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Festival Pass concerts are outlined in yellow Discount sponsorship La Porteña Tango Trio Thanks to collaborative agreements with the Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT), Bergens tidende, Firda Ticket information og BOB, we can offer discounts during the festival. Festivalguide Information: fordefestival.no. You can purchase all your concert tickets, and Questions about tickets or the program? reduced-price festival pass tickets, and enrol in Ring +47.46905010 or send an e-mail to How to read the price guide TIME: FESTIVAL PASS PRICE: all festival courses at TicketCo.no, and have them [email protected] for any program- or ticket questions. July 5-9 Festival Pass - Adult 960 Price w/festival pass sent to your e-mail address or your mobile. NB! You will find full ticket information at fordefestival.no Angelite July 5-9 Festival Pass – Youth/Student 470 270/170/50 Remember to exchange your festival pass tickets for a festival July 5-9 Festival Pass - Child 200 wrist band at the festival office at Førdehuset. Price w/child/ July 8 Day Pass Saturday 800 Price, ordinary ticket The festival pass is non-transferrable. youth/student pass Kouame Sereba Mamadou Diabaté Here are the festival pass alternatives: Wednesday 5. July ARENA: Ord./Fpass/USpass, Barn 09.00-09.30 Rise and shine! Solsida kindergarten, avd. Haugum Free entry 16.00–19.00 In the great outdoors Halbrendstølen 170/110/50 17.30–18.00 Maja Birkeland: “Our common things” - Opening! S&Fj Kunstmuseum Free entry 18.30–20.10 Festival Film: Virgin Mountain Lisjesalen, Førdehuset 100 (Reception. Førdehuset) 19.00-20.00 Sunniva no Ungdomshuset Viking, Førde 230/140/50 20.00-21.30 Fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro Gloppen Hotel, Sandane 270/170/50 ADULT YOUTH/ CHILD (under 14 years) 20.00-21.30 La Porteña Tango Trio Haavebua, Florø 230/140/50 KR 960 STUDENT 20.30-21.30 Molsky’s Mountain Drifters Klubbscena, SSH 270/170/50 KR 200 (14-20 years) KR 470 (Value kr 250) Thursday 6. July This pass gives you big Festival Courses discounts at all other concerts This pass gives you entry to This pass gives you entry to 09.00–09.30 Rise and shine! Ytre Hafstad kindergarten Free entry and courses too 09.00–09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Thon Hotel Førde 50 other concerts and courses other concerts and courses Thursday, July 6 for Kr 50. for Kr 50. 10.00–16.30 Førde conference 2017. Amfi Eikaas, SSH *Registration 15.30 – 17.00 Argentinian tango. Instructor: La Porteña Tango Trio. 2 days. Price: 550/380* * Price w/festival pass. 11.00-11.45 Music in town Torgscena, Elvetorget Free entry 16.00 – 16.45 Children’s workshop with Koame Sereba. For ages 3 – 7 years. Price: 100/50 Buy tickets/register 17.30-18.30 Sunniva no Ungdomshuset Viking, Førde 230/140/50 18.00 – 19.00 Quick course in polska with Mari Andrea Ness. Free admission at ticketco.no 19.30–21.00 Opening concert: Nordic Sound Folk Orchestra Idrettshallen, Førdehuset 370/---/50 21.30-23.30 Dance at Førdehuset Festsalen, Førdehuset 180 (Manual sale) Friday, July 7 The festival pass includes admission 22.00–23.30 Fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro Hugleik, SSH 270/170/50 09.30 – 11.30 Argentinian tango. Instructor: La Porteña Tango Trio (cont.) 23.00-02.00 Summer night at Jølster Jølstramuseet, Vassenden 310/200/50 incl bus 09.30 – 10.30 Children’s course. Balafon with Mamadou Diabaté. From 6 years. Price: 100/50 to the following concerts (value of kr 1730) 09.30 – 11.30 Bulgarian songs. Instructors: members of Angelite. Price: 330/220* Friday 7. July FESTIVAL FOR 09.00–09.30 Rise and shine! Tussero, Vieåsen kindergarten Free entry Saturday, July 8 Opening concert Thursday July 6 ENGLISH 09.00–09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Thon Hotel Førde 50 11.30 – 13.30 Cuban salsa (intermediate level). 2 days. Instructor: Yuiet Estrado Linares. Price: 550/380* Mookomba Friday July 7 THE WHOLE FAMILY 5 days 10.30–11.15 Music in town Torgscena, Elvetorget Free entry 12.30-13.30 Children’s workshop. Jew’s harp and dances from Bhutan. Instructor: Jigme Drukpa. From 7 years. Price: 100/50. Tinariwen Saturday July 8 Find all the children’s 30 arenas 11.30-11.50 Meet the artist: Elle Márjá Eira Utstillingssalen, Førdehuset Free entry Festival Gala Saturday July 8 12.00–13.00 Arvesølvet S&Fj Kunstmuseum 230/140/50 Sunday, July 9 The Klezmatics Sunday July 9 and family performances 300 artists 13.30-14.30 Elle Márjá Eira Trio Teatersalen, Førdehuset 230/140/50 09.30 – 11.30 Cuban salsa (cont.) For reserved seating in Idrettshallen, see below. and courses on 13.30-14.30 Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band Pikant Restaurant & Bar, Førde 230/140/50 14.30-14.50 Meet the artist: Karl-Johan Ankarblom Utstillingssalen, Førdehuset Free entry Sunday, July 9 – Friday, July 14 fordefestival.no and Jorun Marie Kvernberg Mokurset - Masterclass. Instructor: Bjørn Kåre Odde. Registration and information: www.mokurset.no. Support by the Førde fordefestival.no 15.00-16.00 Félix Lajkó Trio Festsalen, Førdehuset 230/140/50 International Folk Festival. Festival Pass = More for your money! 15.00-16.00 La Porteña Tango Trio Klubbscena, SSH 230/140/50 16.00-16.20 Meet the artist: Javid Afsari Rad Utstillingssalen, Førdehuset Free entry 16.30-17.30 Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre Storsalen, Førdehuset 270/170/50 Baltic Crossing RESERVED SEATING IN IDRETTSHALLEN, 17.00-18.30 Baltic Crossing Håjen kafé, Naustdal 270/170/50 incl bus New for 2107! FØRDEHUSET Ingfrid Breie Nyhus Titi Robin 18.00-18.40 Children’s concert. Den standhaftige tinnsoldat Festsalen, Førdehuset 230/140/50 MOKURSET We now have 2 new ticket offers: Surcharge for reserved seating in zones A, 18.00-19.00 Master singers: Willemark - Opheim - Pirttijärvi Haarklousalen, Førde Kulturskule 230/140/50 July 9 – July 14 B and C: kr 50. 18.00-19.00 ComboNations Teatersalen, Førdehuset 230/140/50 Day pass (4 concerts) and Combi-ticket Evening (2 concerts): Seating in the tribune and gallery is open A summer school in folkmusic and dance for 19.30-20.30 Mokoomba Idrettshallen, Førdehuset 330/---/50 children, youth and adults (unnumbered) 21.00-23.30 Dance in Førdehuset Festsalen, Førdehuset 180 (Manual sale) • Courses in singing, and instrumental 21.00-22.30 Columbi Egg Hugleik, SSH 270/170/50 SATURDAY TRAVEL TO FØRDE: 21.30-22.30 Bulgarian Voices Angelite Førde church 270/170/50 courses for a range of instruments Air: Widerøe direct from Oslo (1 hour) 23.00–02.00 Friday party: Dáimh and Folk All-in Band Festplassen, Førde 330/210/50 • Introductory and more advanced SATURDAY and from Bergen (30 mins). See wf.no courses in traditional dance COMBI- Saturday 8. July Bus: For bus routes to Førde, see • Master classes for fiddle and Hardanger fiddle Kringom.no 08.30–10.00 Festival breakfast Festplassen, Førde Free entry DAY PASS • Supported by the Førde Traditional and World There are services to and from Oslo, ComboNations 10.30-11.00 Festival parade from Førdehuset to Elvetorget Free entry KR 800 TICKET Music Festival Bergen,Ålesund and Trondheim. 11.00-11.45 Music in town Torgscena, Elvetorget Free entry Førde Conference 2017 500/400*/100** www.mokurset.no The Day pass Saturday provides Ferry: fjord1.no 12.00-13.00 Ingfrid Breie Nyhus and Knut Buen Haarklousalen, Førde Kulturskule 230/140/50 Nordic Identity – admission these four concerts *price with Festival pass 13.00-13.20 Meet the artist: Tinariwen Utstillingssalen, Førdehuset Free entry Mokurset is arranged by on Saturday, July 8 **price with Youth/student pass Creative Enterprise In Development the Sogn og Fjordane Folkmusic Group Nordic Sounds! 13.00-13.30 706 m.o.h.: Bitori Hafstadfjellet 170/110/50 incl. bus (value kr 1440): (Value: kr 740) TICKET OFFICE IN FØRDEHUSET: 14.00-15.00 Fargana Qasimova Ensemble Teatersalen, Førdehuset 230/140/50 Thursday, July 6, 2017; 10.00 – 16.30 Opening hours: The Nordic musical landscape is a colourfull complexity of traditions and expressions. This year, the festival theme 14.00–15.00 “På hogg og belegg” – Sigmund Eikås and his music Festsalen, Førdehuset 230/140/50 emphasises our Nordic roots in the largest concert production of recent years, Nordic Sound Folk Orchestra. In Monday – Tuesday: 9am–8pm 15.00-15.20 Meet the artist: Fargana Qasimova Utstillingssalen, Førdehuset Free entry Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa 3.30pm Tinariwen 11pm Nordic Club Wednesday: 9am–10pm addition, we fill more than 30 festival arenas with music and rhytms from the entire world, and give people of all ages 15.30-16.30 Tinariwen Festplassen, Førde 330/---/50 The world has never been smaller. Technology is digital, 5pm Sigrid Moldestad, 11pm Afro-Caribbean dance Thursday – Saturday: 9am–midnight the musical experience of a lifetime! 15.30-16.30 Atterljomen - Sulheim / Odde / Brimi Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule 230/140/50 “Samuline” – frå fela flyg din song Sunday: 10am–6pm 17.00-18.00 Sigrid Moldestad: “SAMULINE - frå fela flyg din song” Storsalen, Førdehuset 270/170/50 economy global, and rapid change creates tension. Not 11pm Nordic Club Nordic Sound Folk Orchestra NO/SE/FI/DK Tinariwen ML The Klezmatics US Ricardo Ribeiro PT 18.15-18.35 Meet the artist: Sigrid Moldestad Utstillingssalen, Førdehuset Free entry everyone welcomes globalisation. If the world and Europe Fargana Qasimova 11pm Afro-Caribbean dance Telephone ticket office: 46 90 50 10 Bulgarian Voices Angelite BG Titi Robin Trio FR Mokoomba ZW Félix Lajkó Trio HU Folk All-in Band SE 18.30–19.30 Garden Party on the Roof: Titi Robin Trio S&Fj Kunstmuseum 230/140/50 seems too big, and Norway too small, then perhaps 18.30-19.30 Talent 2017 Teatersalen, Førdehuset 230/140/50 Scandinavia is kind of about right. Is there a common Mamadou Diabaté BF Väsen SE Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre ES Molsky’s Mountain Drifters US NB! Errors and omissions excepted. 20.30-22.00 Festival Gala Idrettshallen, Førdehuset 370/---/50 Nordic culture – in language, art and culture – that creates Meet the artist Annbjørg Lien & Roger Tallroth NO/SE Bitori CV Lena Willemark/Berit Opheim/Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman 22.30-00.30 Dance at Førdehuset Festsalen, Førdehuset 180 (Manual sale) Location: Utstillingssalen (Exhibition SE/NO/FI Ingfrid Breie Nyhus/Knut Buen NO Dàimh GB Baltic Crossing FI/DK/GB Casuarina BR a basis for creative enterprise? How do we collaborate in Prenteverk Natvik Print: 23.00-02.00 Nordic club Klubbscena, SSH 370/230/50 Room), Førdehuset 23.00–02.30 Afro-Caribbean dance party Festivalsalen, SSH 4. floor 370/230/50 Scandinavia, what kind of political priorities exist? And PARTNERS: Asere CU La Porteña Tango Trio & Eugenia Giordano AR Fargana Qasimova Ensemble AZ how do we go about developing a Nordic fellowship? “Meet the artist” is a series of conversations Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band DK Sulheim/Odde/Brimi - Atterljomen NO Sigrid Moldestad Sunday 9. July Parliamentary President Olemic Thommessen and with chosen festival artists. Admission is med vener NO Elle Márjá Eira Trio NO ComboNations IR/SN/IN/MR/CI/NO Gabriel Fliflet/Berit OpheimNO 10.00–14.30 Sunday trip to Gaularfjellet (Mount Gaular) Utsikten, Gaularfjellet 270/170/50 incl. bus free, and you are welcome to bring along several other good speakers participate with insight Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag NO Javid Afsari Rad Trio IR/NO Kouame Sereba CI/NO Gro Marie Svidal 11.00–12.30 Lutheran Religious Service Førde church Free entry refreshments from the café. 11.30-12.30 Annbjørg Lien and Roger Tallroth Teatersalen, Førdehuset 230/140/50 and reflection, including Director of Arts Council Norway NO Erlend Apneseth NO Vetle Springgard NO Martin Myhr NO Synnøve Bjørset NO Linda Gytri NO Kristin Danielsen, on developing creative enterprises; 12.00–13.30 Samba in the mountains: Casuarina Rytne gard, Bygstad 270/170/50 incl. bus Friday, July 7 Talent 2017 CU/CO/NO Sverre Indris Joner NO Hilde Fjerdingøy NO Hamid Sakhizada AF Aissa Tobi MA/ 13.00-14.30 Family Sunday Festsalen, Førdehuset Free entry professor og past Director of the Language Council of 11.30-11.50 Elle Márjá Eira 15.00-16.00 The Klezmatics Idrettshallen, Førdehuset 330/---/50 Organisasjon for NO Indre Sunnfjord spelemannslag NO Ingunn Bjørgo og Åsmund Reistad NO Jigme Drukpa BT Norway, Sylfest Lomheim, on linguistic fellowship. 14.30-14.50 Karl-Johan Ankarblom folkemusikk og folkedans 17.00-18.30 Väsen Sunnfjord museum, Movika 270/170/50 incl. bus Minister for a series of government departments in and Jorun Marie Kvernberg Jorun Marie Kvernberg NO Kari Malmanger NO Ole Nilssen NO Øyvind Hegg-Lunde NO Pucylo Ill: Piotr gasta.no 17.30-19.00 Titi Robin Trio Klokkargarden, Dale 270/170/50 incl. bus Denmark over the years, Betel Haarder, on how mutual 17.30-17.50 Javid Afsari Rad Hilde Marie Holsen NO Vidar Underseth NO Torill Steinjord NO Dagfrid Vallestad Brevik NO 18.00–19.40 Festival film: Virgin Mountain Lisjesalen, Førdehuset 100 (Reception Førdehuset) Nordic linguistic understanding can create a more robust Saturday, July 8 Polka med støyt NO Vrang NO Labakkalaget NO Design: FH = Førdehuset, SSH = Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa. Nordic community. 13.00-13.20 Tinariwen Idrettshallen: Seating in the tribunes and gallery is open and unnumbered. Surcharge for reserved seating in zones A, B and C: kr 50. 