BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 20 MAY — 03 JUNE 2020 FESTIVAL

2020 PROGRAMME BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

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The world is in turmoil and is rapidly changing. amplify our joy, intensify our relationships and Climate change is washing over us, global dise- invigorate us. ase takes our breath away. Mental and physi- Bergen International Festival inspires a playful cal boundaries are more difficult than ever to way of life, bringing out the best in being human. transcend. In a time of existential doubt and It is a collaboration between the city and the rest physical vulnerability, when us humans can no of the world, making Bergen not only a rapidly longer congregate to celebrate community and Together we growing city but also one whose culture is expan- the joys of life, we need the great stories. We ding at equal pace. create good need to look back, forward and to the side. We need all of life’s stories, the stories that need to “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, be heard and felt. you must keep moving.” said Albert Einstein. I customer hope that you will let yourself be moved in every The festival disturbs the everyday life of its way during this year’s festival. I bid you welco- inhabitants and their schedules. It leaves a experiences me to Bergen and to the 2020 edition of Bergen mark on the city by serving a menu of dreams International Festival! and adventure affecting our audiences’ lives, in unique and unmissable ways. Venues in the city, composer’s homes and other local settings, crea- te spaces to breathe in new air and to think new thoughts. We position the festival as a national Anders Beyer lighthouse, displaying the best of Norwegian and Festival Director international arts and culture. The 2020 festival programme is aimed at the modern audience, bringing new portals through which the programme can be accessed and experienced. Our theme is movement and we We hope you will have a great cultural experience actualize the shaping of movement through hun- dreds of concerts, conversations, performances at the Bergen International Festival. and exhibitions. Our ambition is to stir emotion, create debate and creative friction. The Bergen International Festival is an event in which artists from all over the world wish to participate. Collaborators are attracted to the creativity and tantalising energy of the festi- At the time of production, the effects of val. Together we aim to create a many-splen- the corona virus outbreak for this year’s doured event, in the truest sense of the word. festival was uncertain. We therefore ask The festival will be a celebration, reminding you to stay updated at fib.no. us of the brilliance of performance arts. It will

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Index OPERA 065 Singalong with Bergen Cathedral Choir o DIALOGUES 030 Future Opera 066 Drop-in Concerts 082 Bergen Student Radio: Live at Festplassen 067 Masterclasses at Rekstensamlingene

u EXHIBITION 067 Masterclass Concert ú FAMILY See also the programme 028 Carte Blanche meets Joar Nango d 068 Open masterclass: Conductors programme 93 Xics del Xurrac: Playground at Festplassen calendar. 028 Tête-à-tête Bergen 068 Matinee concert with 93 Festival Youth Day md Bergen Philharmonic : 94 hei kalas m Conductors programme m k Dramatised concert d Dance Outdoors 95 Hildegunn’s Panda 069 Masterclass with Jörg Widmann 96 Sound Factory with BIT Ensemble m m Music Opera o Dialogues Foundations 069 Eirik Johan Grøtvedt & Eirik Haug Stømner: Block makes a commotion m ú Family f Film 97 t Theatre Festival concert in Skjerjehamn 98 Ritsj t s Circus u Exhibition 99 Home t THE BEST OF THE BEST IN Youth Festival Performance mtd THE CLASSICAL ART TRADITION 100 Festivities 101 Quadro d OPERA 102 Family Day at Siljustøl m dt 036 Salome 103 Quartier Libre! t m MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT AND 105 TUTU: Dance in all its glory d 039 , & SURPRISES 006 Expand your Festival experience Víkingur Ólafsson m 008 The art of ageing: with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra MUSIC Other Bergen International Summit 040 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra 073 Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene Lazarus by David Bowie & Enda Walsh t 009 Opening Ceremony with Jörg Widmann 074 Goran Bregović Wedding and Funeral Band 010 Crescendo 043 Closing Concert 080 106 Dialogues o Liraz 010 Talent Norge with Philharmonic & 083 109 Open ArtEx seminar o Electrocutango 011 Festspillkollektivet 044 William Christie with Les Arts Florissants 084 118 Become a collaboration partner Eivør 012 Jörg Widmann: 045 Víkingur Ólafsson 085 111 Dance in all its glory: Joar Nango u Festival Composer & 046 Eirik Johan Grøtvedt & Eirik Haug Stømner: 086 Kira Skov with Nordic String Quartet 087 Shirley Davis & The Silverbacks Artist in Residence Matinee Concert PRACTICAL INFORMATION Moddi: The new North 047 Bergen Alumni 088 112 Tickets and prices Karin Park 048 Nicolas Altstaedt with Ludvig Gudim 089 114 Venue map Ester Rada 049 Caroline Wettergreen & Christian Grøvlen 090 115 Refreshments at venues Marja Mortensson & Daniel Herskedal Friction 050 James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong & Friends 091 116 Festival Restaurants 051 The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir with the Soloists String Quartet 052 Francesco Piemontesi & Friends 092 Bjørn Tomren RECKLESS AND SHREWD, 104 Nordvegen: EXPERIMENTING AND EXPLORING 053 The Danish String Quartet 054 Chiaroscuro Quartet Moddi – Festival concert in Skjerjehamn d DANCE 055 Adapted concerts s 018 Orbo Novo m 057 Troldsalen: Ålien, Boisseau, Philippe & Dupree CIRCUS 077 Hotel with Cirque Éloize ú 026 Carte Blanche: But Then, We’ll Disappear 058 Troldsalen: Trio Törn (I’d Prefer Not To) 059 Troldsalen: Trio Isimsiz t THEATRE 060 Troldsalen: Francesco Piemontesi 078 The Knight of the Burning Pestle t THEATRE 061 Grieg’s villa: Isata Kanneh-Mason (or The Merchant) 020 Das Weinen (Das Wähnen) 061 Grieg’s villa: Marianna Shirinyan 022 The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes 062 Lysøen: Lidia Baich & Tanja Zapolski f FILM 024 The Wastefulness Commission o 062 Lysøen: Amalie Stalheim & Tanja Zapolski 081 More films from Mer Film o 031 Det er alltid en tråd en plass 063 Lysøen: & 081 Concert Cinema: Marius Neset Quintet with Christian Ihle Hadland Andreas Brantelid & Leif Ove Andsnes m m MUSIC 064 Siljustøl: Johan Dalene, 029 BIT Ensemble winner of the Norwegian Soloist Prize with Jörg Widmann & Friends 064 Siljustøl: Johanne Haugland & 033 Festival in the mountain Gunnar Flagstad

