30 May at 19.00 satanical humour. The drastic lunges in the at 12:00, 15:00 and 17:00 Saturday 04 June DATE/TIME at 13:00–16:00 Celebrated Swedish actors in dialogue create great comic flashes and dan- Tuesday 31 May Saturday 04 June DURATION at 17:00 Masterclasses with Liisa 2:30 including Strindberg’s timeless Ménage à trois. gerous depths. It’s about love and hate, aging at 12:00 Pohjola Thursday 02 June interval and death, says director Stefan Larsson, and Mikael Persbrandt, Lena Endre and Thomas at 12:00 and 15:00 DURATION TICKET adds that it has been fantastic working with 1:30 LANGUAGE Hanzon are seriously impressive as a married Sunday 05 June 100 Swedish this trio of actors at 12:00 and 15:00 couple and their relative in this Strindberg clas- The Young Talents class TICKET sic. They present a steamy portrayal with icy August Strindberg wrote Dødsdansen in 1900 BERGEN DOMKIRKE of the Grieg Academy Supported by the Standard: 490 gusts and the scenography is sensual. in only six weeks. belongs to the national Finnish-Norwegian Under 30: 150 DATE/TIME programme Young Cultural Institute After 25 years of marriage, retired artillery “Dödsdansen bubbles with laughter” Thursday 26 May Festival Card: at 12:00 Musicians. 30 % discount captain Edgar and his wife routinely infuriate – DAGENS NYHETER

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Powaqqatsi – Life in Transformation

Opening show

mf A cult film with a full orchestra and Philip Glass on stage. Powaqqatsi by Philip Glass (1937–) European Michael Riesman conductor premiere The Bergen International Festival opens with the second part of the film trilogy by Godfrey Philip Glass Ensemble GRIEGHALLEN Reggio and Philip Glass, which is based on the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra GRIEGSALEN Hopi word for life – Qatsi. The legendary com- Bergen Boys’ Choir DATE/TIME poser Philip Glass appears in collaboration with Bergen Girls’ Choir Wednesday 25 May his own ensemble and the Bergen Philharmonic Håkon Matti Skrede chorus master at 18:45 Orchestra. Powaqqatsi designates something Thursday 26 May which drains the life force from other individuals Powaqqatsi (1988) at 19:30 for its own survival. This cult film from 1988 Godfrey Reggio direction describes how developing nations are exploi- DURATION Philip Glass music 1:50 ted by rich countries. Powerful and beautiful depictions of work and tradition in African, OTHER Latin American and Asian societies contrast Supported by Rika AS v/Yvonne and A Conversation Bjarne Rieber with Philip Glass with portrayals of reality in western cities. The Friday 27 May film collage is accompanied by Philip Glass’s at 16:30 rhythmical and characteristic music, inspired at Litteraturhuset. Sponsored by DNB og DNV GL See page 99 by diverse musical cultures.

Consert with Philip Glass, born in 1937, is probably the best Philip Glass known classical composer of recent decades, Ensemble (1969–1983) partly owing to his film music. He was nomi- Friday 27 May nated for Oscars for Kundun, The Hours and at 21:00 Notes on a Scandal. He has also had a wide See page 85 variety of collaborators, from Twyla Tharp TICKET to Allen Ginsberg and from Woody Allen to Standard: 200–700 David Bowie. Philip Glass visited the Bergen Under 30: 150 International Festival in 2010, when the first Festival Card: part of the Qatsi trilogy received enthusiastic 30 % discount audience and media acclaim.

Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be present during the opening performance.

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OTHER Powaqqatsi – Life in Transformation Wednesday 25 May at 18:45 Thursday 26 May at 19:30 See page 82–83

A Conversation with Philip Glass Friday 27 May at 16:30 His music is often pigeon-holed as minimalistic, k at Litteraturhuset. PGE Retro: but Philip Glass prefers to describe it as ‘music See page 99 World with repetitive structures’. He explains: ‘I had an Apparatjik TICKET epiphany when I realised I could use rhythms as a premiere Standard: 360 Under 30: 150 tool to create structure in music.’ GRIEGHALLEN Philip Glass Ensemble PEER GYNT- Festival Card: Glass’s work in the 1970s and 80s was not exclu- SALEN 30 % discount (1969–1983) sively minimalistic however: it included operas – with Buika and Void Einstein on the Beach and Akhnaten – and the film DATE/TIME BT Fordel: One of the greatest composers of our trilogy Quatsi with Godfrey Reggio. At the Bergen Friday 03 May 25 % discount time presents selected works from an at 21:00 The Day of the Dead is a colorful Mexican festival International Festival concert the Philip Glass A tragic soul gains new life on the illustrious career. that eases the spiritual passing of those who have Ensemble performs works from all of these periods. DURATION Day of the Dead. 1:15 died. This festival is central when Apparatjik, Philip Glass wrote music that no one wanted to Julia Pastrana was born in Mexico in 1834 with in collaboration with Void and Mexican artists perform. It was described as minimalistic, without OTHER two extremely rare syndromes. One resulted Laura Andersen Barbata and Concha Buika, reference to the historical traditions and fram- Philip Glass composition, keyboard Standing room only in a protruding jaw and the other, dense hair present a staged concert production to honor eworks followed by his European counterparts. Michael Riesman musical direction, keyboard growth over her whole body. TICKET Julia Pastrana both as an individual and an artist In 1966, after two years in Paris, Glass returned Lisa Bielawa keyboards, voice Standard: 290 to New York, where traditional orchestras and Under 30: 150 She was called “the ape woman” and performed Apparatjik is a multi-disciplinary and flexible Dan Bora live sound mix theatres showed no interest in his music either. throughout Europe. After her death her embal- collaboration founded in 2008 by Jonas Bjerre David Crowell soprano, alto and tenor saxophone Festival Card: Consequently he started the Philip Glass Ensemble med body ended up in Norway as a fairground from Mew, Guy Berryman from Coldplay, Magne Jon Gibson flute, soprano saxophone 30 % discount and gave concerts in various lofts and galleries. attraction at Lunds Tivoli. Furuholmen from a-ha, and celebrated producer Ryan Kelly onstage audience engineer BT Fordel: Martin Terefe. ‘We had to find our own places to perform our Eleonor Sandresky keyboards 25 % discount She was later preserved at the University of music. To start with it was out of necessity, but as Andrew Sterman flute, piccolo, bass clarinet Oslo until, after a long political battle her body For this concert, Apparatjik is comprised of time went on I started to appreciate it. I liked not Yousif Sheronick, Frank Cassara Guest was buried in Catholic tradition in Mexico in Concha Buika, Jonas Bjerre, Magne Furuholmen, needing anyone’s permission to give a concert,’ musicians, percussion 2012. Martin Terefe and Void. says Philip Glass.