15.00-15.20 Fargana Qasimova Seating in the tribune and gallery is open (unnumbered) kr 50,- Registration and information: www.fordefestival.no 18.15-18.35 Sigrid Moldestad *Registration for the Førde Conference - see fordefestival.no 17.00 – 18.30 Baltic Crossing of their song treasures. Let the compelling song in the her own way of presenting the intricate and diverse 18.30 – 19.30 Talent 2017 NEW PRODUCTION THURSDAY, JULY 6 FRIDAY, JULY 7 Håjen kafé, Naustdal beautiful church nave fulfil you, and follow you out into the Azerbaijan Mugham traditions. Her interpretations of the Teatersalen, Førdehuset Nordic and Celtic traditions form the framework for Baltic summer night! old songs and stories reflect the age we live in. Close An international talent project with nine young musical PROGRAM 2017 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! Crossing’s energetic and enthusiastic music. These brilliant your eyes and let this powerful music carry you far off talents from Cuba, Colombia and Norway. Only six days Ytre Hafstad kindergarten, Førde Vieåsen kindergarten, Tussero musicians exude exuberance and joy, thickly smeared with Dáimh somewhere to the East. after they first met, they are ready to give you salsa and Enjoy an exotic festival morning respite with Aissa Tobi fun and wit. Håjen Kafé is the perfect setting when Baltic springar, cumbia and halling, and perhaps even music you WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 Join us for a fresh and exotic outdoor morning gathering, 14.00 – 15.00 “På hogg og belegg” and his songs, rhythms and dances from Morocco! Crossing stages its first concert at the Førde Festival! Bus NEW have never heard before. Musical leadership: Sverre Indris with Aissa Tobi and his songs, rhythms and dances from – Sigmund Eikås and his music 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! Age: From 3 years and up. Free admission from Førdehuset at 16.30, returning at 18.30 (included in CD RELEASE PRODUCTION Joner and Hilde Fjerdingøy. The project is a collaboration Morocco! Age: From 3 years and up. Festsalen, Førdehuset Solsida kindergarten, Haugum the ticket price.) Sale of local food. with Kulturtanken, with support from the Norwegian Annbjørg Lien & Roger Tallroth 09.00 – 09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Sigmund Eikås’ contribution to folk music has been Join us for a fresh and exotic outdoor morning gathering, 09.00 – 09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thon Hotel Førde 18.00 – 18.40 Children’s concert. celebrated with a series of prizes. On the occasion of his with Aissa Tobi and his songs, rhythms and dances from Thon Hotel Førde 11.30 – 12.30 Annbjørg Lien and Roger Tallroth Start the day with a dance! Andreea Tereschenco invites Den standhaftige tinnsoldat 70th birthday, the festival has taken the initiative of both Morocco! Age: From 3 years and up.Admission: free. Start the day with a dance! Andreea Tereschenco invites Teatersalen, Førdehuset you to good Latino, simple dance moves and morning you to good Latino, simple dance moves and morning Festsalen, Førdehuset recording an album and a setting up a festival concert Casuarina Two of Scandinavia’s leading folk musicians, together! 16.00 – 19.00 In the great outdoors coffee. Open to all. coffee. Open to all. Vrang likes to twist and turn its music – and loves fairy with his best compositions. A collaboration between the Annbjørg Lien, with her superb fiddling and multiple Halbrendstølen 10.30 – 11.15 Music in town stories. Using folk music, dance and an abundance of record label Ta:lik, and performers from Sunnfjord who had international awards, meets Roger Tallroth, guitarist of The festival and Barnas Turlag invite you on a nature walk, 10.00 – 16.30 Førde conference 2017: Torgscena, Elvetorget fantasy, they take us into H. C. Andersen’s classic fairy tale Sigmund as their master-teacher and motivator: Erlend top class, who is well known from the group Väsen, with with food and a concert from Kouame Sereba from the Nordic Identity – Creative Enterprise in Development Experience the festival atmosphere with excerpts from Den standhaftige tinnsoldat, about a soldier who falls in Apneseth, Synnøve S. Bjørset, Gro Marie Svidal, Vidar its innovative techniques and surprising arrangements. Ivory Coast. Kouame is well-known for his magical ability Amfi Eikaas, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa the concert program. Free admission. love with a ballerina, and does everything for love! Underseth, Dagfrid Vallestad Brevik og Indre Sunnfjord Together, they create a playful expression in their music. to mesmerise his audience – regardless of age! The tour In 2017, Norway has chairmanship of the Nordic Council Age: from 6 years. Spelemannslag. We will also hear some good stories from 12.00 – 13.00 Arvesølvet A proper pearl on this Sunday morning. starts and finishes at Reset in Halbrendslia. Bring along a of Ministers. One area of endeavour during this period is Sigmund himself, in conversation with Jostein Aardal. NEW 18.00 – 19.00 Meeting with the master singers: 23.00 – 02.00 Friday party: Dáimh and Folk All-in Band Høgsalen, Sogn and Fjordane PRODUCTION 12.00 – 13.30 Samba in the mountains: Casuarina seat pad and some food for grilling over open flame. creative enterprise. Is there such a thing as a common, Festplassen Kunstmuseum (art museum) Willemark-Opheim- Pirttijärvi Rytne Gard, Bygstad Age: Suitable for all ages. Nordic culture? How should we collaborate in Scandinavia Tonight, we celebrate the close relationship between Tinariwen today? What are the political priorities? Just how do What does it sound like when four musicians from Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule Samba rhythms from the world’s metropole, Rio de 17.30 – 18.00 Maja Birkeland: “Our common things” - Take your seat under the chandeliers in Haarklousalen, Nordic and Celtic folk music. If you are a fan of Irish we develop a Nordic fellowship? Read more about the different places and perspectives interpret the sounds of Janeiro, at the foot of the majestic Storehesten mountain! Sogn og Fjordane Art Gallery OPENING! music, you will love Dáimh, who were recently voted “Folk the past? We challenged Erlend Apnseth, Linda Gytri, Hilde and enjoy the beautiful vocals of three Nordic ladies of Casuarina’s version of the Brazilian samba tradition is Maja Birkeland works with textile, text, sculpture and conference on the next page! Band of the Year” in Scotland. These European festival Marie Holsen and Øyvind Hegg-Lunde to go through our song. From Sweden, we have Lena Willemark, a creative tight, soft and rhythmic. The abundant joyful expression installation. During this year’s festival, she presents works favourites play Scottish trad so it really swings. They do 11.00 – 11.45 Music in town musical archives and create their very own expression, singer and composer who never tires of testing and in their playing won them the prize for the best samba at 3 different locations, all of which are devoted to the all this tonight, admirably helped by the Swedish folk Torgscena, Elvetorget. inspired by what they found there. Can they create that breaking down barriers. The same can be said of Berit 20.30 – 22.00 Festival Gala group in their homeland, and made them favourites on ideas of identity, past, present and future. Produced in big-band Folk All-In band, supremely led by Karl Johan Selected festival artists present titbits form the festival special sound of the fjord region? Opheim of Norway, and Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman from Idrettshallen, Førdehuset international festival stages.. Bus from Førdehuset at collaboration with Sogn and Fjordane Art Gallery, Førde program. Free admission. Sapmi/Finland, whose voices never fail to impress. This is Ankarblom. With a whole row of brass instruments and all Some of the finest musicians from the entire globe stand Elle Márjá Eira 11.15, returning after the concert. Sale of food and drink. Municipality and Sunnfjord Museum. vocal art at its very best. the rest as well, they deliver one big song after another. If ready to provide you with a Saturday evening of supreme 17.30 – 18.30 Sunniva no you still doubt whether Nordic folk music can make it, you 13.00 – 14.30 Family Sunday 18.30 – 20.10 Festival Film: Virgin Mountain quality. La Porteña Tango Trio, Casuarina, Xabier Díaz & Ungdomshuset Viking 18.00 – 19.00 ComboNations haven’t heard Folk All-In Band! In the case of bad weather, Førdehuset, outside and inside Lisjesalen, Førdehuset Adufeiras de Salitre, The Klezmatics, Elle Márjá Eira Trio, A lively and topical performance of dance, based on the Teatersalen, Førdehuset the concert will be moved to Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Welcome, both young and old, who might like to A beautiful and personal account of well-meaning, but Fargana Qasimova Ensemble, Mamadou Diabaté and Folk well-known legend of the princess Sunniva, who fled from With ComboNations, Iranian Javid Afsai Rad has brought Spa. experience music, songs and dance from all the world’s slightly naïve, Fusi, an overweight, middle-aged man who All-in Band. Host ceremonies: Annbjørg Lien. The doors Ireland and ended up in Selje in Norway. See description together the cream of immigrant musicians in Norway, 15.30 – 16.30 Tinariwen corners. Free admission. Detailed program on fordefestival. still lives in his childhood room. Icelandic. Winner of the open at 19.45. Please come early to ensure orderly entry for Wednesday, 19.00 all of whom are virtuosos on their own instruments: Solo Festplassen no, Facebook, and on posters in Førdehuset. The café and Nordic Council’s film prize for 2015. In collaboration with and that the concert can begin on time. Cissokho, Harpreet Bansal, Aissa Tobi, Adrian Fiskum Myhr, SATURDAY, JULY 8 The world leaders of the genre “desert blues” take the library are open. Kino Førde. Diom de Kossa and Jai Shankar. Together, they probe and stage in Førde! Tinariwen come from Mali, but their history 22.30 – 00.30 Dance at Førdehuset NEW develop novel musical expressions, combining elements from 08.30 – 10.00 Festival breakfast starts in the military camps of Libya in the 1980’s. They 19.00 – 20.00 Sunniva no PRODUCTION Festsalen, Førdehuset The Klezmatics 13.30 – 14.30 Elle Márjá Eira Trio India, the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Iran, Senegal and Norway. Festplassen sang about respect and freedom for a whole generation Ungdomshuset Viking Time to hit the dance floor – it’s Saturday evening, after Teatersalen, Førdehuset ComboNations is the sound of our multicultural nation! Kokkenes Meisterlaug, Bondens Marknad Førde and the of Tuaregs. Through their music, the world has seen a Assisted by director Mette Brantzeg, musician and all. Indre Sunnfjord Spelemannslag and Labakkalaget Elle Márjá is a multi-artist, originally from Kautokeino. festival invite you to a free breakfast in the park! Enjoy glimpse of the Tuareg culture. This year they released a composer Gro Marie Svidal has turned the legend of the provide the music! A ticket to the Festival Gala provides She has long been recognised as one of Sápmi’s foremost a buffet-style meal with good food and drink, and – of new, critic-acclaimed album, and now you can experience princess Sunniva, who fled from Ireland and came to Selje Mokoomba free admission. in Norway, into a vital and pertinent exhibition of dance concert artists, and is known for her ability to spell-bind course – live breakfast music! There will be benches and their vibrant blues rhythms from the African deserts, all her public with her personal joik and video art. tables, but to be on the safe side you might like to take within beautiful Jølstra. and music that creates associations to the problems Folk All-in Band 23.00 – 02.00 Nordic Club your own stool. If the weather is bad, the breakfast will be of faith vs. doubt, and the plight of the refugee. Under 13.30 – 14.30 Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band Klubbscena, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa held under the roof of the city hall, at Langebrutorget. 15.30 – 16.30 Atterljomen – Sulheim/Odde/Brimi the scenographic direction of Erik Annar Evensen, the 19.30 – 21.00 Opening concert: Pikant Restaurant & Bar Club host Gabriel Fliflet has the honour of collecting the NEW Haarklousalen, Førde Kulturskule delineation between stage and public is all but eradicated. Nordic Sound Folk Orchestra PRODUCTION Harald Haugaard has been described as a “charismatic 10.30 – 11.00 Festival parade cream of Nordic groups for a lively and cosy sojourn in our 15.00 – 16.00 The Klezmatics Astrid Sulheim, Bjørn Kåre B. Odde and Aslak O. Brimi, Idrettshallen, Førdehuset virtuoso” (The Strad), and is one of the most international From Førdehuset to Elvetorget newest arena! Tonight’s musical guests are Baltic Crossing, Idrettshallen, Førdehuset 20.00 – 21.30 Fado club three of this country’s finest fiddlers, all from an unlikely With a 40-person-strong folk music orchestra and a and demanded musicians of his generation. He combines The sounds of all the world’s folk music reverberate Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band, Väsen and Fliflet/ The world-renowned, Grammy-winning superstars of the with Ricardo Ribeiro musical mountain region. Lom is situated up near star-studded team of performers on the stage, we the playful and delicate with the furious and challenging. through Førde as the festival artists parade from Opheim. Klezmer tradition celebrate their 30-year anniversary Cellar, Gloppen Hotel, Jotunheimen, and for generations, highly competent welcome you to the grandest folk music party of recent Together with folk singer Helene Blum he plays poetic, Førdehuset to Torgscena at Elvetorget. here in Førde! With their songs of refugees and workers’ Sandane captivating and modern folk music from wonderful Denmark! fiddlers have lived there and put down deep roots. This rights, of a better world and a better future, they have times. The program includes the world-premiere of music 11.00 – 11.45 Music in town ASERE Join us in the world of concert examines one of them, Sjugurd Garmo, who was challenged authorities and inspired future generations composed by Jorun Marie Kvernberg (NO), Antti Järvelä 15.00 – 16.00 Félix Lajkó Trio Torgscena, Elvetorget fados with Ricardo Bibeiro, a master of distinctive and remarkable melodies that can – and promoted the eastern-European Jewish music. (FI), Harald Haugaard (DK) and Mia Marin (SE), and pearls Festsalen, Førdehuset Musical treats from this year’s program. the hottest name on the enchant you. Yiddish music was on the way to oblivion, but has now of traditional Nordic music in new form by musicians “The devil’s fiddler” and “Volvodina’s Paganini”, natural Free admission Portuguese fado scene experienced a happy renaissance during the last two of Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag, Folk All-in Band, talent Félix Lajkó from Hungary is a virtuoso of the fiddle Ricardo Ribeiro just now! His voice is 19.30 – 20.30 Mokoomba 12.00 – 13.00 Ingfrid Breie Nyhus and Knut Buen decades, not least thanks to the world’s best Klezmer Baltic Crossing, Harald Haugaard Band and soloists Lena and zither. He is not concerned with labels. He plays and Sigrid Moldestad perfect for projecting the Idrettshallen, Førdehuset Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule band, The Klezmatics! Willemark (SE), Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman (FI), Berit Opheim composes, and creates his own “music without borders”. inner passions of longing and love, the very essences of Youthful energy from the very heart of Africa! With their Master fiddler and story teller, Knut Buen, and pianist (NO), Olav Luksengård Mjelva (NO) and Olov Johansson The Félix Lajkó Trio is in a class of its own, and you should fado, also known as Portuguese blues. The local food and brand-new album, Luyando, the popular stars in Mokoomba Ingfrid Breie Nyhus explore the repertoar of Slåttepiano (SE). Directed by K.J. Ankarblom. Official opening by look forward to it – you have almost certainly not heard its from Zimbabwe go right to the core of their music: the (2015), in which Breie Nyhus delivers new and refreshing 23.00 – 02.30 Afro-Caribbean dance party drink from the hotel’s tasty menu complements the music Parliamentary President Olemic Thomessen. The doors like before! local musical traditions of their home town, Victoria Falls. interpretations of tunes that inspired Grieg when he Festivalsalen, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa perfectly! open at 18.45, and please come early so you can find a 15.00 – 16.00 La Porteña Tango Trio Mokoomba celebrates the Zambesi River, which runs composed Opus 72. Knut Buen provides his own versions The top floor of the Scandic is the place to be when the seat and we can start on time! 20.00 – 21.30 La Porteña Tango Trio Klubbscena, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa through five countries and is a symbol of the melting pot of the songs, and not least, his own anecdotes. dancer in you wants to enjoy the best summer night of Haavebua, Florø 21.30 – 23.30 Dance at Førdehuset La Porteña Tango Trio features a superb singer and an of cultures and complexities in Africa. The music flows like them all. Experience funana, son, salsa and several Afro- La Porteña Tango Trio is one of the foremost ambassadors Festsalen, Førdehuset equally superb pair of dancers. See the description for the river. The songs enlighten. You feel the rhythm and Latin rhythms when we let loose Bitori from Cape Verde, of the Argentinian tango tradition. Led by guitarist Time to set those feet a’dancing! Ingunn Bjørgo and Wednesday 20.00. the irrepressible energy. This is music for body and soul. Asere from Cuba and Mamadou Diabaté from Burkina Faso. Alejandro Picciano, they bring an elegant modernity to Åsmund Reistad and Polka med støyt, play authentic Festival joy of the highest order – nothing has been left to the tango sound. Elegance is also the keyword for singer 21.00 – 23.30 Dance in Førdehuset chance! Minimum age: 20 years. Väsen Norwegian dance music. A festival pass or ticket to the Xabier Díaz Eugenia Giordano, and not least the dancers Damián opening concert provide free admission. Festsalen, Førdehuset 17.00 – 18.00 Sigrid Moldestad: Roezgás og Amira Luna. The setting could just as readily Swing with the best of traditional dance music! Tonight, NEW 17.00 – 18.30 Väsen 22.00 – 23.30 Fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro “SAMULINE - frå fela flyg din song” PRODUCTION have been a bar in Buenos Aires. La Porteña Tango Trio it’s the turn of Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag, and SUNDAY, JULY 9 Sunnfjord Museum, outdoors concert (in Serjantløa in Storsalen, Førdehuset hold a concert in Førde on Friday. Hugleik, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa Ingunn Bjørgo and Åsmund Reistad. A festival pass or case of rain) Ten years after TAUS, Sigrid Moldestad again comes to Join us in a fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro, one of the ticket to Mokoomba provide free admission. 10.00 – 14.30 Sunday trip to Gaularfjellet (Mount Put three eminent musicians, a five-stringed viola, a 20.30 – 21.30 Molsky’s Mountain Drifters the Førde Traditional and World Music Festival with a hottest names on the Portuguese fado scene! See Gaular) twelve-stringed guitar and a nyckelharpa, and you have Club Scene, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa 21.00 – 22.30 Columbi Egg new concert performance. “I´ll never be done with the description for Wednesday, 20.00. The hotel can also offer Bitori Guided tour to the lookout on Mount Gaular Väsen, the flagship of Swedish folk music for the last 27 Bruce Molsky, one of the most sought-after fiddlers Restaurant Hugleik, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa stories of Samuline Seljeset and the other woman fiddlers tasty local food menu. This is a genuine west-Norwegian tradition, the Sunday years. Their harmonies are virtuoso and creative, and the from the USA, has the honour of playing the very first Gabriel Fliflet has been looking forward to this for a whole 13.00 – 13.30 706 m.o.h. – Bitori from home. On the contrary, their stories are for me more trip. We invite you on a guided trip over Gaularfjellvegen, music varied and supremely beautiful. Warning: danger concert at Førde’s brand-new club scene. He is a master 23.00 – 02.00 Summer year – to move the Columbi Egg to Førde again, during his Hafstadfjellet, 706 metres above sea level. important than ever” she says. Sigrid will have a star- one of Norway’s national tourist routes! When we come of goose bumps! Sale of coffee and snacks. Bus from of banjo, guitar and vocals, and performs both alone and night at Jølster 16.30 – 17.30 Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre – The “holiday”. Tonight, he’s back in his usual habitat, Hugleik, Funana is the music that was banned in Cape Verde right studded line of musicians and guests with her on stage. to the spectacular lookout, there will be an exclusive Førdehuset at 16.40, returning to Førdehuset at 18.30 with musicians from the entire world, including many Jølstramuseet, Vassenden Tambourine Man where it will both be crowded and intimate as he invites up to its independence in 1975, and Bitori is the band Direction and choreography: Arvid Ones og Hilde Sol Erdal. musical performance by Jigme Drukpa from Bhutan, from Norway. With the trio Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, he The magical atmosphere the following guests: Casuarina, Jorun Marie (included in the price). Storsalen, Førdehuset that made it known to the rest of the world. And now Angus MacKenzie from Scotland and Kari Malmanger from cultivates his great love of the evocative and lively folk of Jølstramuseet is the Kvernberg, Félix Lajkó duo and perhaps even more. 17.30 – 19.00 Titi Robin Trio Musician, composer, researcher and singer Xabier they are keen to take that same music right to the top of 18.30 – 19.30 Garden Party on the Roof: Titi Robin Trio Norway. You may purchase lunch from the local menu music from the Appalachian Mountains, and delivers an perfect setting for acoustic Løa i Klokkargarden, Dale Ole Nilssen Díaz abandoned a career as a well-known vocalist to 21.30 – 22.30 Bulgarian Voices Angelite Hafstadfjellet. Indre Sunnfjord Turlag will be your guide. The roof terrace, Sogn and Fjordane Kunstmuseum (Art (cash only) at the top. In collaboration with Sunnfjord authentic sound that convert pearls in the barn, A French musical personality and string-legend you simply play the Galician tambourine, Pandeireta Galega. The Førde church Bus at 10.30 from Langebrutorget, followed by a two-hour Museum) Utvikling. Bus from Førdehuset at 10.00, returning to goes right to the heart! the Strandstova, and in the Eldhuset. Artists: Xabier Díaz have to experience! See the description for Saturday, 18.30. Tambourine Man is a meeting between this instrument, For more than 25 years, the vocal ensemble Angelite walk to the summit. After the concert, we walk back to From France, Titi Robin is a rare musical personality. He is Førdehuset at 14.30 at the latest. (trio); Javid Afsari Rad Trio; Ole Nilssen; Talent performers After the concert, we the Moorish square drum, aduf, and seven female singers has been the dominant exponents of the most famous Bruland and take the bus back to town. deeply inspired by the Roma and Arabic cultures, and plays Bus from Førdehuset at 16.15, returning at 19.00 (included take a down to earth from Cuba, Colombia and Norway; Hamid Sakhizada and and percussionists in Adufeiras de Salitre. Díaz gives old the oud, guitar and bouzouki, and loves to improvise. His 11.00 – 12.30 Lutheran Religious Service in the price). Sale of food and drink. and respected song style in international folk music – 14.00 – 15.00 Fargana Qasimova Ensemble “scene-side chat” about Molsky’s Mountain Drifters. Indre Sunnfjord spellemanslag Galician lullabies and folk songs a new interpretation, and music is about themes we often find hard to express – our Førde church polyphonic, Bulgarian female song. With razor-sharp Teatersalen, Førdehuset 18.00 – 19.40 Festival film: Virgin Mountain will perform outdoor. Sale of food and drink. There will has mastered the art of combining the beauty of a song lonely souls, truth, love. Look forward to a magical meeting A religious service with musical accompaniment by Talent the festival program with precision and tonality, the 20 singers in Angelite express During the years she toured with her father, world- Lisjesalen, Førdehuset be a bus from Førdehuset at 22.15, returning at 02.00 with its rhythms, music and the aesthetic – an experience with a true string artist! Titi Robin trio has a concert in 2017, consisting of musicians from Cuba, Colombia and Director Hilde Bjørkum. the characteristic harmonies and beautiful melody lines renowned Alim Qasimov,Fargana Qasimova developed Icelandic. See the description for Wednesday, 18.30. Molsky’s Mountain Drifters (included in the ticket). you will long remember! Dale on Sunday. Norway. 17.00 – 18.30 Baltic Crossing of their song treasures. Let the compelling song in the her own way of presenting the intricate and diverse 18.30 – 19.30 Talent 2017 NEW PRODUCTION THURSDAY, JULY 6 FRIDAY, JULY 7 Håjen kafé, Naustdal beautiful church nave fulfil you, and follow you out into the Azerbaijan Mugham traditions. Her interpretations of the Teatersalen, Førdehuset Nordic and Celtic traditions form the framework for Baltic summer night! old songs and stories reflect the age we live in. Close An international talent project with nine young musical PROGRAM 2017 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! Crossing’s energetic and enthusiastic music. These brilliant your eyes and let this powerful music carry you far off talents from Cuba, Colombia and Norway. Only six days Ytre Hafstad kindergarten, Førde Vieåsen kindergarten, Tussero musicians exude exuberance and joy, thickly smeared with Dáimh somewhere to the East. after they first met, they are ready to give you salsa and Enjoy an exotic festival morning respite with Aissa Tobi fun and wit. Håjen Kafé is the perfect setting when Baltic springar, cumbia and halling, and perhaps even music you WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 Join us for a fresh and exotic outdoor morning gathering, 14.00 – 15.00 “På hogg og belegg” and his songs, rhythms and dances from Morocco! Crossing stages its first concert at the Førde Festival! Bus NEW have never heard before. Musical leadership: Sverre Indris with Aissa Tobi and his songs, rhythms and dances from – Sigmund Eikås and his music 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! Age: From 3 years and up. Free admission from Førdehuset at 16.30, returning at 18.30 (included in CD RELEASE PRODUCTION Joner and Hilde Fjerdingøy. The project is a collaboration Morocco! Age: From 3 years and up. Festsalen, Førdehuset Solsida kindergarten, Haugum the ticket price.) Sale of local food. with Kulturtanken, with support from the Norwegian Annbjørg Lien & Roger Tallroth 09.00 – 09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Sigmund Eikås’ contribution to folk music has been Join us for a fresh and exotic outdoor morning gathering, 09.00 – 09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thon Hotel Førde 18.00 – 18.40 Children’s concert. celebrated with a series of prizes. On the occasion of his with Aissa Tobi and his songs, rhythms and dances from Thon Hotel Førde 11.30 – 12.30 Annbjørg Lien and Roger Tallroth Start the day with a dance! Andreea Tereschenco invites Den standhaftige tinnsoldat 70th birthday, the festival has taken the initiative of both Morocco! Age: From 3 years and up.Admission: free. Start the day with a dance! Andreea Tereschenco invites Teatersalen, Førdehuset you to good Latino, simple dance moves and morning you to good Latino, simple dance moves and morning Festsalen, Førdehuset recording an album and a setting up a festival concert Casuarina Two of Scandinavia’s leading folk musicians, together! 