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The Bergen International Festival is more than the performances themselves.

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in any sustainable way, be able to continue to tre- The art of at and provide care in the same manner as today. The Bergen International Summit claims that art, culture and creativity are untapped resources ageing that we must be bold and brave enough to use, experiment with and utilise in all areas. Bergen International The keynote speaker is American psychiatrist Dr. Ipsit Vahia, associate professor at McLean Summit 2020 Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate. Dr. Vahia wishes to challenge today’s understan- Ageing, technology, art and ding and perspectives on ageing and the use economics. of technology. The Bergen International Summit promotes cul- The summit will take place during the morning of ture as the fourth pillar upon which the effort for Wednesday, May 20, ahead of the official opening sustainability rests. The theme for this year’s of the Bergen International Festival. summit is the relationship between ageing, Produced by the Municipality of Bergen in col- technology, art and economics. laboration with the Bergen International Festival There is a need for radical change in the way we and the . treat, understand and solve problems related to health and an ageing population. Not even a Supported by The GC Rieber Foundation km country with the world’s biggest piggy bank will, FORTRESS DATE/TIME Opening Ceremony Wednesday 20 May at 12:30

DURATION 1:00 A celebration for everyone at Bergenhus tråden (The Red Thread) along with two of Fortress. the National Ballet dancers. Vi e ’Bergen (We LANGUAGE Editor: Bergen International Festival / Design and concept: ANTI Bergen / Layout: Anna-Julia Granberg / Front page and profile images: are Bergen), the song commissioned by the ANTI Bergen, S12 Galleri og Verksted, artists Æsa Björk, Jessie Blackmer, photographer: Francisco Munoz. Photos: Adrien Boisseau (Nikolaj The performance will Welcome to the grand opening of the 68th be interpreted for the Bergen Municipality as a birthday gift to the Lund), Amalie Stalheim (Nikolaj Lund), Anders Beyer (Hans Jørgen Brun), Annabelle Bonnéry (Tale Hendnes), Bjørn Tomren (Nina Djærff), Bergen International Festival – this time in Bruce Gladwin (Jeff Busby), Bruno Philippe (Philippe Matsas), Caroline Wettergreen (Håkon Borkhus), Carte Blanche (Bent René Synnevåg), hearing impaired. . city on the occasion of its 950th anniversary, Carte Blanche meets Joar Nango (Joar Nango), Chiaroscuro Quartet (Eva Vermandel), Christian Grøvlen (Cathrine Dokken), Christian Ihle the historic surroundings of the Bergenhus ADDITIONAL will be performed by a number of school pupils. Hadland (Nikolaj Lund), Constance Tenvik (Pierre Björk), Daniel Reith (Terje Trobe/Talent Norge), Das Weinen (Das Wähnen) (Gina Folly), INFORMATION Fortress on Plenen, right next to Håkonshallen. Det er alltid en tråd en plass (Francisco Munoz), Norwegian Soloist Choir (Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo), Drop In Concerts (Magne Sandnes), If you would like a H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon will be present Eirik Johan Grøtvedt & Eirik Haug Stømner (Lluis Calm Vidal), Eivind Ringstad (Nikolaj Lund), Eivør (Sigga Ella), Electrocutango (Sverre seat for the event, we The opening ceremony in the centre of Bergen I. Joner), Ester Rada (Gabriel Baharlia), Festival