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DURATION 0:50 The Nine Worlds Sit Ozfårs Wysr RECOMMENDED AGES 8 and up and Ensemble 101 TICKET Standard: 170 Under 30: 150 Musical tales from Norse mt The Wizard of Oz performed Mythology in the language Fritzn by the Festival Card: LOGEN TEATER national theatre company on 30 % discount Pierre Thilloy has used the Younger the sinking iceberg Fritzngård. Edda (a collection of poems) to create Tuesday 7 June at 22:00 music and prose for a concert per- Global warming poses a threat to the Supported by the formance The Nine Worlds, which DURATION tiny nation Fritzngård, which consists of Grieg Foundation has been created in collaboration 1:30 including an iceberg floating around in the Arctic and Institut interval with Institut français de Norvège. Ocean. The country is melting away, and français de They are joined by brass and wood- TICKET a hoard of anthropologists are on their Norvège wind quintet Woods of Norway; five Standard: 290 way towards the Fritzn people in their Under 30: 150 m We will hear pieces by, amongst others, Arvo master’s degree students from The CO2-producing vessels in order to get a Our Short Pärt, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and Gösta Nystrøm. Norwegian Academy of Music, and Festival Card: glimpse of the sinking culture. 30 % discount World narrator Magnus Berg. The anthropologists are given accom- Edvard Grieg Kor is a professional ensemble premiere Life On Earth BT Fordel: modation by members of the national based in Bergen. Since its creation as KorVest In The Nine Worlds the audience 25 % discount theatre. Anxious about the melting, HÅKONSHALLEN in 2002 the choir has been a valued partner for meets Norse mythology through the anthropologists leave the iceberg Bergen National Opera and Bergen Philharmonic characters best known from modern DATE/TIME relatively soon, leaving behind a DVD Tuesday 31 May Orchestra, as well as being a regular performer comics or films. Hence, the audience of The Wizard of Oz. So when a laptop at 19:30 in the annual Bergen International Festival. gains insight into a common cultural Supported by floats ashore in Fritzngård some time A distinctive concert about life and life’s inheritance built up along the Silk Institut français DURATION later, the Fritzn people get to see it 1:15 end with Edvard Grieg Kor. Route and across land borders that de Norvège Edvard Grieg Kor we also share today. twice before the battery runs out. They ADDITIONAL The evening’s programme comprises of col- Håkon Matti Skrede musical leader are so taken with it that they create INFORMATION lected thoughts around the cycle of life. We are their own theatre performance based Atypical seating, born, we live, we die. The texts are about this Pierre Thilloy music, text, illustration on the film, and call it Sit Ozfårs Wysr. Unnumbered seats Supported by the Finnish-Norwegian in circle cycle of life – from the newly composed work Magnus Berg narrator This is the version performed by the Cultural Institute “Fra verdens begynnelse” (from the world’s French vocal group Ensemble 101. TICKETS Standard: 290 beginning) through middle-age life and living, to Woods of Norway Under 30: 150 dance and life’s highs, and to life’s end here on Sponsored by DNV GL Marit Charlotte Steinum flute Marie Prebost soprano earth with the world premiere of David Lang’s Jarl Eivind Aspen oboe Festival Card: Marie Picaut mezzo-soprano “Last Spring”. Joar Klæboe Henriksen clarinet 30 % discount Mike Solomon alto Niklas Sebastian Grenvik horn Ryan Veillet tenor BT Fordel: This will be a distinctive concert with atypical Didrik Mjølhus Åsnes bassoon 25 % discount seating and a cappella singing from the choir. Mathieu Dubroca bass

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m Torgeir Vassvik vocal, frame drum Ole-Henrik Moe viola and Islandic fiddle World Kari Rønnekleiv violin premiere Kristin Alsos Strand cello CORNERTEATRET Audun Strype sound DATE/TIME Thursday 26 May at 22:30

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Festival Card: 30 % discount

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Asamisimasa m Sàpmi – Music with the Real Late Night Logen by Vassvik our thoughts are guided towards Music to challenge the familiar and the Henrik Hellstenius’ work explores and challen- avant-garde jazz. private spheres of the musicians. ges the barriers between the musicians’ lives LOGEN TEATER off and on stage through sound and pictures with Torgeir “Dark as pitch, light as the sun, and it hits you full Since they were formed in 2002, Asamisimasa has DATE/TIME from the musicians’ private spheres. Wednesday 1 June Vassvik on. ”, “Torgeir Vassvik is a unique and magnetic combined electronics and video with a repertoire at 22:00 live artist, and one of the most fascinating pro- of avant-garde and classical music. The ensemble Bauckholt creates an awareness of the sounds ponents of modern Sámi music. A true original.” has made their mark internationally with their dis- that are found everywhere around us but are often DURATION Throat singing, joik and Sámi drums 1:30 including Vassvik was described thus after presenting his tinctive artistic profile, high quality and ability to overlooked and seldom heard in a musical context. interval express the sounds of Arctic mystic and atmospheric sound to the European place a repertoire in new contexts. With a group of nature-jazz. public. five renowned composers and Music with the Real TICKET Kristine Tjøgersen clarinets Standard: 290 Torgeir Vassvik crosses the border between they create a multimedia artistic expression using Vassvik is renowned for his intense stage pre- Håkon Stene percussion, electronics Under 30: 150 traditional and modern music. He has created our familiar surroundings in new ways. sence and comes from Gamvik, in the far north of Anders Førisdal guitars a powerful and distinct expression by fusing Festival Card: Norway and Sápmi. He views the rugged climate During the festival will be the world premiere Ellen Ugelvik piano, electronics 30 % discount joik, Sámi drums, Siberian throat singing and and barren landscape as a clear inspirational of the works of Henrik Hellstenius and Carola Tanja Orning cello the sound of Arctic nature. Joik is possibly the BT Fordel: source for his music. Bauckholt, where both integrate audio-visual Thorolf Thuestad sound, video oldest song tradition in Europe, but performed 25 % discount devices.