16.00 – 19.00 In the great outdoors coffee. Open to all. coffee. Open to all. Vrang likes to twist and turn its music – and loves fairy with his best compositions. A collaboration between the Annbjørg Lien, with her superb fiddling and multiple Halbrendstølen 10.30 – 11.15 Music in town stories. Using folk music, dance and an abundance of record label Ta:lik, and performers from Sunnfjord who had international awards, meets Roger Tallroth, guitarist of The festival and Barnas Turlag invite you on a nature walk, 10.00 – 16.30 Førde conference 2017: Torgscena, Elvetorget fantasy, they take us into H. C. Andersen’s classic fairy tale Sigmund as their master-teacher and motivator: Erlend top class, who is well known from the group Väsen, with with food and a concert from Kouame Sereba from the Nordic Identity – Creative Enterprise in Development Experience the festival atmosphere with excerpts from Den standhaftige tinnsoldat, about a soldier who falls in Apneseth, Synnøve S. Bjørset, Gro Marie Svidal, Vidar its innovative techniques and surprising arrangements. Ivory Coast. Kouame is well-known for his magical ability Amfi Eikaas, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa the concert program. Free admission. love with a ballerina, and does everything for love! Underseth, Dagfrid Vallestad Brevik og Indre Sunnfjord Together, they create a playful expression in their music. to mesmerise his audience – regardless of age! The tour In 2017, Norway has chairmanship of the Nordic Council Age: from 6 years. Spelemannslag. We will also hear some good stories from 12.00 – 13.00 Arvesølvet A proper pearl on this Sunday morning. starts and finishes at Reset in Halbrendslia. Bring along a of Ministers. One area of endeavour during this period is Sigmund himself, in conversation with Jostein Aardal. NEW 18.00 – 19.00 Meeting with the master singers: 23.00 – 02.00 Friday party: Dáimh and Folk All-in Band Høgsalen, Sogn and Fjordane PRODUCTION 12.00 – 13.30 Samba in the mountains: Casuarina seat pad and some food for grilling over open flame. creative enterprise. Is there such a thing as a common, Festplassen Kunstmuseum (art museum) Willemark-Opheim- Pirttijärvi Rytne Gard, Bygstad Age: Suitable for all ages. Nordic culture? How should we collaborate in Scandinavia Tonight, we celebrate the close relationship between Tinariwen today? What are the political priorities? Just how do What does it sound like when four musicians from Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule Samba rhythms from the world’s metropole, Rio de 17.30 – 18.00 Maja Birkeland: “Our common things” - Take your seat under the chandeliers in Haarklousalen, Nordic and Celtic folk music. If you are a fan of Irish we develop a Nordic fellowship? Read more about the different places and perspectives interpret the sounds of Janeiro, at the foot of the majestic Storehesten mountain! Sogn og Fjordane Art Gallery OPENING! music, you will love Dáimh, who were recently voted “Folk the past? We challenged Erlend Apnseth, Linda Gytri, Hilde and enjoy the beautiful vocals of three Nordic ladies of Casuarina’s version of the Brazilian samba tradition is Maja Birkeland works with textile, text, sculpture and conference on the next page! Band of the Year” in Scotland. These European festival Marie Holsen and Øyvind Hegg-Lunde to go through our song. From Sweden, we have Lena Willemark, a creative tight, soft and rhythmic. The abundant joyful expression installation. During this year’s festival, she presents works favourites play Scottish trad so it really swings. They do 11.00 – 11.45 Music in town musical archives and create their very own expression, singer and composer who never tires of testing and in their playing won them the prize for the best samba at 3 different locations, all of which are devoted to the all this tonight, admirably helped by the Swedish folk Torgscena, Elvetorget. inspired by what they found there. Can they create that breaking down barriers. The same can be said of Berit 20.30 – 22.00 Festival Gala group in their homeland, and made them favourites on ideas of identity, past, present and future. Produced in big-band Folk All-In band, supremely led by Karl Johan Selected festival artists present titbits form the festival special sound of the fjord region? Opheim of Norway, and Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman from Idrettshallen, Førdehuset international festival stages.. Bus from Førdehuset at collaboration with Sogn and Fjordane Art Gallery, Førde program. Free admission. Sapmi/Finland, whose voices never fail to impress. This is Ankarblom. With a whole row of brass instruments and all Some of the finest musicians from the entire globe stand Elle Márjá Eira 11.15, returning after the concert. Sale of food and drink. Municipality and Sunnfjord Museum. vocal art at its very best. the rest as well, they deliver one big song after another. If ready to provide you with a Saturday evening of supreme 17.30 – 18.30 Sunniva no you still doubt whether Nordic folk music can make it, you 13.00 – 14.30 Family Sunday 18.30 – 20.10 Festival Film: Virgin Mountain quality. La Porteña Tango Trio, Casuarina, Xabier Díaz & Ungdomshuset Viking 18.00 – 19.00 ComboNations haven’t heard Folk All-In Band! In the case of bad weather, Førdehuset, outside and inside Lisjesalen, Førdehuset Adufeiras de Salitre, The Klezmatics, Elle Márjá Eira Trio, A lively and topical performance of dance, based on the Teatersalen, Førdehuset the concert will be moved to Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Welcome, both young and old, who might like to A beautiful and personal account of well-meaning, but Fargana Qasimova Ensemble, Mamadou Diabaté and Folk well-known legend of the princess Sunniva, who fled from With ComboNations, Iranian Javid Afsai Rad has brought Spa. experience music, songs and dance from all the world’s slightly naïve, Fusi, an overweight, middle-aged man who All-in Band. Host ceremonies: Annbjørg Lien. The doors Ireland and ended up in Selje in Norway. See description together the cream of immigrant musicians in Norway, 15.30 – 16.30 Tinariwen corners. Free admission. Detailed program on fordefestival. still lives in his childhood room. Icelandic. Winner of the open at 19.45. Please come early to ensure orderly entry for Wednesday, 19.00 all of whom are virtuosos on their own instruments: Solo Festplassen no, Facebook, and on posters in Førdehuset. The café and Nordic Council’s film prize for 2015. In collaboration with and that the concert can begin on time. Cissokho, Harpreet Bansal, Aissa Tobi, Adrian Fiskum Myhr, SATURDAY, JULY 8 The world leaders of the genre “desert blues” take the library are open. Kino Førde. Diom de Kossa and Jai Shankar. Together, they probe and stage in Førde! Tinariwen come from Mali, but their history 22.30 – 00.30 Dance at Førdehuset NEW develop novel musical expressions, combining elements from 08.30 – 10.00 Festival breakfast starts in the military camps of Libya in the 1980’s. They 19.00 – 20.00 Sunniva no PRODUCTION Festsalen, Førdehuset The Klezmatics 13.30 – 14.30 Elle Márjá Eira Trio India, the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Iran, Senegal and Norway. Festplassen sang about respect and freedom for a whole generation Ungdomshuset Viking Time to hit the dance floor – it’s Saturday evening, after Teatersalen, Førdehuset ComboNations is the sound of our multicultural nation! Kokkenes Meisterlaug, Bondens Marknad Førde and the of Tuaregs. Through their music, the world has seen a Assisted by director Mette Brantzeg, musician and all. Indre Sunnfjord Spelemannslag and Labakkalaget Elle Márjá is a multi-artist, originally from Kautokeino. festival invite you to a free breakfast in the park! Enjoy glimpse of the Tuareg culture. This year they released a composer Gro Marie Svidal has turned the legend of the provide the music! A ticket to the Festival Gala provides She has long been recognised as one of Sápmi’s foremost a buffet-style meal with good food and drink, and – of new, critic-acclaimed album, and now you can experience princess Sunniva, who fled from Ireland and came to Selje Mokoomba free admission. in Norway, into a vital and pertinent exhibition of dance concert artists, and is known for her ability to spell-bind course – live breakfast music! There will be benches and their vibrant blues rhythms from the African deserts, all her public with her personal joik and video art. tables, but to be on the safe side you might like to take within beautiful Jølstra. and music that creates associations to the problems Folk All-in Band 23.00 – 02.00 Nordic Club your own stool. If the weather is bad, the breakfast will be of faith vs. doubt, and the plight of the refugee. Under 13.30 – 14.30 Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band Klubbscena, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa held under the roof of the city hall, at Langebrutorget. 15.30 – 16.30 Atterljomen – Sulheim/Odde/Brimi the scenographic direction of Erik Annar Evensen, the 19.30 – 21.00 Opening concert: Pikant Restaurant & Bar Club host Gabriel Fliflet has the honour of collecting the NEW Haarklousalen, Førde Kulturskule delineation between stage and public is all but eradicated. Nordic Sound Folk Orchestra PRODUCTION Harald Haugaard has been described as a “charismatic 10.30 – 11.00 Festival parade cream of Nordic groups for a lively and cosy sojourn in our 15.00 – 16.00 The Klezmatics Astrid Sulheim, Bjørn Kåre B. Odde and Aslak O. Brimi, Idrettshallen, Førdehuset virtuoso” (The Strad), and is one of the most international From Førdehuset to Elvetorget newest arena! Tonight’s musical guests are Baltic Crossing, Idrettshallen, Førdehuset 20.00 – 21.30 Fado club three of this country’s finest fiddlers, all from an unlikely With a 40-person-strong folk music orchestra and a and demanded musicians of his generation. He combines The sounds of all the world’s folk music reverberate Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band, Väsen and Fliflet/ The world-renowned, Grammy-winning superstars of the with Ricardo Ribeiro musical mountain region. Lom is situated up near star-studded team of performers on the stage, we the playful and delicate with the furious and challenging. through Førde as the festival artists parade from Opheim. Klezmer tradition celebrate their 30-year anniversary Cellar, Gloppen Hotel, Jotunheimen, and for generations, highly competent welcome you to the grandest folk music party of recent Together with folk singer Helene Blum he plays poetic, Førdehuset to Torgscena at Elvetorget. here in Førde! With their songs of refugees and workers’ Sandane captivating and modern folk music from wonderful Denmark! fiddlers have lived there and put down deep roots. This rights, of a better world and a better future, they have times. The program includes the world-premiere of music 11.00 – 11.45 Music in town ASERE Join us in the world of concert examines one of them, Sjugurd Garmo, who was challenged authorities and inspired future generations composed by Jorun Marie Kvernberg (NO), Antti Järvelä 15.00 – 16.00 Félix Lajkó Trio Torgscena, Elvetorget fados with Ricardo Bibeiro, a master of distinctive and remarkable melodies that can – and promoted the eastern-European Jewish music. (FI), Harald Haugaard (DK) and Mia Marin (SE), and pearls Festsalen, Førdehuset Musical treats from this year’s program. the hottest name on the enchant you. Yiddish music was on the way to oblivion, but has now of traditional Nordic music in new form by musicians “The devil’s fiddler” and “Volvodina’s Paganini”, natural Free admission Portuguese fado scene experienced a happy renaissance during the last two of Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag, Folk All-in Band, talent Félix Lajkó from Hungary is a virtuoso of the fiddle Ricardo Ribeiro just now! His voice is 19.30 – 20.30 Mokoomba 12.00 – 13.00 Ingfrid Breie Nyhus and Knut Buen decades, not least thanks to the world’s best Klezmer Baltic Crossing, Harald Haugaard Band and soloists Lena and zither. He is not concerned with labels. He plays and Sigrid Moldestad perfect for projecting the Idrettshallen, Førdehuset Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule band, The Klezmatics! Willemark (SE), Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman (FI), Berit Opheim composes, and creates his own “music without borders”. inner passions of longing and love, the very essences of Youthful energy from the very heart of Africa! With their Master fiddler and story teller, Knut Buen, and pianist (NO), Olav Luksengård Mjelva (NO) and Olov Johansson The Félix Lajkó Trio is in a class of its own, and you should fado, also known as Portuguese blues. The local food and brand-new album, Luyando, the popular stars in Mokoomba Ingfrid Breie Nyhus explore the repertoar of Slåttepiano (SE). Directed by K.J. Ankarblom. Official opening by look forward to it – you have almost certainly not heard its from Zimbabwe go right to the core of their music: the (2015), in which Breie Nyhus delivers new and refreshing 23.00 – 02.30 Afro-Caribbean dance party drink from the hotel’s tasty menu complements the music Parliamentary President Olemic Thomessen. The doors like before! local musical traditions of their home town, Victoria Falls. interpretations of tunes that inspired Grieg when he Festivalsalen, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa perfectly! open at 18.45, and please come early so you can find a 15.00 – 16.00 La Porteña Tango Trio Mokoomba celebrates the Zambesi River, which runs composed Opus 72. Knut Buen provides his own versions The top floor of the Scandic is the place to be when the seat and we can start on time! 20.00 – 21.30 La Porteña Tango Trio Klubbscena, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa through five countries and is a symbol of the melting pot of the songs, and not least, his own anecdotes. dancer in you wants to enjoy the best summer night of Haavebua, Florø 21.30 – 23.30 Dance at Førdehuset La Porteña Tango Trio features a superb singer and an of cultures and complexities in Africa. The music flows like them all. Experience funana, son, salsa and several Afro- La Porteña Tango Trio is one of the foremost ambassadors Festsalen, Førdehuset equally superb pair of dancers. See the description for the river. The songs enlighten. You feel the rhythm and Latin rhythms when we let loose Bitori from Cape Verde, of the Argentinian tango tradition. Led by guitarist Time to set those feet a’dancing! Ingunn Bjørgo and Wednesday 20.00. the irrepressible energy. This is music for body and soul. Asere from Cuba and Mamadou Diabaté from Burkina Faso. Alejandro Picciano, they bring an elegant modernity to Åsmund Reistad and Polka med støyt, play authentic Festival joy of the highest order – nothing has been left to the tango sound. Elegance is also the keyword for singer 21.00 – 23.30 Dance in Førdehuset chance! Minimum age: 20 years. Väsen Norwegian dance music. A festival pass or ticket to the Xabier Díaz Eugenia Giordano, and not least the dancers Damián opening concert provide free admission. Festsalen, Førdehuset 17.00 – 18.00 Sigrid Moldestad: Roezgás og Amira Luna. The setting could just as readily Swing with the best of traditional dance music! Tonight, NEW 17.00 – 18.30 Väsen 22.00 – 23.30 Fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro “SAMULINE - frå fela flyg din song” PRODUCTION have been a bar in Buenos Aires. La Porteña Tango Trio it’s the turn of Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag, and SUNDAY, JULY 9 Sunnfjord Museum, outdoors concert (in Serjantløa in Storsalen, Førdehuset hold a concert in Førde on Friday. Hugleik, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa Ingunn Bjørgo and Åsmund Reistad. A festival pass or case of rain) Ten years after TAUS, Sigrid Moldestad again comes to Join us in a fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro, one of the ticket to Mokoomba provide free admission. 