Exhibition (Joar Nango/Mathias Völzke, Thor Brødreskift), Francesco Piemontesi (Marco during the event. recommend that you is an annual free party for all which usually Borggreve), Frank Dupree (Sebastian Heck), Future Opera (Vizerskaya/BNO), Genius and interaction (Caroline Roka), Goran Bregovic arrive early. (Nebojša Babić), Guro Sibeko (Trym Sibeko), Gunnar Flagstad (Kyrre Lien), hei kalas (Jan Khür), Henning Kraggerud (Robert Romik), brings thousands of people together and The opening ceremony is free and open to all. Hildegunn’s Panda (Juliane Schütz), Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen (Jiri Halttunen), Home (Lars Opstad), Hotel (Pierre Manning), Inger Bråtveit NRK Klassisk will marks the start of the Bergen International We welcome you to the beginning of 15 days (Pernille Marie Walvik), Isata Kanneh-Mason (Robin Clewley), Jasper Parrott ( Caroline Roka), James Ehnes & Andrew Armstrong (Benjamin broadcast live ahead Festival. The programme contains artistic of festivities, foundations and frictions – and Ealovega), Johan Dalene (Nikolaj Lund), Jörg Widmann (Marco Borggreve), Karin Kukkonen (UiO), Karin Park (Thomas Knights), Kira Skov of the opening elements, speeches and song for everyone experiences that will imprint on both mind (Søren Solkær), Knut Oterholm (Sonja Balci, OsloMet), Kubbe (Litteraturhuset i Bergen), Lazarus (Gavin Evans), Leif Ove Andsnes (Gregor ceremony. Hohenberg), Lidia Baich (Petra Kamenar, André Chagall), Liraz (Ronen Fadida), Ludvig Gudim (Jiyang Chin), Mara Lee (Märta Thisner), to sing; both the city song and the national and body! Maria Utsi (Øivind Arvola), Marianna Shirinyan (Nikolaj Lund), Marja Mortensson & Daniel Herskedal (Knut Åserud), Martine Dennewald The opening anthem. This year, a number of young artists (Katrin Ribbe), Mathias Danbolt (Thomas Cato), Mer Film (Disco/De Uskyldige), Miriam Helms Ålien (Jessy Lee), Moddi (Jørgen Nordby), ceremony will be Nasjonalballetten Ung (Foto: Erik Berg), Nicolas Altstaedt (Marco Borggreve), Nordic String Quartet (Mathilda Yokelin), Orbo Novo (Antero broadcast directly on are at the centre of attention. Supported by Grieg Foundation, The Kavli Hein), Oslo-Filharmonien (C.F. Wesenberg), Portal (Marzena Abrahamik/Shared Studios), Quadro (eVenti Verticale), Quartier Libre (Coralie fib.no and to selected Trust and The Savings Bank Foundation DNB Valente), Ritsj (Mariell Amelie Lind-Hansen), Salome (Sylwia Makris/Trevillion Images/BNO), Sonoko Miriam Welde (Bård Gundersen), nursing homes, with The stage includes the Bergen Philharmonic Tanja Zapolski (Thomas Rønn, Martin Bubandt), The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Johan Persson), The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter support from the Youth Orchestra and dancers from the – Dextra Musica Becomes (Jeff Busby), Thomas Walle (Haakon Harriss), Trio Isimsiz (Kaupo Kikkas), Trio Törn (Sona Hellmann), TUTU (Michel Cavalca), Kavli Trust. National Ballet Youth. Fifty children and seni- Ute Lemper (Russ Rowland), Víkingur Ólafsson (Ari Magg), Vilde Frang (Marco Borggreve), The Waste Commission (Sløserikommisjonen 2020 / Traavik.info), William Christie (Oscar Ortega), Xics del Xurrac (Tombs Creatius) / Festival photographers: Thor Brødreskift (p. 10 left, Free entry or dancers from Bergen and the surrounding Sponsored by DNB and Equinor 11, 41, 67, 82, 93 right, 96, 100), Johanne Karlsrud (p. 29, 65, 102). area will perform Cina Espejord’s Den røde