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visatory, playful and spontaneous. ST. JØRGEN Sheppard The Royal Norwegian Navy Band KIRKE ‘It is extra thrilling to experiment when you have Lars Erik Gudim conductor LEPRAMUSEET such a large orchestra at your disposition and DATE/TIME Skærved can create such contrasts,’ say Neset. MARIUS NESET(1985–) Short concerts Angel of the North Wednesday 01 June ‘The possibilities for utilizing this scope LARS ERIK GUDIM (1965–) and Thursday 02 June The Castle at 11:00–15:00 together with the huge sound resonance and MARIUS NESET (1985–) dynamic potential of this orchestra means that Preludium – arr. Lars Erik Gudim Thursday 02 June The fascinating violinist plays for the a lot of time alone here, improvising, absorbing one has the time to allow the music to develop Saxophone IntermezzoJaguar with Marius Neset trio at 19:00 Old Poisson XL Marius Neset – solo forgotten and forlorn. my surroundings and the memories of those without losing intensity,’ says Neset. CHRISTIAN ELSÄSSER (1983–) DURATION who lived and died here,’ he explains. Above All – solo Marius Neset 1:10 Peter Sheppard Skærved is a true virtuoso, Drummer Anton Eger and bassist Petter Eldh MARIUS NESET (1985–) communicator and storyteller. With his violin The main concert is on Thursday evening, but who, with Neset form his regular trio, contribute Commissioned work – title to be announcedVillage OTHER Underground – arr. Lars Erik Gudim at the ready, he surprises and enthrals, while you will encounter Peter Sheppard Skærved if to realizing Neset’s unique ideas of advanced Admission free to daytime concerts introducing the instrument to a new audience. you visit the Lepra museum on Wednesday or rhythmic music for a large orchestra such as with museum ticket Thursday in the daytime. He is there to bring SFMK. Marius Neset has composed works for In collaboration with Royal Norwegian Navy During the Bergen International Festival he music to the awe-inspiring melancholic mood several larger ensembles including DR Big Band, Band and Marius Neset. TICKET makes use of St Jørgen’s Church, where he Standard: 250 of the old hospital building. Oslo Sinfonietta and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Under 30: 150 balances between Tartini’s meditative eigh- teenth century works and modern works by Festival Card: Helmut Lachenmann, Philip Glass and others. 30 % discount

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Vernissage is free DATE/TIME when ticket is pic- by carte blanche is a series of performances Produced in collaboration with Østre Monday 6 June ked up at Østre or at 20:00 created by the entire Carte Blanche company. festival ticket office. James Holden & Camilo By eliminating choreography, they challenge At billettservice.no a m DURATION fee of 15 kr is added. Tirado incl. Sound Club 1:10 the customs and traditions of dance culture Purchased tickets DATE/TIME Special and exhibition Lull and expose themselves to new expressions of for the concerts give Saturday 04 June TICKETS concepts and aesthetics. free entry to Lull at 22:00 James Holden is a mathematician, Standard: 190–490 Under 30: 150 DURATION musician, DJ and producer and is one Dancers stage themselves after a continuous m 1:00 of the UK’s foremost figures within Festival Card: group process of negotiation and accept. experimental, rhythmical dance music 30 % discount TICKET This complex compromise meets with various World Camille Norment Trio + Outdoor Museum of Fractals is an premiere exhibition Lull Standard: 170 musical guests. Thus a performance is created Under 30: 150 homage to composer Terry Riley, who, where a fusion of two artistic expressions leads DATE/TIME in his time set a new standard within Friday 27 May By examining perceptions of beauty Festival Card: to unique stage performance moments. at 19:00 and noise, harmony and dissonance, 30 % discount minimalistic music, both relating to Friday 27 May we become aware of the collective compositional methods and zen-like In this festival performance the dancers meet at 21:00 atmosphere and soundscape. the sensational cross-over artist Anneli Drecker Saturday 28 May sensuality and cultural acoustics of at 19:00 the electric guitar, Hardanger fiddle who, for over 25 years has thrilled audiences Created and performed by everyone in with her chillingly enigmatic voice. Drecker sang DURATION and glass harmonica. James Holden electronics Carte Blanche herself into Norwegian music history with the 0:45 Camilo Tirado tablas Anneli Drecker & band music band Bel Canto who were pioneers of the elec- OTHER Per Roar coach Free entry to Camille Norment glass harmonica, tronica genre and influenced a whole generation Jens Sethzman lighting design vernissage at 18:00 vocal, electronics in Norway. Anneli Drecker collaborated with Indrani Balgobin costume design and concert at Vegard Vårdal Hardanger fiddle Sound Club Special Röyksopp for 10 years and has had a number Caroline Eckly, Christopher Flinder 19:00 on Friday. m Håvard Skaset guitar of solo projects Petersen, Guro Rimeslåtten, Hugo TICKET Through random arrangements, Ekko DATE/TIME Marmelada, Irene Vesterhus Theisen, Jack Standard: 170 og Lydgalleriet, examine the wrap- During this festival performance we will be Under 30: 150 Saturday 04 June Lorentzen, Magnus Eide Myhr, Marianne at 22:00 ping and presentation of programme hearing completely new material as well as new Kjærsund, Mathias Stoltenberg, Núria Festival Card: events and atmosphere around Østre. arrangements of songs from the three-times 30 % discount DURATION Navarra Vilasaló, Ole Martin Meland, Sara The quirky and the commercial, the Spelleman-prize nominated album Rocks & 4:00 Enrich Bertran, Timothy Bartlett dancers surprising and the exciting – all have Straws specifically tailored for this performance. Free o Dialogue their rightful place here. The dancers and musicians will meet each other only hours before the performance. A collaboration between Bergen International A conversation with Camille Norment: Festival and Carte Blanche. DATE/TIME Meet the artist behind the sound Ekko & Lydgalleriet DJs and guests Sunday 05 June Welcome to a plunge into the spontaneous! at 17:00 installation Lull. electronics, turntables and more

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World Carte Blanche: premiere STUDIO BERGEN We Are Here DATE/TIME Thursday 26 May Friday 27 May Together Saturday 28 May Thursday 02 June Friday 03 June Saturday 04 June at 20:00

DURATION Embodyment, cannibalism, ritual, body has memories and thoughts, a story, it 1:30 including interval movement of the masses, the school has lived in a ritual. The body exists in a mass of fish – lingering, then suddenly and it is wild! OTHER a shift of direction, unruliness, the Dialogue with spirit of the masses. WE ARE HERE choreographers Mia Habib, Marcelo Evelin choreography Mia Habib and TOGETHER. Marcelo Evelin Ingeborg S. Olerud lighting design Dance and the We are here together. You are the audience Indrani Balgobin, Marcelo Evelin critic: Traversing costume design boundaries, see with names, bodies and opinions, and you come page 99 from your places. We are dancers, technicians, Gunnar Innvær, Show Takiguchi choreographers and administrators who arrived sound design, music TICKET Guro Rimeslåtten, Caroline Eckly, Standard: 300 earlier. We move from our places and meet at Under 30: 150 this place, at this time, now, and start our move- Núria Navarra Vilasaló, Sara Enrich Bertran, ments together. You sit on your chairs, think, Irene Vesterhus Theisen, Miryam Garcia Festival Card: Mariblanca, Ole Martin Meland, Mathias 30 % discount contemplate and are moved, while we are on the stage and move ourselves, and you. Stoltenberg, Hugo Marmelada, Christopher BT Fordel: Flinder Petersen, Dawid Lorenc, Jack 25 % discount For our double production We Are Here Lorentzen/Harald Beharie dancers DN Fordel: Together we have invited choreographers Mia 15 % discount Habib and Marcelo Evelin, two sensational A collaboration between Bergen International people with large appetites for confrontation Festival and Carte Blanche. and challenge, who are willing to confront and challenge their own and other’s opinions and go into the bodies of others.