10.00 – 14.30 Sunday trip to Gaularfjellet (Mount Put three eminent musicians, a five-stringed viola, a 20.30 – 21.30 Molsky’s Mountain Drifters the Førde Traditional and World Music Festival with a hottest names on the Portuguese fado scene! See Gaular) twelve-stringed guitar and a nyckelharpa, and you have Club Scene, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa 21.00 – 22.30 Columbi Egg new concert performance. “I´ll never be done with the description for Wednesday, 20.00. The hotel can also offer Bitori Guided tour to the lookout on Mount Gaular Väsen, the flagship of Swedish folk music for the last 27 Bruce Molsky, one of the most sought-after fiddlers Restaurant Hugleik, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa stories of Samuline Seljeset and the other woman fiddlers tasty local food menu. This is a genuine west-Norwegian tradition, the Sunday years. Their harmonies are virtuoso and creative, and the from the USA, has the honour of playing the very first Gabriel Fliflet has been looking forward to this for a whole 13.00 – 13.30 706 m.o.h. – Bitori from home. On the contrary, their stories are for me more trip. We invite you on a guided trip over Gaularfjellvegen, music varied and supremely beautiful. Warning: danger concert at Førde’s brand-new club scene. He is a master 23.00 – 02.00 Summer year – to move the Columbi Egg to Førde again, during his Hafstadfjellet, 706 metres above sea level. important than ever” she says. Sigrid will have a star- one of Norway’s national tourist routes! When we come of goose bumps! Sale of coffee and snacks. Bus from of banjo, guitar and vocals, and performs both alone and night at Jølster 16.30 – 17.30 Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre – The “holiday”. Tonight, he’s back in his usual habitat, Hugleik, Funana is the music that was banned in Cape Verde right studded line of musicians and guests with her on stage. to the spectacular lookout, there will be an exclusive Førdehuset at 16.40, returning to Førdehuset at 18.30 with musicians from the entire world, including many Jølstramuseet, Vassenden Tambourine Man where it will both be crowded and intimate as he invites up to its independence in 1975, and Bitori is the band Direction and choreography: Arvid Ones og Hilde Sol Erdal. musical performance by Jigme Drukpa from Bhutan, from Norway. With the trio Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, he The magical atmosphere the following guests: Casuarina, Jorun Marie (included in the price). Storsalen, Førdehuset that made it known to the rest of the world. And now Angus MacKenzie from Scotland and Kari Malmanger from cultivates his great love of the evocative and lively folk of Jølstramuseet is the Kvernberg, Félix Lajkó duo and perhaps even more. 17.30 – 19.00 Titi Robin Trio Musician, composer, researcher and singer Xabier they are keen to take that same music right to the top of 18.30 – 19.30 Garden Party on the Roof: Titi Robin Trio Norway. You may purchase lunch from the local menu music from the Appalachian Mountains, and delivers an perfect setting for acoustic Løa i Klokkargarden, Dale Ole Nilssen Díaz abandoned a career as a well-known vocalist to 21.30 – 22.30 Bulgarian Voices Angelite Hafstadfjellet. Indre Sunnfjord Turlag will be your guide. The roof terrace, Sogn and Fjordane Kunstmuseum (Art (cash only) at the top. In collaboration with Sunnfjord authentic sound that convert pearls in the barn, A French musical personality and string-legend you simply play the Galician tambourine, Pandeireta Galega. The Førde church Bus at 10.30 from Langebrutorget, followed by a two-hour Museum) Utvikling. Bus from Førdehuset at 10.00, returning to goes right to the heart! the Strandstova, and in the Eldhuset. Artists: Xabier Díaz have to experience! See the description for Saturday, 18.30. Tambourine Man is a meeting between this instrument, For more than 25 years, the vocal ensemble Angelite walk to the summit. After the concert, we walk back to From France, Titi Robin is a rare musical personality. He is Førdehuset at 14.30 at the latest. (trio); Javid Afsari Rad Trio; Ole Nilssen; Talent performers After the concert, we the Moorish square drum, aduf, and seven female singers has been the dominant exponents of the most famous Bruland and take the bus back to town. deeply inspired by the Roma and Arabic cultures, and plays Bus from Førdehuset at 16.15, returning at 19.00 (included take a down to earth from Cuba, Colombia and Norway; Hamid Sakhizada and and percussionists in Adufeiras de Salitre. Díaz gives old the oud, guitar and bouzouki, and loves to improvise. His 11.00 – 12.30 Lutheran Religious Service in the price). Sale of food and drink. and respected song style in international folk music – 14.00 – 15.00 Fargana Qasimova Ensemble “scene-side chat” about Molsky’s Mountain Drifters. Indre Sunnfjord spellemanslag Galician lullabies and folk songs a new interpretation, and music is about themes we often find hard to express – our Førde church polyphonic, Bulgarian female song. With razor-sharp Teatersalen, Førdehuset 18.00 – 19.40 Festival film: Virgin Mountain will perform outdoor. Sale of food and drink. There will has mastered the art of combining the beauty of a song lonely souls, truth, love. Look forward to a magical meeting A religious service with musical accompaniment by Talent the festival program with precision and tonality, the 20 singers in Angelite express During the years she toured with her father, world- Lisjesalen, Førdehuset be a bus from Førdehuset at 22.15, returning at 02.00 with its rhythms, music and the aesthetic – an experience with a true string artist! Titi Robin trio has a concert in 2017, consisting of musicians from Cuba, Colombia and Director Hilde Bjørkum. the characteristic harmonies and beautiful melody lines renowned Alim Qasimov,Fargana Qasimova developed Icelandic. See the description for Wednesday, 18.30. Molsky’s Mountain Drifters (included in the ticket). you will long remember! Dale on Sunday. Norway. 17.00 – 18.30 Baltic Crossing of their song treasures. Let the compelling song in the her own way of presenting the intricate and diverse 18.30 – 19.30 Talent 2017 NEW PRODUCTION THURSDAY, JULY 6 FRIDAY, JULY 7 Håjen kafé, Naustdal beautiful church nave fulfil you, and follow you out into the Azerbaijan Mugham traditions. Her interpretations of the Teatersalen, Førdehuset Nordic and Celtic traditions form the framework for Baltic summer night! old songs and stories reflect the age we live in. Close An international talent project with nine young musical PROGRAM 2017 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! Crossing’s energetic and enthusiastic music. These brilliant your eyes and let this powerful music carry you far off talents from Cuba, Colombia and Norway. Only six days Ytre Hafstad kindergarten, Førde Vieåsen kindergarten, Tussero musicians exude exuberance and joy, thickly smeared with Dáimh somewhere to the East. after they first met, they are ready to give you salsa and Enjoy an exotic festival morning respite with Aissa Tobi fun and wit. Håjen Kafé is the perfect setting when Baltic springar, cumbia and halling, and perhaps even music you WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 Join us for a fresh and exotic outdoor morning gathering, 14.00 – 15.00 “På hogg og belegg” and his songs, rhythms and dances from Morocco! Crossing stages its first concert at the Førde Festival! Bus NEW have never heard before. Musical leadership: Sverre Indris with Aissa Tobi and his songs, rhythms and dances from – Sigmund Eikås and his music 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! Age: From 3 years and up. Free admission from Førdehuset at 16.30, returning at 18.30 (included in CD RELEASE PRODUCTION Joner and Hilde Fjerdingøy. The project is a collaboration Morocco! Age: From 3 years and up. Festsalen, Førdehuset Solsida kindergarten, Haugum the ticket price.) Sale of local food. with Kulturtanken, with support from the Norwegian Annbjørg Lien & Roger Tallroth 09.00 – 09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Sigmund Eikås’ contribution to folk music has been Join us for a fresh and exotic outdoor morning gathering, 09.00 – 09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thon Hotel Førde 18.00 – 18.40 Children’s concert. celebrated with a series of prizes. On the occasion of his with Aissa Tobi and his songs, rhythms and dances from Thon Hotel Førde 11.30 – 12.30 Annbjørg Lien and Roger Tallroth Start the day with a dance! Andreea Tereschenco invites Den standhaftige tinnsoldat 70th birthday, the festival has taken the initiative of both Morocco! Age: From 3 years and up.Admission: free. Start the day with a dance! Andreea Tereschenco invites Teatersalen, Førdehuset you to good Latino, simple dance moves and morning you to good Latino, simple dance moves and morning Festsalen, Førdehuset recording an album and a setting up a festival concert Casuarina Two of Scandinavia’s leading folk musicians, together! 16.00 – 19.00 In the great outdoors coffee. Open to all. coffee. Open to all. Vrang likes to twist and turn its music – and loves fairy with his best compositions. A collaboration between the Annbjørg Lien, with her superb fiddling and multiple Halbrendstølen 10.30 – 11.15 Music in town stories. Using folk music, dance and an abundance of record label Ta:lik, and performers from Sunnfjord who had international awards, meets Roger Tallroth, guitarist of The festival and Barnas Turlag invite you on a nature walk, 10.00 – 16.30 Førde conference 2017: Torgscena, Elvetorget fantasy, they take us into H. C. Andersen’s classic fairy tale Sigmund as their master-teacher and motivator: Erlend top class, who is well known from the group Väsen, with with food and a concert from Kouame Sereba from the Nordic Identity – Creative Enterprise in Development Experience the festival atmosphere with excerpts from Den standhaftige tinnsoldat, about a soldier who falls in Apneseth, Synnøve S. Bjørset, Gro Marie Svidal, Vidar its innovative techniques and surprising arrangements. Ivory Coast. Kouame is well-known for his magical ability Amfi Eikaas, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa the concert program. Free admission. love with a ballerina, and does everything for love! Underseth, Dagfrid Vallestad Brevik og Indre Sunnfjord Together, they create a playful expression in their music. to mesmerise his audience – regardless of age! The tour In 2017, Norway has chairmanship of the Nordic Council Age: from 6 years. Spelemannslag. We will also hear some good stories from 12.00 – 13.00 Arvesølvet A proper pearl on this Sunday morning. starts and finishes at Reset in Halbrendslia. Bring along a of Ministers. One area of endeavour during this period is Sigmund himself, in conversation with Jostein Aardal. NEW 18.00 – 19.00 Meeting with the master singers: 23.00 – 02.00 Friday party: Dáimh and Folk All-in Band Høgsalen, Sogn and Fjordane PRODUCTION 12.00 – 13.30 Samba in the mountains: Casuarina seat pad and some food for grilling over open flame. creative enterprise. Is there such a thing as a common, Festplassen Kunstmuseum (art museum) Willemark-Opheim- Pirttijärvi Rytne Gard, Bygstad Age: Suitable for all ages. Nordic culture? How should we collaborate in Scandinavia Tonight, we celebrate the close relationship between Tinariwen today? What are the political priorities? Just how do What does it sound like when four musicians from Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule Samba rhythms from the world’s metropole, Rio de 17.30 – 18.00 Maja Birkeland: “Our common things” - Take your seat under the chandeliers in Haarklousalen, Nordic and Celtic folk music. If you are a fan of Irish we develop a Nordic fellowship? Read more about the different places and perspectives interpret the sounds of Janeiro, at the foot of the majestic Storehesten mountain! Sogn og Fjordane Art Gallery OPENING! music, you will love Dáimh, who were recently voted “Folk the past? We challenged Erlend Apnseth, Linda Gytri, Hilde and enjoy the beautiful vocals of three Nordic ladies of Casuarina’s version of the Brazilian samba tradition is Maja Birkeland works with textile, text, sculpture and conference on the next page! Band of the Year” in Scotland. These European festival Marie Holsen and Øyvind Hegg-Lunde to go through our song. From Sweden, we have Lena Willemark, a creative tight, soft and rhythmic. The abundant joyful expression installation. During this year’s festival, she presents works favourites play Scottish trad so it really swings. They do 11.00 – 11.45 Music in town musical archives and create their very own expression, singer and composer who never tires of testing and in their playing won them the prize for the best samba at 3 different locations, all of which are devoted to the all this tonight, admirably helped by the Swedish folk Torgscena, Elvetorget. inspired by what they found there. Can they create that breaking down barriers. The same can be said of Berit 20.30 – 22.00 Festival Gala group in their homeland, and made them favourites on ideas of identity, past, present and future. Produced in big-band Folk All-In band, supremely led by Karl Johan Selected festival artists present titbits form the festival special sound of the fjord region? Opheim of Norway, and Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman from Idrettshallen, Førdehuset international festival stages.. Bus from Førdehuset at collaboration with Sogn and Fjordane Art Gallery, Førde program. Free admission. Sapmi/Finland, whose voices never fail to impress. This is Ankarblom. With a whole row of brass instruments and all Some of the finest musicians from the entire globe stand Elle Márjá Eira 11.15, returning after the concert. Sale of food and drink. Municipality and Sunnfjord Museum. vocal art at its very best. the rest as well, they deliver one big song after another. If ready to provide you with a Saturday evening of supreme 17.30 – 18.30 Sunniva no you still doubt whether Nordic folk music can make it, you 13.00 – 14.30 Family Sunday 18.30 – 20.10 Festival Film: Virgin Mountain quality. La Porteña Tango Trio, Casuarina, Xabier Díaz & Ungdomshuset Viking 18.00 – 19.00 ComboNations haven’t heard Folk All-In Band! In the case of bad weather, Førdehuset, outside and inside Lisjesalen, Førdehuset Adufeiras de Salitre, The Klezmatics, Elle Márjá Eira Trio, A lively and topical performance of dance, based on the Teatersalen, Førdehuset the concert will be moved to Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Welcome, both young and old, who might like to A beautiful and personal account of well-meaning, but Fargana Qasimova Ensemble, Mamadou Diabaté and Folk well-known legend of the princess Sunniva, who fled from With ComboNations, Iranian Javid Afsai Rad has brought Spa. experience music, songs and dance from all the world’s slightly naïve, Fusi, an overweight, middle-aged man who All-in Band. Host ceremonies: Annbjørg Lien. The doors Ireland and ended up in Selje in Norway. See description together the cream of immigrant musicians in Norway, 15.30 – 16.30 Tinariwen corners. Free admission. Detailed program on fordefestival. still lives in his childhood room. Icelandic. Winner of the open at 19.45. Please come early to ensure orderly entry for Wednesday, 19.00 all of whom are virtuosos on their own instruments: Solo Festplassen no, Facebook, and on posters in Førdehuset. The café and Nordic Council’s film prize for 2015. In collaboration with and that the concert can begin on time. Cissokho, Harpreet Bansal, Aissa Tobi, Adrian Fiskum Myhr, SATURDAY, JULY 8 The world leaders of the genre “desert blues” take the library are open. Kino Førde. Diom de Kossa and Jai Shankar. Together, they probe and stage in Førde! Tinariwen come from Mali, but their history 22.30 – 00.30 Dance at Førdehuset NEW develop novel musical expressions, combining elements from 08.30 – 10.00 Festival breakfast starts in the military camps of Libya in the 1980’s. They 19.00 – 20.00 Sunniva no PRODUCTION Festsalen, Førdehuset The Klezmatics 13.30 – 14.30 Elle Márjá Eira Trio India, the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Iran, Senegal and Norway. Festplassen sang about respect and freedom for a whole generation Ungdomshuset Viking Time to hit the dance floor – it’s Saturday evening, after Teatersalen, Førdehuset ComboNations is the sound of our multicultural nation! Kokkenes Meisterlaug, Bondens Marknad Førde and the of Tuaregs. Through their music, the world has seen a Assisted by director Mette Brantzeg, musician and all. Indre Sunnfjord Spelemannslag and Labakkalaget Elle Márjá is a multi-artist, originally from Kautokeino. festival invite you to a free breakfast in the park! Enjoy glimpse of the Tuareg culture. This year they released a composer Gro Marie Svidal has turned the legend of the provide the music! A ticket to the Festival Gala provides She has long been recognised as one of Sápmi’s foremost a buffet-style meal with good food and drink, and – of new, critic-acclaimed album, and now you can experience princess Sunniva, who fled from Ireland and came to Selje Mokoomba free admission. in Norway, into a vital and pertinent exhibition of dance concert artists, and is known for her ability to spell-bind course – live breakfast music! There will be benches and their vibrant blues rhythms from the African deserts, all her public with her personal joik and video art. tables, but to be on the safe side you might like to take within beautiful Jølstra. and music that creates associations to the problems Folk All-in Band 23.00 – 02.00 Nordic Club your own stool. If the weather is bad, the breakfast will be of faith vs. doubt, and the plight of the refugee. Under 13.30 – 14.30 Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band Klubbscena, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa held under the roof of the city hall, at Langebrutorget. 15.30 – 16.30 Atterljomen – Sulheim/Odde/Brimi the scenographic direction of Erik Annar Evensen, the 19.30 – 21.00 Opening concert: Pikant Restaurant & Bar Club host Gabriel Fliflet has the honour of collecting the NEW Haarklousalen, Førde Kulturskule delineation between stage and public is all but eradicated. Nordic Sound Folk Orchestra PRODUCTION Harald Haugaard has been described as a “charismatic 10.30 – 11.00 Festival parade cream of Nordic groups for a lively and cosy sojourn in our 15.00 – 16.00 The Klezmatics Astrid Sulheim, Bjørn Kåre B. Odde and Aslak O. Brimi, Idrettshallen, Førdehuset virtuoso” (The Strad), and is one of the most international From Førdehuset to Elvetorget newest arena! Tonight’s musical guests are Baltic Crossing, Idrettshallen, Førdehuset 20.00 – 21.30 Fado club three of this country’s finest fiddlers, all from an unlikely With a 40-person-strong folk music orchestra and a and demanded musicians of his generation. He combines The sounds of all the world’s folk music reverberate Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band, Väsen and Fliflet/ The world-renowned, Grammy-winning superstars of the with Ricardo Ribeiro musical mountain region. Lom is situated up near star-studded team of performers on the stage, we the playful and delicate with the furious and challenging. through Førde as the festival artists parade from Opheim. Klezmer tradition celebrate their 30-year anniversary Cellar, Gloppen Hotel, Jotunheimen, and for generations, highly competent welcome you to the grandest folk music party of recent Together with folk singer Helene Blum he plays poetic, Førdehuset to Torgscena at Elvetorget. here in Førde! With their songs of refugees and workers’ Sandane captivating and modern folk music from wonderful Denmark! fiddlers have lived there and put down deep roots. This rights, of a better world and a better future, they have times. The program includes the world-premiere of music 11.00 – 11.45 Music in town ASERE Join us in the world of concert examines one of them, Sjugurd Garmo, who was challenged authorities and inspired future generations composed by Jorun Marie Kvernberg (NO), Antti Järvelä 15.00 – 16.00 Félix Lajkó Trio Torgscena, Elvetorget fados with Ricardo Bibeiro, a master of distinctive and remarkable melodies that can – and promoted the eastern-European Jewish music. (FI), Harald Haugaard (DK) and Mia Marin (SE), and pearls Festsalen, Førdehuset Musical treats from this year’s program. the hottest name on the enchant you. Yiddish music was on the way to oblivion, but has now of traditional Nordic music in new form by musicians “The devil’s fiddler” and “Volvodina’s Paganini”, natural Free admission Portuguese fado scene experienced a happy renaissance during the last two of Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag, Folk All-in Band, talent Félix Lajkó from Hungary is a virtuoso of the fiddle Ricardo Ribeiro just now! His voice is 19.30 – 20.30 Mokoomba 12.00 – 13.00 Ingfrid Breie Nyhus and Knut Buen decades, not least thanks to the world’s best Klezmer Baltic Crossing, Harald Haugaard Band and soloists Lena and zither. He is not concerned with labels. He plays and Sigrid Moldestad perfect for projecting the Idrettshallen, Førdehuset Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule band, The Klezmatics! Willemark (SE), Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman (FI), Berit Opheim composes, and creates his own “music without borders”. inner passions of longing and love, the very essences of Youthful energy from the very heart of Africa! With their Master fiddler and story teller, Knut Buen, and pianist (NO), Olav Luksengård Mjelva (NO) and Olov Johansson The Félix Lajkó Trio is in a class of its own, and you should fado, also known as Portuguese blues. The local food and brand-new album, Luyando, the popular stars in Mokoomba Ingfrid Breie Nyhus explore the repertoar of Slåttepiano (SE). Directed by K.J. Ankarblom. Official opening by look forward to it – you have almost certainly not heard its from Zimbabwe go right to the core of their music: the (2015), in which Breie Nyhus delivers new and refreshing 23.00 – 02.30 Afro-Caribbean dance party drink from the hotel’s tasty menu complements the music Parliamentary President Olemic Thomessen. The doors like before! local musical traditions of their home town, Victoria Falls. interpretations of tunes that inspired Grieg when he Festivalsalen, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa perfectly! open at 18.45, and please come early so you can find a 15.00 – 16.00 La Porteña Tango Trio Mokoomba celebrates the Zambesi River, which runs composed Opus 72. Knut Buen provides his own versions The top floor of the Scandic is the place to be when the seat and we can start on time! 20.00 – 21.30 La Porteña Tango Trio Klubbscena, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa through five countries and is a symbol of the melting pot of the songs, and not least, his own anecdotes. dancer in you wants to enjoy the best summer night of Haavebua, Florø 21.30 – 23.30 Dance at Førdehuset La Porteña Tango Trio features a superb singer and an of cultures and complexities in Africa. The music flows like them all. Experience funana, son, salsa and several Afro- La Porteña Tango Trio is one of the foremost ambassadors Festsalen, Førdehuset equally superb pair of dancers. See the description for the river. The songs enlighten. You feel the rhythm and Latin rhythms when we let loose Bitori from Cape Verde, of the Argentinian tango tradition. Led by guitarist Time to set those feet a’dancing! Ingunn Bjørgo and Wednesday 20.00. the irrepressible energy. This is music for body and soul. Asere from Cuba and Mamadou Diabaté from Burkina Faso. Alejandro Picciano, they bring an elegant modernity to Åsmund Reistad and Polka med støyt, play authentic Festival joy of the highest order – nothing has been left to the tango sound. Elegance is also the keyword for singer 21.00 – 23.30 Dance in Førdehuset chance! Minimum age: 20 years. Väsen Norwegian dance music. A festival pass or ticket to the Xabier Díaz Eugenia Giordano, and not least the dancers Damián opening concert provide free admission. Festsalen, Førdehuset 17.00 – 18.00 Sigrid Moldestad: Roezgás og Amira Luna. The setting could just as readily Swing with the best of traditional dance music! Tonight, NEW 17.00 – 18.30 Väsen 22.00 – 23.30 Fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro “SAMULINE - frå fela flyg din song” PRODUCTION have been a bar in Buenos Aires. La Porteña Tango Trio it’s the turn of Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag, and SUNDAY, JULY 9 Sunnfjord Museum, outdoors concert (in Serjantløa in Storsalen, Førdehuset hold a concert in Førde on Friday. Hugleik, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa Ingunn Bjørgo and Åsmund Reistad. A festival pass or case of rain) Ten years after TAUS, Sigrid Moldestad again comes to Join us in a fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro, one of the ticket to Mokoomba provide free admission. 10.00 – 14.30 Sunday trip to Gaularfjellet (Mount Put three eminent musicians, a five-stringed viola, a 20.30 – 21.30 Molsky’s Mountain Drifters the Førde Traditional and World Music Festival with a hottest names on the Portuguese fado scene! See Gaular) twelve-stringed guitar and a nyckelharpa, and you have Club Scene, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa 21.00 – 22.30 Columbi Egg new concert performance. “I´ll never be done with the description for Wednesday, 20.00. The hotel can also offer Bitori Guided tour to the lookout on Mount Gaular Väsen, the flagship of Swedish folk music for the last 27 Bruce Molsky, one of the most sought-after fiddlers Restaurant Hugleik, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa stories of Samuline Seljeset and the other woman fiddlers tasty local food menu. This is a genuine west-Norwegian tradition, the Sunday years. Their harmonies are virtuoso and creative, and the from the USA, has the honour of playing the very first Gabriel Fliflet has been looking forward to this for a whole 13.00 – 13.30 706 m.o.h. – Bitori from home. On the contrary, their stories are for me more trip. We invite you on a guided trip over Gaularfjellvegen, music varied and supremely beautiful. Warning: danger concert at Førde’s brand-new club scene. He is a master 23.00 – 02.00 Summer year – to move the Columbi Egg to Førde again, during his Hafstadfjellet, 706 metres above sea level. important than ever” she says. Sigrid will have a star- one of Norway’s national tourist routes! When we come of goose bumps! Sale of coffee and snacks. Bus from of banjo, guitar and vocals, and performs both alone and night at Jølster 16.30 – 17.30 Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre – The “holiday”. Tonight, he’s back in his usual habitat, Hugleik, Funana is the music that was banned in Cape Verde right studded line of musicians and guests with her on stage. to the spectacular lookout, there will be an exclusive Førdehuset at 16.40, returning to Førdehuset at 18.30 with musicians from the entire world, including many Jølstramuseet, Vassenden Tambourine Man where it will both be crowded and intimate as he invites up to its independence in 1975, and Bitori is the band Direction and choreography: Arvid Ones og Hilde Sol Erdal. musical performance by Jigme Drukpa from Bhutan, from Norway. With the trio Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, he The magical atmosphere the following guests: Casuarina, Jorun Marie (included in the price). Storsalen, Førdehuset that made it known to the rest of