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Crescendo Talent Norge Artist Residency with Mel Burford. Photo project with youth from V13 Church City Mission. Photo: Anastasja Isacenko, 2018 – a mentoring programme Talent Norge contributes to a richer Festspillkollektivet is the Festival’s for young classical cultural life by providing outstanding socially engaged arts programme musicians artistic talents with opportunities to that includes both private and public realise their full potential. performances and projects outside of traditional concert venues. Crescendo connects tomorrow’s Talent Norge’s collaboration model between young classical musicians with highly the private and the public spheres produces an Festspillkollektivet works on developing new profiled mentors. effective and targeted use of funds for nearly fifty ways of engaging people who have less access different support initiatives aimed at exceptional to the arts and have difficulties with attending The mentoring programme is a joint venture artistic talents. the regular Festival performances. The Bergen Artist Residency with Ole André Farstad, Sindre Sort- between Barratt Due Institute of Music, the International Festival wants all residents of land and people at Robin Hood House. Professional gatherings offer the opportunity to Photo: Thor Brødreskift, 2019 Bergen International Festival and the Oslo Bergen to have the opportunity to experien- share knowledge and exchange experiences within Philharmonic Orchestra, aiming to strengthen ce and be inspired by great art, regardless of the arena of top-level talent development. During the young musicians’ awareness of their own their education, health, ethnicity, ability, age or this year’s Bergen International Festival, there will artistic development and identity. financial circumstances. be a gathering organised under the direction of Crescendo has two programmes: The mentor- the ArtEx talent development programme. The Festspillkollektivet works with partners such as ing programme for young soloists and chamber programme tends to artists at the highest level The Church City Mission, Red Cross and Save the groups and Young Philharmonic Orchestra – a and across multiple genres (see p. 109). Children, and with artist collectives and cultural collaboration with the . institutions. Together we visit communities in The Conductors programme is a comprehen- Through coaching, performances and personal care homes, addiction centres, nurseries, hospi- sive and long-term commitment to strengthen Song and story project with women from Papillon in contact in the mentoring programme, outstanding tals, psychiatric wards, asylum centres, crisis cen- an Artist Residency with Ruth Nonseid and Katrine as a music-conducting nation. On the Meisfjord. Photo: Thor Brødreskift, 2018 young musicians with extraordinary soloist poten- tres, prisons, day centres for adults with learning final two days of the festival, there will be an open tial get the chance to prepare for a professional difficulties and schools for children with learning master class with Professor Nicolás Pasquet and career with the guidance from top international difficulties. Festspillkollektivet simultaneously a matinee concert with the Bergen Philharmonic musicians. Participation in the mentoring program- offers support and training for artists throughout Orchestra (see p. 68). me also helps the Crescendo musicians in building these collaborative processes. Under the direction of Mer Film, there will be a a solid national and international network. We have two annual programmes: A series of 18 mini-film festival with a film café, directors’ talks, Experience the Crescendo musicians at the fol- performances spread throughout the year and a talent meeting, film screenings and exclusive lowing concerts: Amalie Stalheim & Tanja Zapolski more in-depth Artist Residencies which focus sneak-previews at upcoming premieres (see p. 81). on collaborative, participative projects between (p. 62), Nicolas Altstaedt with Ludvig Gudim (p. 48), Participatory dance workshop with Beatrice Allegranti. BIT20 Ensemble with Jörg Widmann & Friends (p. In addition, you will be able to experience seve- local artists and communities. Photo: Thor Brødreskift, 2018 ral of Talent Norge’s current and former talents 29), James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong & Friends During this year’s Festival, there will be several during the festival. Read more at fib.no/festspillkollektivet. (p. 50), Francesco Piemontesi & Friends (p. 52). Festspillkollektivet events, including a tailored Read more at crescendo-music.no/en For more information, visit talentnorge.no. concert series (p. 55), and the theatre perfor- mance Ritsj (p. 98) at nursing homes with both Supported by The Kavli Trust residents and children from day cares present, The project is supported by Trond Mohn, Talent Norge was founded in 2015 by as well as three concerts by hei kalas (p. 94) at Bettina Ford Jebsen, Hans Peter Jebsen, the Norwegian Ministry of Culture, a children’s hospital, a crisis centre and at Robin The Savings Bank Foundation DNB, Dextra Sparebankstiftelsen DNB and Stiftelsen Cultiva, Hood Huset. Musica and Talent Norway. and is a corporation with ideal purpose.