Habib and Evelin have a raw and naked chore- ographic language. The piece can seem unrefi- ned, but their work is shrewdly carried out and they work actively, consciously and consistently to maintain direction in the language of movement, until the moment it is performed for the audience. Their relation to the body is that the

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A Place in Dear The the Sun Europe Ambassador t Outdoors t t t LANUGUAGE LANGUAGE LANGUAGE Norwegian DURATION TICKET Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian World premiere 1:30 Standard: 100 ADDITIONAL World European DIALOGUE premiere TICKET ADDITIONAL BT Fordel: Fugit INFORMATION premiere Standard: 260 premiere Who was Frode MEET-UP Discussion on the Nilsen? DETAILS SEE INFORMATION 25 % discount DEN NATIONALE DEN NATIONALE Under 30: 150 The performance SCENE stage after the FANA Monday 06 June WWW.FIB.NO early performance SCENE KULTURHUS at 18:15 is unsuitable for LILLE SCENE LILLE SCENE Festival Card: persons with limited Saturday 04 June 30 % discount at Fana kulturhus DATE/TIME DATE/TIME Saturday 28 May mobility DATE/TIME TICKET DATE/TIME TICKET Friday 27 May– Monday 06 June at 16:00 and Standard: 260 Monday 06 June at 19:30 Standard: 290 Sunday 29 May Saturday 04 June Under 30: 150 Tuesday 07 June Under 30: 150 Daily at 19:30 at 16:00 Wednesday 08 June Tuesday 07 June Saturdays at 15:00 Festival Card: at 19:30 Festival Card: and 18:00 30 % discount at 19:30 30 % discount

DURATION BT Fordel: DURATION DURATION BT Fordel: 1:00 25 % discount 1:10 1:40 25 % discount Do you have the courage to take a fresh look at your surroundings? A group of unique but quite ordinary 60 million people seeking refuge in the In Santiago Frode Nilsen protected The theatre company Kamchàtka from people air questions about human world today many people from military rule, Barcelona is back. Fugit is a story about escape. values and define the festival theme including giving them asylum in the About those who have left and those that are boundries, through their personal Dear Europa is not a traditional pro- embassy. Director and playwright going to leave their homes. It’s not an escape stories. The storytellers play roles as duction. Director Uwe Cramer encou- Rodrigo Malbrán has himself had his of avoidance, but of fighting against. Fugit is an themselves and are not actors, but rages the actors use their own lives in life shaped by Frode Nilsen’s good homage to everyone who has had the courage to authentic people on a stage. Last an effort to understand the crisis in the deeds. leave the superfluous, abandon the familiar and year’s production, Det var en gang Mediterranean. Reality replaces fiction. move on in the hope of a better world. et menneske, (Once Upon a Human The texts are written specifically for ‘I wanted to write a play about this this world premiere and are based on man because he means so much, not Being) played to a full house. “This Kamchàtka creates intense, moving and uneasy research, interviews, fiction and reality. just for those who fled from Chile to was a play I didn’t think I would like, meetings with the streets as a stage. They This is the situation in Europe just now Norway in exile, but also for me.’ but I loved it” wrote BT’s reviewer, move between the realms of theatre, roleplay and the world invades the theatre. and gave the performance five hearts. and reality, and have given the public in many European towns a fresh look at their surroundings. Complete involvement in the experience Bergen Citizen Theatre Kristian Lykkeslet Strømskag, All roles are played by graduate requires good shoes, resolve and the ability to Vibeke Flesland Havre director, Christian Lollike, Uwe Cramer students from the Theatre Production move about. dramaturgy, visual concept script and Acting Programme at Nord Mari Watn scenography Uwe Cramer director University, formerly HiNT. Gunnar Innvær sound design Ellen Birgitte Winther, Kamchàtka Silje Grimstad lighting design Morten Espeland, Siren Jørgensen Adrian Schvarzstein artistic director Produced by the Theatre Production Brynjar Vik video design cast Maïka Eggericx, Sergi Estebanell, Andrea and Acting programme at Lorenzetti, Judit Ortiz, Lluís Petit, Edu Nord University. Rodilla, Santi Rovira, Gary Shochat, Prisca In collaboration with DNS Produced by Kristian&Uwe Villa creators, performance

Supported by AS Bergen Teater og In collaboration with Kristian&Uwe, Supported by the Kavli Trust and Grieg Det Dramatiske Selskab Dramatikkens hus and Foundation Den Nationale Scene.

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Nordic Council Concert with Svante Henryson, prize is awarded every other year to winner of the Nordic Council a professional musician or ensemble, Music Prize Music Prize 2015, and announ- and alternate years to a composer. cement of the nominees for 2016 is the composers’ year, and this Festival the 2016 prize. evening in Apollon Platebar the nomi- m APOLLON PLATEBAR nees will be revealed. Exhibition For this concert Svante Henryson Free DATE/TIME presents a program for solo cello. Monday 30 May at 17:00 2016 The Nordic Council Music Prize cele- Svante Henryson cello DURATION 1:00 brated their 50th anniversary in 2015 and is one of Europe’s biggest and In collaboration with the Nordic most prestigious music prizes. The Council Music Prize u Fredrik Værslev