the world. And now Angus MacKenzie from Scotland and Kari Malmanger from cultivates his great love of the evocative and lively folk of Jølstramuseet is the Kvernberg, Félix Lajkó duo and perhaps even more. 17.30 – 19.00 Titi Robin Trio Musician, composer, researcher and singer Xabier they are keen to take that same music right to the top of 18.30 – 19.30 Garden Party on the Roof: Titi Robin Trio Norway. You may purchase lunch from the local menu music from the Appalachian Mountains, and delivers an perfect setting for acoustic Løa i Klokkargarden, Dale Ole Nilssen Díaz abandoned a career as a well-known vocalist to 21.30 – 22.30 Bulgarian Voices Angelite Hafstadfjellet. Indre Sunnfjord Turlag will be your guide. The roof terrace, Sogn and Fjordane Kunstmuseum (Art (cash only) at the top. In collaboration with Sunnfjord authentic sound that convert pearls in the barn, A French musical personality and string-legend you simply play the Galician tambourine, Pandeireta Galega. The Førde church Bus at 10.30 from Langebrutorget, followed by a two-hour Museum) Utvikling. Bus from Førdehuset at 10.00, returning to goes right to the heart! the Strandstova, and in the Eldhuset. Artists: Xabier Díaz have to experience! See the description for Saturday, 18.30. Tambourine Man is a meeting between this instrument, For more than 25 years, the vocal ensemble Angelite walk to the summit. After the concert, we walk back to From France, Titi Robin is a rare musical personality. He is Førdehuset at 14.30 at the latest. (trio); Javid Afsari Rad Trio; Ole Nilssen; Talent performers After the concert, we the Moorish square drum, aduf, and seven female singers has been the dominant exponents of the most famous Bruland and take the bus back to town. deeply inspired by the Roma and Arabic cultures, and plays Bus from Førdehuset at 16.15, returning at 19.00 (included take a down to earth from Cuba, Colombia and Norway; Hamid Sakhizada and and percussionists in Adufeiras de Salitre. Díaz gives old the oud, guitar and bouzouki, and loves to improvise. His 11.00 – 12.30 Lutheran Religious Service in the price). Sale of food and drink. and respected song style in international folk music – 14.00 – 15.00 Fargana Qasimova Ensemble “scene-side chat” about Molsky’s Mountain Drifters. Indre Sunnfjord spellemanslag Galician lullabies and folk songs a new interpretation, and music is about themes we often find hard to express – our Førde church polyphonic, Bulgarian female song. With razor-sharp Teatersalen, Førdehuset 18.00 – 19.40 Festival film: Virgin Mountain will perform outdoor. Sale of food and drink. There will has mastered the art of combining the beauty of a song lonely souls, truth, love. Look forward to a magical meeting A religious service with musical accompaniment by Talent the festival program with precision and tonality, the 20 singers in Angelite express During the years she toured with her father, world- Lisjesalen, Førdehuset be a bus from Førdehuset at 22.15, returning at 02.00 with its rhythms, music and the aesthetic – an experience with a true string artist! Titi Robin trio has a concert in 2017, consisting of musicians from Cuba, Colombia and Director Hilde Bjørkum. the characteristic harmonies and beautiful melody lines renowned Alim Qasimov,Fargana Qasimova developed Icelandic. See the description for Wednesday, 18.30. Molsky’s Mountain Drifters (included in the ticket). you will long remember! Dale on Sunday. Norway. 17.00 – 18.30 Baltic Crossing of their song treasures. Let the compelling song in the her own way of presenting the intricate and diverse 18.30 – 19.30 Talent 2017 NEW PRODUCTION THURSDAY, JULY 6 FRIDAY, JULY 7 Håjen kafé, Naustdal beautiful church nave fulfil you, and follow you out into the Azerbaijan Mugham traditions. Her interpretations of the Teatersalen, Førdehuset Nordic and Celtic traditions form the framework for Baltic summer night! old songs and stories reflect the age we live in. Close An international talent project with nine young musical PROGRAM 2017 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! Crossing’s energetic and enthusiastic music. These brilliant your eyes and let this powerful music carry you far off talents from Cuba, Colombia and Norway. Only six days Ytre Hafstad kindergarten, Førde Vieåsen kindergarten, Tussero musicians exude exuberance and joy, thickly smeared with Dáimh somewhere to the East. after they first met, they are ready to give you salsa and Enjoy an exotic festival morning respite with Aissa Tobi fun and wit. Håjen Kafé is the perfect setting when Baltic springar, cumbia and halling, and perhaps even music you WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 Join us for a fresh and exotic outdoor morning gathering, 14.00 – 15.00 “På hogg og belegg” and his songs, rhythms and dances from Morocco! Crossing stages its first concert at the Førde Festival! Bus NEW have never heard before. Musical leadership: Sverre Indris with Aissa Tobi and his songs, rhythms and dances from – Sigmund Eikås and his music 09.00 – 09.30 Rise and shine! Age: From 3 years and up. Free admission from Førdehuset at 16.30, returning at 18.30 (included in CD RELEASE PRODUCTION Joner and Hilde Fjerdingøy. The project is a collaboration Morocco! Age: From 3 years and up. Festsalen, Førdehuset Solsida kindergarten, Haugum the ticket price.) Sale of local food. with Kulturtanken, with support from the Norwegian Annbjørg Lien & Roger Tallroth 09.00 – 09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Sigmund Eikås’ contribution to folk music has been Join us for a fresh and exotic outdoor morning gathering, 09.00 – 09.45 Morning dance with Andreea! Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thon Hotel Førde 18.00 – 18.40 Children’s concert. celebrated with a series of prizes. On the occasion of his with Aissa Tobi and his songs, rhythms and dances from Thon Hotel Førde 11.30 – 12.30 Annbjørg Lien and Roger Tallroth Start the day with a dance! Andreea Tereschenco invites Den standhaftige tinnsoldat 70th birthday, the festival has taken the initiative of both Morocco! Age: From 3 years and up.Admission: free. Start the day with a dance! Andreea Tereschenco invites Teatersalen, Førdehuset you to good Latino, simple dance moves and morning you to good Latino, simple dance moves and morning Festsalen, Førdehuset recording an album and a setting up a festival concert Casuarina Two of Scandinavia’s leading folk musicians, together! 16.00 – 19.00 In the great outdoors coffee. Open to all. coffee. Open to all. Vrang likes to twist and turn its music – and loves fairy with his best compositions. A collaboration between the Annbjørg Lien, with her superb fiddling and multiple Halbrendstølen 10.30 – 11.15 Music in town stories. Using folk music, dance and an abundance of record label Ta:lik, and performers from Sunnfjord who had international awards, meets Roger Tallroth, guitarist of The festival and Barnas Turlag invite you on a nature walk, 10.00 – 16.30 Førde conference 2017: Torgscena, Elvetorget fantasy, they take us into H. C. Andersen’s classic fairy tale Sigmund as their master-teacher and motivator: Erlend top class, who is well known from the group Väsen, with with food and a concert from Kouame Sereba from the Nordic Identity – Creative Enterprise in Development Experience the festival atmosphere with excerpts from Den standhaftige tinnsoldat, about a soldier who falls in Apneseth, Synnøve S. Bjørset, Gro Marie Svidal, Vidar its innovative techniques and surprising arrangements. Ivory Coast. Kouame is well-known for his magical ability Amfi Eikaas, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa the concert program. Free admission. love with a ballerina, and does everything for love! Underseth, Dagfrid Vallestad Brevik og Indre Sunnfjord Together, they create a playful expression in their music. to mesmerise his audience – regardless of age! The tour In 2017, Norway has chairmanship of the Nordic Council Age: from 6 years. Spelemannslag. We will also hear some good stories from 12.00 – 13.00 Arvesølvet A proper pearl on this Sunday morning. starts and finishes at Reset in Halbrendslia. Bring along a of Ministers. One area of endeavour during this period is Sigmund himself, in conversation with Jostein Aardal. NEW 18.00 – 19.00 Meeting with the master singers: 23.00 – 02.00 Friday party: Dáimh and Folk All-in Band Høgsalen, Sogn and Fjordane PRODUCTION 12.00 – 13.30 Samba in the mountains: Casuarina seat pad and some food for grilling over open flame. creative enterprise. Is there such a thing as a common, Festplassen Kunstmuseum (art museum) Willemark-Opheim- Pirttijärvi Rytne Gard, Bygstad Age: Suitable for all ages. Nordic culture? How should we collaborate in Scandinavia Tonight, we celebrate the close relationship between Tinariwen today? What are the political priorities? Just how do What does it sound like when four musicians from Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule Samba rhythms from the world’s metropole, Rio de 17.30 – 18.00 Maja Birkeland: “Our common things” - Take your seat under the chandeliers in Haarklousalen, Nordic and Celtic folk music. If you are a fan of Irish we develop a Nordic fellowship? Read more about the different places and perspectives interpret the sounds of Janeiro, at the foot of the majestic Storehesten mountain! Sogn og Fjordane Art Gallery OPENING! music, you will love Dáimh, who were recently voted “Folk the past? We challenged Erlend Apnseth, Linda Gytri, Hilde and enjoy the beautiful vocals of three Nordic ladies of Casuarina’s version of the Brazilian samba tradition is Maja Birkeland works with textile, text, sculpture and conference on the next page! Band of the Year” in Scotland. These European festival Marie Holsen and Øyvind Hegg-Lunde to go through our song. From Sweden, we have Lena Willemark, a creative tight, soft and rhythmic. The abundant joyful expression installation. During this year’s festival, she presents works favourites play Scottish trad so it really swings. They do 11.00 – 11.45 Music in town musical archives and create their very own expression, singer and composer who never tires of testing and in their playing won them the prize for the best samba at 3 different locations, all of which are devoted to the all this tonight, admirably helped by the Swedish folk Torgscena, Elvetorget. inspired by what they found there. Can they create that breaking down barriers. The same can be said of Berit 20.30 – 22.00 Festival Gala group in their homeland, and made them favourites on ideas of identity, past, present and future. Produced in big-band Folk All-In band, supremely led by Karl Johan Selected festival artists present titbits form the festival special sound of the fjord region? Opheim of Norway, and Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman from Idrettshallen, Førdehuset international festival stages.. Bus from Førdehuset at collaboration with Sogn and Fjordane Art Gallery, Førde program. Free admission. Sapmi/Finland, whose voices never fail to impress. This is Ankarblom. With a whole row of brass instruments and all Some of the finest musicians from the entire globe stand Elle Márjá Eira 11.15, returning after the concert. Sale of food and drink. Municipality and Sunnfjord Museum. vocal art at its very best. the rest as well, they deliver one big song after another. If ready to provide you with a Saturday evening of supreme 17.30 – 18.30 Sunniva no you still doubt whether Nordic folk music can make it, you 13.00 – 14.30 Family Sunday 18.30 – 20.10 Festival Film: Virgin Mountain quality. La Porteña Tango Trio, Casuarina, Xabier Díaz & Ungdomshuset Viking 18.00 – 19.00 ComboNations haven’t heard Folk All-In Band! In the case of bad weather, Førdehuset, outside and inside Lisjesalen, Førdehuset Adufeiras de Salitre, The Klezmatics, Elle Márjá Eira Trio, A lively and topical performance of dance, based on the Teatersalen, Førdehuset the concert will be moved to Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Welcome, both young and old, who might like to A beautiful and personal account of well-meaning, but Fargana Qasimova Ensemble, Mamadou Diabaté and Folk well-known legend of the princess Sunniva, who fled from With ComboNations, Iranian Javid Afsai Rad has brought Spa. experience music, songs and dance from all the world’s slightly naïve, Fusi, an overweight, middle-aged man who All-in Band. Host ceremonies: Annbjørg Lien. The doors Ireland and ended up in Selje in Norway. See description together the cream of immigrant musicians in Norway, 15.30 – 16.30 Tinariwen corners. Free admission. Detailed program on fordefestival. still lives in his childhood room. Icelandic. Winner of the open at 19.45. Please come early to ensure orderly entry for Wednesday, 19.00 all of whom are virtuosos on their own instruments: Solo Festplassen no, Facebook, and on posters in Førdehuset. The café and Nordic Council’s film prize for 2015. In collaboration with and that the concert can begin on time. Cissokho, Harpreet Bansal, Aissa Tobi, Adrian Fiskum Myhr, SATURDAY, JULY 8 The world leaders of the genre “desert blues” take the library are open. Kino Førde. Diom de Kossa and Jai Shankar. Together, they probe and stage in Førde! Tinariwen come from Mali, but their history 22.30 – 00.30 Dance at Førdehuset NEW develop novel musical expressions, combining elements from 08.30 – 10.00 Festival breakfast starts in the military camps of Libya in the 1980’s. They 19.00 – 20.00 Sunniva no PRODUCTION Festsalen, Førdehuset The Klezmatics 13.30 – 14.30 Elle Márjá Eira Trio India, the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Iran, Senegal and Norway. Festplassen sang about respect and freedom for a whole generation Ungdomshuset Viking Time to hit the dance floor – it’s Saturday evening, after Teatersalen, Førdehuset ComboNations is the sound of our multicultural nation! Kokkenes Meisterlaug, Bondens Marknad Førde and the of Tuaregs. Through their music, the world has seen a Assisted by director Mette Brantzeg, musician and all. Indre Sunnfjord Spelemannslag and Labakkalaget Elle Márjá is a multi-artist, originally from Kautokeino. festival invite you to a free breakfast in the park! Enjoy glimpse of the Tuareg culture. This year they released a composer Gro Marie Svidal has turned the legend of the provide the music! A ticket to the Festival Gala provides She has long been recognised as one of Sápmi’s foremost a buffet-style meal with good food and drink, and – of new, critic-acclaimed album, and now you can experience princess Sunniva, who fled from Ireland and came to Selje Mokoomba free admission. in Norway, into a vital and pertinent exhibition of dance concert artists, and is known for her ability to spell-bind course – live breakfast music! There will be benches and their vibrant blues rhythms from the African deserts, all her public with her personal joik and video art. tables, but to be on the safe side you might like to take within beautiful Jølstra. and music that creates associations to the problems Folk All-in Band 23.00 – 02.00 Nordic Club your own stool. If the weather is bad, the breakfast will be of faith vs. doubt, and the plight of the refugee. Under 13.30 – 14.30 Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band Klubbscena, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa held under the roof of the city hall, at Langebrutorget. 