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Masterclass GUNNAR SÆVIGS SAL Music that comes from the heart. ‘When creating a new piece, I am very interested DATE/TIME in trying to find another way of composing. Monday 25 May As a creative artist, Jörg Widmann is unique in Maybe I fail with it, but that keeps me alive, and at 12:00 more ways than one. Both as a composer and in the arts, in general, I think that keeps us going. See p. 69. a musician he is an internationally acclaimed Sometimes it’s important to look back, but I try star who often conducts his own pieces as Bergen to do something different with every piece,” says well as the works of others. Widmann can be Philharmonic Widmann. Orchestra likened to old masters such as Mozart, Bach and GRIEGHALLEN, Mahler in the sense that they are all, first and The Festival composer is looking forward to GRIEGSALEN foremost, musical craftsmen. From this craft, being part of the 2020 Bergen International DATE/TIME the composer, and later the conductor, emerges Festival, where he will put all of his talents to Thursday 28 May at 19:30 as a natural part of the creation. good use. See p. 40. At first, Widmann specialised in playing the ‘I love the festival’s musical vision, the large vari- Marianna clarinet. He would always improvise while he ety in its programmes, and that its quality is at Shirinyan was playing, but was often upset with himself the highest level. In this respect, the festival is a , when he found himself unable to remember source of inspiration to the entire Nordic region. GRIEGS VILLA the beautiful passages he had played only As Festival composer and Artist in Residence, I DATE/TIME yesterday. Thus he had to find a way to write hope to contribute to this extraordinary festival Friday 29 May & them down, and for several years he believed in a unique way, by – hopefully in an interesting Saturday 30 May at 22:30 notating while improvising was what constitu- way – combining music from our time with music See p. 61. ted composing. from the past,’ he says. Johan Dalene When listening to Widmann’s pieces, it seems For Widmann, art and music are necessities in SILJUSTØL like the composer is trying to find a new world life. He feels we live in a turbulent time in which the artist’s communication with the audience DATE/TIME every time. Still, one hears sounds reminiscent Sunday 31 May of composers such as Schubert and Schumann. through art is more important than ever. All at 15:00 The masters of the past are a constant inspi- that he dreams of for his music, he shares with See p. 64. ration to Widmann, who likes to quote the Beethoven: ‘It comes from the heart, may it reach composer Gustav Mahler: ‘Tradition is not the out for the hearts.’ o worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.’ Meet In Widmann’s music, it is as though one can the Festival hear the old music reverberate through the Composer centuries. LITTERATURHUSET I BERGEN DATE/TIME Monday 25 May at 17:30 See p. 107. 012 #FESTSPILLENE20 WWW.FIB.NO/EN 013 014 BERGEN INTERNATIONAL OTHER OTHER BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 015 FESTIVAL 2020 FESTIVAL 2020

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mú Step into the portal and out of your The portal was created by Shared_Studios, own world. which wants to form meaningful human enco- TORG- unters between people separated by distance ALLMENNINGEN This is not a container. This is a portal. and inequalities.

DATE/TIME Inside, you will meet people face to face, as if – With each new portal, we gain greater diver- Wednesday 20 May– you were in the same room and breathing the Wednesday 03 June sity and grow more dynamic and more valuable same air – even though thousands of miles together, says Amar Bakshi, Shared_Studios’ Connections will be separate you. The portal at Torgallmenningen founder and artistic director. conducted in the is linked to an identical portal somewhere else timeframe between 12:00 and 21:00. in the world. There are portals in public places in City, New York, Lagos, Lesbos and Produced in collaboration with DURATION some thirty other sites. Some of the portals Shared_Studios 0:30–1:30 per connection are set up permanently, while others pop up for a shorter period, like during the Bergen Supported by Grieg Foundation and Free entry International Festival. The Kavli Trust

In the portal, there will be open meetings and also curated connections with prearranged con- Sponsored by DNB tent. How about a dinner across the continents? An improvised mini-jam with musicians in dif- ferent countries? The themes revolve around art, sustainability and entrepreneurship, but it is also possible to simply strike up a conversation with a person who is far beyond your own circle of acquaintances. Stay tuned to fib.no as the programme takes shape.