BERGEN KUNSTHALL o Dance and the critic: international and particularly European perspective. DATE/TIME Free Dialogues Traversing boundaries Thursday BERGEN OFF. BIBLIOTEK 26 May–14 August MUSIKKAVDELINGEN A conversation with Monday–Sunday An exploration of the painting’s (BERGEN PUBLIC LIBRARY- Camille Norment 11:00–17:00 MUSIC DEPARTMENT) Thursday ability to define or converse with the The Festival presents ØSTRE 11:00–20:00 Friday 27 May 17:30–18:30 Sunday 05 June 17:00 exhibition space. a number of talks, ADDITIONAL introductions and debates How does the dance critic relate to a Meet the artist behind the sound Værslev treats the painting like an object on a INFORMATION based on themes from the complex and diverse dance expres- installation Lull (p. 92). Opening level with other objects, and works are often 2016 programme. These are sion? Choreographers Mia Habib and 26 May at 13:00 created through a laborious process where both Platform: held in Norwegian or other Marcelo Evelin from Carte Blanche’s We A Conversation time itself and external factors become active Fredrik Værslev in Scandinavian languages, Are Here Together (p. 84) meet dance with Angélique Kidjo conversation with Le collaborators in the artistic process. except those on this page. critics to discuss this and more. In colla- BERGEN OFF. BIBLIOTEK Consortium curator MUSIKKAVDELINGEN Anne Pontegnie He has let several series of paintings stand boration with Kritikerlaget (Norwegian (BERGEN PUBLIC LIBRARY- 28 May at 13:00. Critics' Association). MUSIC DEPARTMENT) Guided tour every outdoors over time so that wear and weather Climate Re-location Sunday at 14:00. has influenced the final result. The work is Women’s rights and Monday 06 June 19:00–19:45 Guided tour often somewhere between abstract painting THE UNIVERSITY AULA For families with identity in the Middle East Angélique Kidjo (p. 12) in conversation and illusionistic copies of terrazzo flooring and Thursday 26 May 17:00–18:30 children THE UNIVERSITY AULA with Kristoffer Jul-Larsen. Kidjo herself Sunday 29 May other suburban surfaces Physicist, ecologist and activist Dr. at 13:00 Saturday 28 May 14:00–15:30 fled from Benin to France and uses music Vandana Shiva meet entrepreneur and His acclaimed series of “markisemalerier” as a platform for intercultural commu- TICKET environmental activist Amy Larkin to In collaboration with the Rafto (canopy paintings) have textile-like stripes nication. Standard: 50 a conversation with Hilde Sandvik, in Foundation for Human Rights you are Student/Reduced: 25 reminiscent of those found on marquises and collaboration with Bergens Tidende and invited to a conversation with Caroline Holberg Prize celebration awnings conventionally found in homes and University of Bergen. Ayoub, Maryam al-Khawaja, Amal Basha LITTERATURHUSET, AUDITORIET public buildings. In common with an actual and Farida Nekzad. Tuesday 07 June 18:00 awning, Værselv’s paintings were also exposed A Conversation to sun, moisture and weather over a period of Meet the winner of the Holberg Prize FREDRIK VÆRSLEV (1979 –) with Philip Glass Borders time. and the Nils Klim-Prize at this evening of LITTERATURHUSET, AUDITORIET LITTERATURHUSET, AUDITORIET celebration. See: www.holbergprisen.no. Friday 27 May 16:30–17:15 Friday 03 June 17:00–18:30 ‘Værslev is an artist who brings new energy, Martin Clark and Steinar Sekkingstad ambition and intellectual integrity to painting, curators Meet Philip Glass (born 1937) (p. 82 and PRIO, Institut français de Norvège Supported by Fritt Ord, J.W. Eides in addition to exciting collaborations with many 85), one of our most influential living and Alumni Association of Sciences Stiftelse og GC Rieber Fondene of his fellow artists,’ says curator and director composers, in conversation with festival Po Paris, in a conversation about poli- Produced by Bergen Kunsthall of Bergen Kunsthall Martin Clark. director Anders Beyer. tical and geographical borders in an Sponsored by Bergens Tidende

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Festival you gain a completely dif- allmenningen A V KLOSTERGATEN MARKEVEIEN KAIGATEN G RI S on all stages. Ticket office staff will be A L SMS: end a text message to us with CHR. MICHELSENS GT. H O ferent perception of the festival, C happy to advise on best seat place- TRØ M TEATERGATEN code-word FIB MENING followed by and with the other volunteers, an SKOTTEGATEN Festspillplassen S 6 10 Lille Bergen O entlige ment in relation to listening systems. Den Nationale Scene 12 Logen Teater your comment to 2077. inspiring and enjoyable experience to P Billettbod Lungegårdsvann Bibliotek Fest- For more information on accessibility, take home with you. To register your spillkontoret E-mail: [email protected] GEORGERNES VERFT Bergen Kunsthall transport, parking, toilets etc., see interest and receive more informa- Gunnar Sævigs sal LARS HILLES GATE Tickets: +47 55 21 61 50 1 Studio Bergen NEUMANNSGATE /Griegakademiet www.fib.no/venues. For information tion, contact: www.fib.no/volunteer. Grieghallen Other questions/groups: 1 on rates for companion tickets, see HÅKONSGATEN Apollon Platebar NYGÅRDSGATEN +47 55 21 06 30 P. 102–103. NØSTEGATEN @Festspillene Listen to facebook.com/festspilleneibergen TIDAL VENUES VENUES OUTSIDE THE MAP MAP LEGEND #Festspillene / #festspillene16 1 Apollon Platebar Baroniet Rosendal 1 Boat to Lysøen festspillene The festival has its own playlist on 2 Bergen domkirke Bien Snackbar 2 Bus to composers’ homes Festival lounge TIDAL. Both the festival director’s 3 Bergen Kunsthall Byfjellene i Tourist Information 4 Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek Cornerteateret P Car park recommendations and highlights 5 Den Nationale Scene Fana Kulturhus Ticket sales Logen Teater is a hive of festival from the programme are available. 6 Festspillplassen Fløien Folkerestaurant and Fløysletten Festival Office Visit us online You can get a sneak preview or with Melodonten, Parabolen, Foldnes kyrkje activity during the festival period. In Paraplyen and Tullemutten Grieg museum (Troldsalen and Griegs Villa) the large hall there will be concerts relive your festival experiences after 7 Grieghallen Hengjo i Bekkjarvik and other productions, and the bar At www.fib.no you will find videos, the events. 8 Gunnar Sævigs sal/Griegakademiet Herdla kyrkje 9 Håkonshallen Høgskolen i Bergen becomes a festival lounge for the background information and the 10 Lille Lungegårdsvann Kulturhuset Stord festival visitors and all involved in latest news on concerts and pro- 11 Litteraturhuset Laksevågparken the festival. Another great place for ductions. Keep yourself updated and 12 Logen Teater Moster Amfi 13 Skostredet Museet Lysøen relaxing and refuelling is Paraplyen receive personal offers by registering 14 St. Jørgen kirke, Lepramuseet Nygårdsparken at Festival Square (Festspillplassen) for our newsletter. A digital version 15 Studio Bergen Oseana Kunst og Kultursenter where you can enjoy food and of our festival catalogue is also avai- 16 Torgallmenningen Rekstensamlingene 17 Østre Siljustøl museum drink from Lysverket See P. 26/27. lable. The newsletter is available in Stavanger konserthus See you there! English/Norwegian (only). Universitetsaulaen More info: www.fib.no/arenakart