15.30 – 16.30 Atterljomen – Sulheim/Odde/Brimi the scenographic direction of Erik Annar Evensen, the 19.30 – 21.00 Opening concert: Pikant Restaurant & Bar Club host Gabriel Fliflet has the honour of collecting the NEW Haarklousalen, Førde Kulturskule delineation between stage and public is all but eradicated. Nordic Sound Folk Orchestra PRODUCTION Harald Haugaard has been described as a “charismatic 10.30 – 11.00 Festival parade cream of Nordic groups for a lively and cosy sojourn in our 15.00 – 16.00 The Klezmatics Astrid Sulheim, Bjørn Kåre B. Odde and Aslak O. Brimi, Idrettshallen, Førdehuset virtuoso” (The Strad), and is one of the most international From Førdehuset to Elvetorget newest arena! Tonight’s musical guests are Baltic Crossing, Idrettshallen, Førdehuset 20.00 – 21.30 Fado club three of this country’s finest fiddlers, all from an unlikely With a 40-person-strong folk music orchestra and a and demanded musicians of his generation. He combines The sounds of all the world’s folk music reverberate Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band, Väsen and Fliflet/ The world-renowned, Grammy-winning superstars of the with Ricardo Ribeiro musical mountain region. Lom is situated up near star-studded team of performers on the stage, we the playful and delicate with the furious and challenging. through Førde as the festival artists parade from Opheim. Klezmer tradition celebrate their 30-year anniversary Cellar, Gloppen Hotel, Jotunheimen, and for generations, highly competent welcome you to the grandest folk music party of recent Together with folk singer Helene Blum he plays poetic, Førdehuset to Torgscena at Elvetorget. here in Førde! With their songs of refugees and workers’ Sandane captivating and modern folk music from wonderful Denmark! fiddlers have lived there and put down deep roots. This rights, of a better world and a better future, they have times. The program includes the world-premiere of music 11.00 – 11.45 Music in town ASERE Join us in the world of concert examines one of them, Sjugurd Garmo, who was challenged authorities and inspired future generations composed by Jorun Marie Kvernberg (NO), Antti Järvelä 15.00 – 16.00 Félix Lajkó Trio Torgscena, Elvetorget fados with Ricardo Bibeiro, a master of distinctive and remarkable melodies that can – and promoted the eastern-European Jewish music. (FI), Harald Haugaard (DK) and Mia Marin (SE), and pearls Festsalen, Førdehuset Musical treats from this year’s program. the hottest name on the enchant you. Yiddish music was on the way to oblivion, but has now of traditional Nordic music in new form by musicians “The devil’s fiddler” and “Volvodina’s Paganini”, natural Free admission Portuguese fado scene experienced a happy renaissance during the last two of Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag, Folk All-in Band, talent Félix Lajkó from Hungary is a virtuoso of the fiddle Ricardo Ribeiro just now! His voice is 19.30 – 20.30 Mokoomba 12.00 – 13.00 Ingfrid Breie Nyhus and Knut Buen decades, not least thanks to the world’s best Klezmer Baltic Crossing, Harald Haugaard Band and soloists Lena and zither. He is not concerned with labels. He plays and Sigrid Moldestad perfect for projecting the Idrettshallen, Førdehuset Haarklousalen, Førde kulturskule band, The Klezmatics! Willemark (SE), Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman (FI), Berit Opheim composes, and creates his own “music without borders”. inner passions of longing and love, the very essences of Youthful energy from the very heart of Africa! With their Master fiddler and story teller, Knut Buen, and pianist (NO), Olav Luksengård Mjelva (NO) and Olov Johansson The Félix Lajkó Trio is in a class of its own, and you should fado, also known as Portuguese blues. The local food and brand-new album, Luyando, the popular stars in Mokoomba Ingfrid Breie Nyhus explore the repertoar of Slåttepiano (SE). Directed by K.J. Ankarblom. Official opening by look forward to it – you have almost certainly not heard its from Zimbabwe go right to the core of their music: the (2015), in which Breie Nyhus delivers new and refreshing 23.00 – 02.30 Afro-Caribbean dance party drink from the hotel’s tasty menu complements the music Parliamentary President Olemic Thomessen. The doors like before! local musical traditions of their home town, Victoria Falls. interpretations of tunes that inspired Grieg when he Festivalsalen, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa perfectly! open at 18.45, and please come early so you can find a 15.00 – 16.00 La Porteña Tango Trio Mokoomba celebrates the Zambesi River, which runs composed Opus 72. Knut Buen provides his own versions The top floor of the Scandic is the place to be when the seat and we can start on time! 20.00 – 21.30 La Porteña Tango Trio Klubbscena, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa through five countries and is a symbol of the melting pot of the songs, and not least, his own anecdotes. dancer in you wants to enjoy the best summer night of Haavebua, Florø 21.30 – 23.30 Dance at Førdehuset La Porteña Tango Trio features a superb singer and an of cultures and complexities in Africa. The music flows like them all. Experience funana, son, salsa and several Afro- La Porteña Tango Trio is one of the foremost ambassadors Festsalen, Førdehuset equally superb pair of dancers. See the description for the river. The songs enlighten. You feel the rhythm and Latin rhythms when we let loose Bitori from Cape Verde, of the Argentinian tango tradition. Led by guitarist Time to set those feet a’dancing! Ingunn Bjørgo and Wednesday 20.00. the irrepressible energy. This is music for body and soul. Asere from Cuba and Mamadou Diabaté from Burkina Faso. Alejandro Picciano, they bring an elegant modernity to Åsmund Reistad and Polka med støyt, play authentic Festival joy of the highest order – nothing has been left to the tango sound. Elegance is also the keyword for singer 21.00 – 23.30 Dance in Førdehuset chance! Minimum age: 20 years. Väsen Norwegian dance music. A festival pass or ticket to the Xabier Díaz Eugenia Giordano, and not least the dancers Damián opening concert provide free admission. Festsalen, Førdehuset 17.00 – 18.00 Sigrid Moldestad: Roezgás og Amira Luna. The setting could just as readily Swing with the best of traditional dance music! Tonight, NEW 17.00 – 18.30 Väsen 22.00 – 23.30 Fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro “SAMULINE - frå fela flyg din song” PRODUCTION have been a bar in Buenos Aires. La Porteña Tango Trio it’s the turn of Gudbrandsdølenes Spelmannslag, and SUNDAY, JULY 9 Sunnfjord Museum, outdoors concert (in Serjantløa in Storsalen, Førdehuset hold a concert in Førde on Friday. Hugleik, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa Ingunn Bjørgo and Åsmund Reistad. A festival pass or case of rain) Ten years after TAUS, Sigrid Moldestad again comes to Join us in a fado club with Ricardo Ribeiro, one of the ticket to Mokoomba provide free admission. 10.00 – 14.30 Sunday trip to Gaularfjellet (Mount Put three eminent musicians, a five-stringed viola, a 20.30 – 21.30 Molsky’s Mountain Drifters the Førde Traditional and World Music Festival with a hottest names on the Portuguese fado scene! See Gaular) twelve-stringed guitar and a nyckelharpa, and you have Club Scene, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa 21.00 – 22.30 Columbi Egg new concert performance. “I´ll never be done with the description for Wednesday, 20.00. The hotel can also offer Bitori Guided tour to the lookout on Mount Gaular Väsen, the flagship of Swedish folk music for the last 27 Bruce Molsky, one of the most sought-after fiddlers Restaurant Hugleik, Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa stories of Samuline Seljeset and the other woman fiddlers tasty local food menu. This is a genuine west-Norwegian tradition, the Sunday years. Their harmonies are virtuoso and creative, and the from the USA, has the honour of playing the very first Gabriel Fliflet has been looking forward to this for a whole 13.00 – 13.30 706 m.o.h. – Bitori from home. On the contrary, their stories are for me more trip. We invite you on a guided trip over Gaularfjellvegen, music varied and supremely beautiful. Warning: danger concert at Førde’s brand-new club scene. He is a master 23.00 – 02.00 Summer year – to move the Columbi Egg to Førde again, during his Hafstadfjellet, 706 metres above sea level. important than ever” she says. Sigrid will have a star- one of Norway’s national tourist routes! When we come of goose bumps! Sale of coffee and snacks. Bus from of banjo, guitar and vocals, and performs both alone and night at Jølster 16.30 – 17.30 Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre – The “holiday”. Tonight, he’s back in his usual habitat, Hugleik, Funana is the music that was banned in Cape Verde right studded line of musicians and guests with her on stage. to the spectacular lookout, there will be an exclusive Førdehuset at 16.40, returning to Førdehuset at 18.30 with musicians from the entire world, including many Jølstramuseet, Vassenden Tambourine Man where it will both be crowded and intimate as he invites up to its independence in 1975, and Bitori is the band Direction and choreography: Arvid Ones og Hilde Sol Erdal. musical performance by Jigme Drukpa from Bhutan, from Norway. With the trio Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, he The magical atmosphere the following guests: Casuarina, Jorun Marie (included in the price). Storsalen, Førdehuset that made it known to the rest of the world. And now Angus MacKenzie from Scotland and Kari Malmanger from cultivates his great love of the evocative and lively folk of Jølstramuseet is the Kvernberg, Félix Lajkó duo and perhaps even more. 17.30 – 19.00 Titi Robin Trio Musician, composer, researcher and singer Xabier they are keen to take that same music right to the top of 18.30 – 19.30 Garden Party on the Roof: Titi Robin Trio Norway. You may purchase lunch from the local menu music from the Appalachian Mountains, and delivers an perfect setting for acoustic Løa i Klokkargarden, Dale Ole Nilssen Díaz abandoned a career as a well-known vocalist to 21.30 – 22.30 Bulgarian Voices Angelite Hafstadfjellet. Indre Sunnfjord Turlag will be your guide. The roof terrace, Sogn and Fjordane Kunstmuseum (Art (cash only) at the top. In collaboration with Sunnfjord authentic sound that convert pearls in the barn, A French musical personality and string-legend you simply play the Galician tambourine, Pandeireta Galega. The Førde church Bus at 10.30 from Langebrutorget, followed by a two-hour Museum) Utvikling. Bus from Førdehuset at 10.00, returning to goes right to the heart! the Strandstova, and in the Eldhuset. Artists: Xabier Díaz have to experience! See the description for Saturday, 18.30. Tambourine Man is a meeting between this instrument, For more than 25 years, the vocal ensemble Angelite walk to the summit. After the concert, we walk back to From France, Titi Robin is a rare musical personality. He is Førdehuset at 14.30 at the latest. (trio); Javid Afsari Rad Trio; Ole Nilssen; Talent performers After the concert, we the Moorish square drum, aduf, and seven female singers has been the dominant exponents of the most famous Bruland and take the bus back to town. deeply inspired by the Roma and Arabic cultures, and plays Bus from Førdehuset at 16.15, returning at 19.00 (included take a down to earth from Cuba, Colombia and Norway; Hamid Sakhizada and and percussionists in Adufeiras de Salitre. Díaz gives old the oud, guitar and bouzouki, and loves to improvise. His 11.00 – 12.30 Lutheran Religious Service in the price). Sale of food and drink. and respected song style in international folk music – 14.00 – 15.00 Fargana Qasimova Ensemble “scene-side chat” about Molsky’s Mountain Drifters. Indre Sunnfjord spellemanslag Galician lullabies and folk songs a new interpretation, and music is about themes we often find hard to express – our Førde church polyphonic, Bulgarian female song. With razor-sharp Teatersalen, Førdehuset 18.00 – 19.40 Festival film: Virgin Mountain will perform outdoor. Sale of food and drink. There will has mastered the art of combining the beauty of a song lonely souls, truth, love. Look forward to a magical meeting A religious service with musical accompaniment by Talent the festival program with precision and tonality, the 20 singers in Angelite express During the years she toured with her father, world- Lisjesalen, Førdehuset be a bus from Førdehuset at 22.15, returning at 02.00 with its rhythms, music and the aesthetic – an experience with a true string artist! Titi Robin trio has a concert in 2017, consisting of musicians from Cuba, Colombia and Director Hilde Bjørkum. the characteristic harmonies and beautiful melody lines renowned Alim Qasimov,Fargana Qasimova developed Icelandic. See the description for Wednesday, 18.30. Molsky’s Mountain Drifters (included in the ticket). you will long remember! Dale on Sunday. 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