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GRIEGHALLEN Orbo Novo GRIEGSALEN

DATE/TIME Tuesday 02 June at 19:30 by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui DURATION 1:10 min

OTHER Fourteen dancers moving boundaries Introduction by Szymon Brzóska & – literally. Nagelhus Schia Productions Kristin Hjort Inao in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui choreography Grieghallen foyer It was a new world that met Belgian choreograp- Szymon Brzóska music at 18:50 her Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui when he moved to New Alexander Dodge scenography York in 2009. There is much to deal with when TICKETS Stian Bergdølmo, Jon Filip Fahlstrøm, Standard: coming to a new continent: loneliness, freedom, David Forsberg, Catharina Vehre Gresslien, 250/300/430 new possibilities, new barriers – all of which are Christina Guieb, Ida Haugen, Nadege Senior: ingredients for art. 225/270/387 Kubwayo, Vilja Kwasny, Shintaro Oe, Under 30 Matias Rønningen, Guro Nagelhus Schia, /student: 190 Orbo Novo (‘The New World’) was originally cre- Vebjørn Sundby, Hanne Elisabeth Svenning, ated for New York’s Cedar Lake Contemporary Benjamin Windborg dancers FiB Fordel Ballet, but now has Norwegian legs to dance until 13 April: Izabela Buchowska, Barbara Drążkowska, 175/210/301 upon. Norway’s third national dance company, Marta Lucjan, Emanuel Salvador, FiB Fordel Nagelhus Schia Productions, has taken on Emilia Goch-Salvador musicians from 14 April: Cherkaoui’s challenge, making Orbo Novo its 200/240/344 Fredrick Denis costume design first full-evening performance. wardrobe BT Fordel: Lisa Asplund 187/225/322 The fourteen dancers frolic with acrobatic Ivar Sverrison voice and text coach choreography and spectacular scenography, Jim French lighting design while the music is created by Polish composer Kimarius Abrahamsen, Kyrre Heldal Karlsen Szymon Brzóska. On stage there are physical lights barriers that can confine, be moved and be pus- Morten Pettersen sound technicians hed. Borders never disappear. The performance Kristin Hjort Inao, Jason Kittelberger, was created in a more hopeful Oscar Ramos rehearsal directors in 2009, but in today’s political climate takes Tara Ishizuka Hassel, Gert Van Overloop on a different kind of topicality. Perhaps, it has producers become even more relevant? Dansenett Norge tour coordinator

A co-production of Nagelhus Schia Productions, Eastman, Bærum Kulturhus and Den Norske Opera & Ballett. Originally made and produced by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, New York.

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DEN NATIONALE (Das Wähnen) SCENE STORE SCENE

DATE/TIME Thursday 21 & Friday 22 May at 19:00

DURATION Welcome tears, welcome 2:00 contradictions. Christoph Marthaler director LANGUAGE Duri Bischoff stage design Dieter Roth is (and remains) an anomaly. Performed in Sara Kittelmann costume design German, subtitled Including because his first name sometimes Malte Ubenauf dramaturgy in Norwegian drops a letter – and then, all of a sudden, Dieter Elisabeth Beanca Halvorsen Norwegian TICKETS Roth becomes Diter Roth and nobody knows translation Standard: why. But there is more to Anomalous Roth than Susanne-Marie Wrage, Magne Håvard 350/450/500 just this. Starting in , he travelled Senior: Brekke, Olivia Grigolli, Elisa Plüss, across half the world and ultimately ended up 315/405/450 Liliana Benini, Nikola Weisse cast Under 30 settling in Reykjavík. There, Roth worked on his /student: 190 formidable complete works, creating sculptu- Supported by FiB Fordel res, painting, drawing and: writing. This latter until 13 April: activity is however one that only a few people Georg und Bertha Schwyzer-Winiker-Stiftung 245/315/350 are aware of. For Roth himself, it was crucial. FiB Fordel from 14 April: Nothing else, he once said, was as important A co-production between Schauspielhaus 280/360/400 as “writing... or let’s say: thinking. And putting Zürich, Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, together sentences.” BT Fordel: Nanterre-Amandiers, Vidy-Lausanne, 262/337/375 International Summer Festival Kampnagel In the late 1980s, Roth gave two special edi- and Bergen International Festival tions of his texts to Christoph Marthaler. The o latter thenceforth moved from city to city, and excerpts from these texts would keep appearing On contemporary in his productions – above all a poem about a playwriting so called ‘fattened calf’. Conversation with Now, almost 30 years later, we are witnessing this performance as a starting point, and the first highly public encounter between Roth presentation of the and Marthaler. Two Swiss anomalies who have award for Criticism of a lot in common, although they have not often the year. See p. 106. crossed paths. For example, a pronounced partiality for the deterioration of body, spirit and chocolate before the slow march of time.

Welcome, diverse tears, welcome, contradictory world.