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Prices Festival Card Other 2016 Offers Tickets Full price tickets NOK 430 Regular ticket prices (ticket fee ORTET Gift vouchers BT Fordel included) are listed for each event The Festival Card includes the Order at www.fib.no/giftvoucher, by Bergens Tidende subscribers in NOK. following benefits: phone (+47) 55 21 06 30 or e-mail receive 25 % discount on selected ¡¡40 % discount on tickets bought [email protected] and we will mail performances and 50 % discount on Buy your tickets here on or before 22 March 2016 you the voucher at no extra charge. Water Fools (p. 38-39). A maximum Under 30 years ¡¡30 % discount on tickets bought You may also purchase gift vouchers of 2 discounted tickets per subscri- Maximum NOK 150 per ticket. on or after 23 March 2016 from our ticket booth at the Festival ber per event. Discounted tickets ¡¡Satisfaction guarantee square. Gift vouchers are valid for one are limited in numbers and subject

¡¡Receive one free programme year from the date of purchase. to availability. www.fib.no Grieghallen Children by presenting your card at the Buy your tickets online from your Fordel Children’s tickets are sold at HOURS venue computer, tablet or smart phone. If Groups children’s and family performances. Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00 ¡¡20 % discount at Festival restau- you are using your computer, you Thu 10:00–19:30 Groups of more than 10 people get Children under the age of 2 go free if rants for the holder of the card can select your seats at venues with Sat 11:00–14:00 a 20 % discount on tickets. Contact sitting on an adult’s lap. Exception: All ¡¡The best seats at Grieghallen and DN Fordel seating charts. the Bergen International Festival on children must have their own ticket to HOURS DURING THE FESTIVAL* DNS (for early bookers). Dagens Næringsliv subscribers Treet (recommended age 0–3 years). 25 May: kl 10:00–19:00 (+47) 55 21 06 30 or [email protected] for receive 15 % discounts on selected 26 May: kl 10:00–19:30 programme recommendations, ticket 27 May: kl 10:00–17.00 & 20:00-21:00 performances. A maximum of 2 Festival Ticket Booth at offers or assistance with table reser- Den Nationale Scene have specific Festival Square 28 May: kl 10:00–18:00 discounted tickets per subscriber guidelines for babies in the theatre. 29 May: kl 18:00–20:00 vations, VIP room rental at the venue per event. Discounted tickets are HOURS 19 MAY–07 JUNE 30 May: kl 10:00–18:00 and food and drinks at the festival For more information, please see 31 May: kl 10:00–20:00 limited in numbers and subject to 19 May: 12:00–19:30 restaurants. www.dns.no/billettinfo/#babyer- 20–27 May: 09:00–19:30 01 June: kl 10:00–20:00 availability. i-teatret 28 May–07 June: 09:00–21:00 02 June: kl 10:00–19:30 08 June: closed 03 June: kl 10:00–17:00 & 20:00–21:00 04 June: kl 10:00–18:00 05 June: kl 12:00–18:00 Senior 06 June: kl 10:00–20:00 Billettservice 07 June: kl 10:00–19:30 10 % discount per ticket. (Ticketmaster Norway) 08 June: kl 10:00–18:00 www.fib.no/buytickets PHONE PHONE (CALL CENTRE) (+47) 55 21 61 50 Discounted Companion Ticket (+47) 815 33 133 (regular rate) If you require an assistant, you can get HOTEL PACKAGE DEALS, PHONE Tickets one free ticket for your companion at HOURS: 09901 (regular rate) Mon–Fri 08:30–16:30 www.revyogteater.no our sales offices in Grieghallen, Den Sat 10:00–14:00 Nationale Scene and at the Festival ¡¡When claiming discounted paid in full. The fee is calculated ticket booth on the Festival square. At the door tickets, a valid ID must be based on the discount ticket Den Nationale Scene Remaining tickets are sold at the presented when purchasing the price. Companion tickets are also availa- venue one hour before the event. HOURS ticket and at the venue. ¡¡On certain performances there ble at other Billettservice outlets for Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00 ¡¡Discounts are only given on is a limited number of discount the price of NOK 16 (due to booking Sat 11:00–18:00 At sold-out performances, uncol- ticket prices over NOK 100. tickets available. charges). For more information on and one hour before performances. lected tickets will be sold 15 minutes ¡¡Discounts do not apply to the accessibility at our venues, please before the performance begins. Subject to change PHONE ticket fee, which must always be visit: www.fib.no/venues. (+47) 55 60 70 80

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Transport to Bus to Siljustøl (Round Trip) Combine your visit in Bergen with Composers’ Homes The bus journey is approx. 30 min. beautiful West Coast scenery. The bus leaves promptly on time. Please contact us on +47 55 21 06 30 CONCERT AT 15:00 Departure from Strandkaien, T R E AT for group bookings or any questions Tourist information/Mathallen at 14:15. regarding your visit. Bus to Troldhaugen (Round Trip) Return from Siljustøl, departure at 16:30 The bus journey is approx. 30 min. Bergen has many hotels and dif- The bus leaves promptly on time. The festival does not provide transport to YOURSELF ferent types of accommodation for 28 MAY the Family Day at Siljustøl (p. 37). travelers. CONCERT AT 19:00 Departure from Strandkaien, RADISSON BLU HOTEL NORGE IS PROUD SPONSOR For more information, visit: Tourist information/Mathallen at 18:15 Return from Troldhaugen, departure at 20:30 Festival taxi OF BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. www.visitbergen.com/accommodation 29 MAY 347 ROOMS AND SUITES, SEVERAL RESTAURANTS AND BARS, The festival hotel Radisson Blu Hotel CONCERT AT 18:00 Departure from Strandkaien, Are you in need of a taxi to and from SWIMMING POOL, JACUZZI AND HAIRDRESSER Norge is located in the middle of Tourist information/Mathallen at 17:15 performances? Call our festival part- Bergen city centre. It is within wal- Return from Troldhaugen, departure at 19:30 ner Bergen Taxi on (+47) 55 99 70 00. king distance of most of our venues. 31 MAY For booking, contact Hotel Norge at CONCERT AT 17:00 (+47) 55 57 30 00 or visit: Departure from Strandkaien, Tourist information/Mathallen at 16:15 IN THE HEART www.radissonblu.com/ Return from Troldhaugen, departure at 18:30 Transport to Bergen hotellnorge-bergen Bus to Griegs villa (Round Trip) Radisson Blu Hotel Norge offers OF BERGEN The bus journey is approx. 30 min. There are many routes to Bergen. package deals on accommodation The bus leaves promptly on time. For a complete overview, go to Visit at Bergen International Festival. Visit CONCERT AT 22:30 Bergen at www.visitbergen.com/ www.bergenhelg.no (in Norwegian). Departure from Strandkaien, Tourist information/Mathallen at 21:45 Transportation Return from Troldhaugen, departure at 24:00 BOOK YOUR STAY TODAY! For information about flight times, Boat to Lysøen (Round Trip) routes and transport to and from The boat journey is approx. 50 min. The boat leaves promptly on time. Bergen Airport Flesland, visit Festival Restaurants www.avinor.no/bergen CONCERT AT 11:30 2016 Departure from Dreggekaien at 10:00 Return from Lysøen, departure at 14:00 Bergensbanen (The Bergen Line)

The Bergen International Festival CONCERT AT 14:30 between Oslo and Bergen has several RADISSON BLU HOTEL NORGE collaborates with a number of restau- Departure from Dreggekaien at 13:00 daily departures. For more information, Nedre Ole Bulls Plass 4, 5012 Bergen, Norway rants, all of them located close to Return from Lysøen, departure at 16:15 visit www.nsb.no. You can also travel to T: +47 55 57 30 00 our festival venues. Here you will find Bergen by bus or boat. Widerøe offer a [email protected] quality food in different price ranges 10 % discount for travelers to Bergen radissonblu.com/hotelnorge-bergen and a wide selection of menus. The International Festival. Submit event Festival Card gives 20 % discount on code NO20161328A when booking your food. www.fib.no/restaurants. tickets. See www.wideroe.no/comfwfno

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The Festival The Festival thanks thanks Trond Mohn Rika AS, represented by Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber

Through his continued support of the Bergen Trond Mohn is one of these ambassadors International Festival, Trond Mohn has helped and we appreciate his support for the Bergen invest in the development of the festival. In International Festival. It enables us to reach our the years to come we will expand our activities goals for the benefit of our visitors, the city of and have defined new goals and ambitions for Bergen, Western Norway and the country as a the Bergen International Festival. People have whole, as we continue to inspire and challenge For many years, Rika AS / Yvonne and Bjarne Their support enables us to present samples great expectations of the Bergen International the audience. Rieber have invested significant amounts in from the diverse festival programme at the Festival, and express a desire that we should the Bergen International Festival, which is and opening ceremony on 25 May. work to release the potential of other cultural Bergen International Festival would like to thank should continue to be an important cultural Bergen International Festival would like to thank institutions through ambitious projects. We Trond Mohn for his support. event and a boost for the cultural scene in Rika AS, represented by Yvonne and Bjarne want to influence the international art scene Bergen, Norway and abroad. Their support is Rieber for their contribution. through our work. In order to do this we need crucial to the festival’s ambitious projects that committed and ambitious festival ambassadors connect tradition and renewal, that challenge that recognise the value of a strong Norwegian and entertain the audience and make culture cultural scene and contribute to affirming our accessible to more and more people. position as a leading European arts festival. We are grateful that Rika AS, represented by Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber, share our convic- tion that the festival will strengthen its position and continue to develop in the years to come, and that they support our investments in new projects and our aim to make an impact in the European cultural scene.

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With support from the fund the debate and the dauntless use of the The Festival watery arena of Lille Lungegårdsvann free word. is filled with wild, wonderful and lyri- thanks cal scenes in the darkness of night, Support from the Fritt Ord when the French theatre company Foundation ensures the continuation The Kavli Trust has supported the GC Rieber Funds allocate funds to Ilotopie present their production of Dialogues (p. 99), a programme of Bergen International Festival for a social and cultural objectives with Water Fools (p. 38–39). debates, which reflect on and raise number of years, and in recent years focus on Bergen. In addition, the important tendencies and current The Bergen International Festival the Kavli Trust has supported the fes- fund provides for and contributes to issues based on the festival’s exten- thanks H. Westfal-Larsen og Hustru tival’s outdoor programme: a variety medical and other research. Amongst sive programme. Anna Westfal-Larsens Almennyttige of events that are free and open to many worthy cultural projects, the Fond for their contribution, making it The Bergen International Festival is everyone. fund has prioritized young talent, possible for this unique water artistry grateful for The Fritt Ord Foundation’s especially within music. The objective to bring joy to the whole town. support. The Kavli Trust also continues its of this is to secure the development collaboration with Bergen Red Cross, of a comprehensive cultural future Robin Hood House and many other for Bergen. organisations that make the festival accessible to people who, for various Support for music therapy is another Herman Friele ASAF The Grieg Foundation supports The DNB Savings Bank Foundation reasons, are not able to experience significant area, including the estab- ANDERS SVEAAS’ ALMENNYTTIGE FOND numerous charitable projects world- is an independent foundation that the programme at the regular festival lishment of a Master’s programme Herman Friele is a renowned busi- wide, with emphasis on projects that works to increase interest in and The purpose of the Anders Sveaas’ venues. in Music Therapy at Grieg Academy nessman and politician with his heart involve children and youth, medical understanding of art and culture, Charitable Foundation (ASAF) is to in Bergen. With funding from The in both Bergen and the festival, and research and the environment. The especially among children and youth. contribute to charitable initiatives Thanks to the support from the GC Rieber Funds, The Bergen who wishes to contribute to the fur- Grieg Foundation makes an active They achieve this by supporting and initiatives that benefit the gene- Kavli Trust, festival concerts will International Festival can offer sev- ther development of the festival. commitment to ensure necessary projects that involve good commu- ral public – for instance by supporting once again be arranged at some of eral arrangements free of charge with support and progress, and contribute nication and encourage participation. The production of August young Norwegian musicians through Bergen’s hospitals, nursing homes focus on music and its effects on suf- in ways that make a difference. Grieg Dextra Musica is a subsidiary of of Strindberg’s classic, Dødsdansen (p. scholarships and loan of string instru- and senior centres this year. The fers of Dementia: Sanger fra smitt og Foundation is one of the main spon- The DNB Savings Bank Foundation, 79) is made possible by the support ments. ASAF owns a collection of following locations will be visited smau, Mini lecture and book launch sors behind SOS Children’s Villages. and since 2006 it has purchased valu- of Herman Friele. The production string instruments that are primarily by festival artists to entertain the of Musikkterapi og eldrehelse and Å able string instruments that it lends patients, residents, users, staff and has its Norwegian premiere at DNS lended to up-and-coming Norwegian The Bergen International Festival leve med demens – som pårørende. to Norwegian musicians. relatives: Åstveit sykehjem, Ulset Saturday 28 May and runs for three talent. has been a recurrent name when the sykehjem, Hordnestunet syke- The Bergen International Festival is evenings. foundation bestows their gifts, and With support from The DNB Savings The Bergen International Festival hjem, Midtbygda sykehjem, Arna grateful to GC Rieber Funds for their we are very pleased that they wish Bank Foundation – Dextra Musica The Bergen International Festival invests in performers and audience Helseheim, Skjoldtunet sykehjem, support. to take part in this festival tradition the festival offers Kaleidoscope with is grateful to Herman Friele for his alike, also in our classical programme. Kalfaret sykehjem, Mildeheimen in Bergen. Their contribution ena- KORK (p. 10), a concert with 100 chil- support. Through our concert series in com- sykehjem, Øvsttunheimen sykehjem bles us to create a comprehensive dren and young people of 35 different posers' homes, the festival furthers and Ladegården sykehjem. children’s and outdoor programme nationalities, the Norwegian Radio and renews the European salon that let children, adolescents and Orchestra and young soloists from Support from the Kavli Trust ensures concert tradition, and with support adults take part in and watch good Dextra Musica. Funds and collabo- that the festival can offer a free open- H. Westfal-Larsen og from ASAF we continue our increased performances – and enjoy the festival ration from The DNB Savings Bank ing ceremony (p. 6) for the whole Hustru Anna Westfal-Larsen's focus on young musicians. atmosphere. Foundation – Dextra Musica have in town to enjoy. Almennyttige Fond addition made possible the mentor The Bergen International Festival Support has been crucial in making programme Crescendo. We would like to thank the Kavli Trust H. Westfal-Larsen og Hustru Anna The Fritt Ord Foundation is a private is grateful for ASAF’s support for possible this year’s festival staging for their contribution and involve- Westfal-Larsens Almennyttige fond philanthropic foundation whose concerts with young performers in of the opera The Barber of Seville The Bergen International Festival mentin making festival experiences is a charitable foundation that aims to paramount objective is to protect and the homes of the great composers. (p. 21). The Bergen International would like to thank The DNB Savings available to more people. support the promotion of initiatives promote freedom of expression and Festival would like to thank the Grieg Bank Foundation – Dextra Musica for that benefit Bergen as a city and its its associated structure in Norway, Foundation for their support. their support. cultural scene. particularly by encouraging lively