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The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes t Public meeting on the nature of intelligence. Luke Howard Trio - Daniel Farrugia, Scandinavian Luke Howard, Jonathon Zion composition premiere Four activists with intellectual disabilities hold Michael Chan, Simon Laherty, a public meeting to start a frank and open DEN Sarah Mainwaring, Scott Price performers NATIONALE conversation about a history we would prefer Bruce Gladwin director SCENE not to know, and a future that is ambivalent. Rihan Hinkley screen design STORE SCENE Andrew Livingston light design Weaving a narrative through the ethics of mass DATE/TIME Lachlan Carrick sound design food production, human rights, the social impact Thursday 28 & Melissa Reeves script consultant Friday 29 May of automation and the projected dominance of Shio Otani kostyme design at 19:00 artificial intelligence in the world, The Shadow Jennifer Ma translation Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes is about the DURATION Alana Hoggart stage manager 1:5 changing nature of intelligence in contemporary Thomas Campbell sound engineer society. LANGUAGE Bao Ngouansavanh production manager Performed in A theatrical revelation inspired by mistakes, Michael Chan, Mark Cuthbertson, English misreadings, misleadings and misunderstan- Mark Deans, Rhian Hinkley, Bruce Gladwin, TICKETS ding, Shadow reminds us that none of us are Simon Laherty, Pippin Latham, Standard: self-sufficient and all of us are responsible. Andrew Livingston, Sarah Mainwaring, 290/370/420 Senior: Victoria Marshall, Scott Price, Brian Tilley, 261/333/378 Inspired by its own ensemble of actors, Back to Sonia Teuben creative development Under 30 Back Theatre is a leading voice in contemporary Alison Harvey, Tanya Bennet producer /student: 190 world theatre. After last year’s world premiere, Alice Nash executive producer FiB Fordel Shadow has impressed international critics, t.o.m. 11 mars: including the discerning New York press after The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter 203/259/294 the American premiere in January. FiB Fordel Becomes has been co-commissioned by f.o.m. 12 mars: 232/296/336 ‘an extraordinary play’ Carriageworks, Theater der Welt 2020, Düsseldorf, the Keir Foundation, the – THE NEW YORK TIMES Thyne Reid Foundation and The Anthony o Costa Foundation, supported by Creative Mark Deans, Michael Chan, Bruce Gladwin, Partnerships Australia through Plus 1, with Democracy, Simon Laherty, Sarah Mainwaring, technology development support from the Geelong Arts and empathy Scott Price, Sonia Teuben author Centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Conversation with International Arts Festival, the Une Parkinson director Bruce Foundation, The Public Theater (New York Gladwin and others, City) and ArtsEmerson (Boston). see p. 107.

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World Dialogue premiere is the new The confrontation! Wastefulness Morten Traavik Commission: in conversation, see p. 107. The Presentation

DEN NATIONALE Wastefulness SCENE LILLE SCENE

DATE/TIME Wednesday 20 May Commission at 18:00

DURATION 1:00

TICKETS Standard: 250 Culture wars as Russian roulette. ”To live is to war with trolls, in the holds of the Senior: 225 heart and mind; To create is to hold Judgment Under 30 The last time the Norway-based (and state-fi- Day over yourself.” /student: 190 nanced) art interventionists Traavik.info shook FiB Fordel up Bergen and the Festival was in 2014 with – HENRIK IBSEN until 13 April: 175 Kardemomyang, where prodigies from North FiB Fordel from 14 April: ​200 Korea’s most prestigious perfor- By and with The Wastefulness Commission: med their take on Norwegian cultural heritage BT Fordel: 187 Sløseriombudsmannen High Commissioner and society through the songs of Torbjørn 50.000 Facebook followers committee to Egner’s beloved children’s book When the members The Robbers came to Cardamom Town. Norwegian cultural politics, artists and Wastefulness This time, Morten Traavik and company return institutions objects of inspection Commission: with the world premiere of The Wastefulness Shabana Rehman moderator Findings and Commission, an tough but fair self-examinati- Void.as interactive solutions Recommen- Traavik.info artistic direction dations on of personal networks and the use of public funding in Norwegian cultural life. The Grand Norwegian taxpayers/Arts Council Norway FESTPLASSEN funding Inquisitor of this cultural People’s Tribunal will TENT be the hitherto anonymous Facebook persona DATE/TIME Sunday 31 May Sløseriombudsmannen (The Wastefulness Produced by Traavik.info at 21:00 Ombudsman) and his more than 50,000 follo- wers, for years stoking fear and loathing among DURATION A Co-production with BIT Teatergarasjen, many Norwegian artists and culture workers. 1:40 Rosendal Teater and Traavik.info TICKETS The Wastefulness Commission’s examination Standard: 350 of Norwegian cultural life in general, and the Senior: 315 Under 30 Festival in particular, will be presented to the /student: 190 audience and Norwegian taxpayers in two FiB Fordel parts – Part 1: Mission statement and acti- until 13 April: 245 on plan at DNS Lille Scene on the Festival’s FiB Fordel opening day May 20, and Part 2: Findings and from 14 April: 280 recommendations for the future in the Festival BT Fordel: ​262 tent at Festplassen on May 31, where even the OTHER mysterious Wastefulness Commissioner him (or The performances her-) self will finally step out into the spotlight. will be streamed online. More info at 024 #FESTSPILLENE20 fib.no. WWW.FIB.NO/EN 025 026 BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FRICTION FRICTION BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 027 FESTIVAL 2020 FESTIVAL 2020 d World premiere