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The Bergen International Festival is dependent on many different supporters to continue spring's big adventure. All the help you have extended has enabled us to make the experience a greater one.

J. W. Eides Stiftelse Barratt Due Institute of Music Festival Ambassadors Bergens Riksmålsforening (Crescendo) Trond Mohn Music Norway Bekkjarvik Gjestgiveri Rika AS, represented by AS Bergen Teater og Bekkjarvik Eiendom AS Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber Det Dramatiske Selskab Bergen Domkor Grieg Foundation Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute Bergen and Hordaland Trekking Association Bergen International Culture Center Main Partners Venues Apollon Platebar Bergen International Film Festival DNB Bergen Student Radio DNV GL Baroniet Rosendal Bergen Cathedral Bien Snackbar Statoil Bærum Kulturhus Bergens Tidende Bergen Kunsthall Bergen Public Library Bømlo municipality Radisson Blu Hotel Norge Bømlo Teater Dagens Næringsliv Cornerteateret Den Nationale Scene Dukkenikkernes teaterverksted Fana Kulturhus Edvard Grieg Kor Project Partners Foldnes Church EKKO Bergen Research Foundation Fløien Folkerestaurant Embassy of Sweden in Oslo The DNB Savings Bank Foundation Grieghallen Festival Days at Damsgård – Dextra Musica Hengjo in Bekkjarvik Fløibanen A/S The Kavli Trust Herdla Church Friends of Siljustøl The GC Rieber Funds Bergen University College GAMUT, Grieg Academy Music H. Westfal-Larsen og Hustru Håkonshallen Therapy Research Centre Anna Westfal-Larsens KODE Art museums of Bergen Grieg Academy – Department of Music, Almennyttige Fond St. Jørgen Church, Leprosy Museum University of Bergen Herman Friele Litteraturhuset i Bergen The Holberg Prize Fritt Ord Foundation Logen Teater Hordaland Joint Immigrant Council Anders Sveaas’ Charitable Foundation Kristian&Uwe A BALANCING ACT Moster Amfi Oseana Lysverket Festival Partners Reksten museum Nordic Council Music Prize At DNV GL (formerly Det Norske Veritas), we value safety, quality and integrity. We are Norges Musikkorps Forbund PwC Stavanger konserthus now 15,000 people in 100 countries committed to one common goal: to have a global Atea Stord Kulturhus Norwegian Academy of Music Telenor Studio Bergen Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation impact for a safe and sustainable future. Often, we take on the role of balancing the Norwegian Critics' Association Morgenbladet The University Aula in Bergen needs of business and society. We call it the balancing act. Our partnership with Fest- Norwegian Hull Club Østre The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency A7 Print Norwegian Society of Composers spillene, one of Norway’s finest and most international cultural institutions, underpins Oslo Philharmonic (Crescendo) 07000 Bergen Taxi Co-producers our commitment to society. Because culture and society go hand in hand. Widerøe Prof. Jiři Hlinka Piano Academy Absence Rafto Foundation for Human Rights Avinor Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Galleriet The Research Council of Norway That is why we are proud to be a main sponsor of Festspillene in Bergen. Bergen National Opera Revy & Teaterservice Securitas Carte Blanche – the Norwegian national BIR The Royal Norwegian Naval Forces Band company of contemporary dance Schools of Music and Performing Art in Tesla Bergen Den Nationale Scene TIDAL Sunnhordland Fargespill Siljustøl Foundation The Norwegian Radio Orchestra The Soundgallery Learn more about us on Public Sector Partners The Arctic Philharmonic Steinway Piano Gallery Oslo www.dnvgl.com Ministry of Culture Opera Bergen Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen City of Bergen Theater Chur West Norway Jazz Center Hordaland County Theater Trier Ministry of Foreign Affairs Crescendo is supported by Other partners and contributors Trond Mohn, Bettina Ford Jebsen, Project Supporters Askøy municipality Hans Peter Jebsen, the DNB Savings Institut français de Norvège Audiences Norway Bank Foundation, Dextra Musica The Oticon Foundation Austevoll municipality and Talent Norway.

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Trond Mohn Rika AS, represented by Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber Grieg Foundation