STUDIO BERGEN DATE/TIME Thursday 21– Carte Blanche Saturday 23 May, Tuesday 26– Friday 29 May & Monday 01 & Tuesday 02 June But Then, We'll Disappear at 20:00 (I'd Prefer Not To) ADDITIONAL IN- FORMATION Carte Blanche meets Joar Nango, see p. 28. World premiere from the Norwegian After the performance Frédérick Gravel choreography, lighting on Saturday 23 May, National Company of Contemporary there will be a talk with Dance. design the dancers on stage. Philippe Brault composer Freedom of choice is the mantra of today. But Indrani Balgobin costumes TICKETS are our choices really our own choices? Standard: 360 Philippe Brault music Senior: 324 Indrani Balgobin costumes Canadian Frédérick Gravel is known for turning Under 30 /student: 190 the structures of choreography upside down and Ole Martin , Caroline Eckly, often includes elements of rock and performance FiB Fordel Daniel Mariblanca, Mathias Stoltenberg, art in his expression. His background is from the until 13 April: 252 Dawid Lorenc, Irene Vesterhus Theisen, FiB Fordel vibrant arts community in Montreal, and he has Aslak Aune Nygård, Tilly Sordat, from 14 April: 288 established himself as one of the foremost expo- Adrian Bartczak, Noam Eidelman Shatil, nents of the new, Canadian dance art. BT Fordel: 270 Guro Rimeslåtten, Karen Lynne Bjerknesli, For Gravel, the performance is only first crea- Sebastian Biong, Timothy Bartlett dancers dú ted in the meeting between people. The stage Family becomes an arena for an artistic and social ​Co-production with Carte Blanche performance experiment where characters are built and era- sed in a battle against their own patterns. This DATE/TIME Monday 01 June resistance is at once both tragic and beautiful. at 15:00 ‘I view a choreographic idea as a melody, and my DURATION works can be compared to making a concert. I 1:00 make music by the aid of dance. One might say TICKETS that I compose lines that the dancers perform Standard: 150 with their own voice, in their own key,’ he says. Senior: 135 Barn: 100 Behind the title But Then, We’ll Disappear (I’d FiB Fordel Prefer Not To) hides a desire to emphasize the until 13 April: 105 individual’s role in a world full of contradictions FiB Fordel from 14 April: 120 where guilt and celebration are two sides of the same coin, in hopes that everything has a plan. BT Fordel: 112

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performance of Free Pieces, which the compo- ser has called his first real ensemble work. The ten pieces for mixed ensemble each focus on one sound phenomenon, and the ending of each pieces is also the beginning of the next.

BIT20 Ensemble celebrated its 30th year in 2019 and is one of Norway’s leading contemporary music ensembles. The collaboration with last year’s Festival composer, Unsuk Chin, resulted in a sold-out concert. d u Tête-à-tête Carte Blanche BIT20 Ensemble BERGEN BØRS Bergen meets Joar Nango Jörg Widmann conductor HOTEL Sonoko Miriam Welde violin DATE/TIME Ludvig Gudim violin Unannounced​ Painted meals with Constance Tenvik. Eivind Ringstad viola sessions in the Festival Exhibition Bergen Børs Hotel Norwegian artist Constance Tenvik (b. 1990) Amalie Stalheim cello restaurants is based in and Oslo. She has a master’s 20–27 May. d u degree in visual arts from Yale University School m (1756–1791) String Quartet in B flat major K458 of Art and a bachelor’s degree from the Academy BERGEN OTHER BIT20 Free entry KUNSTHALL See also Carte Blanche: ST. JAKOB KIRKE JÖRG WIDMANN (1973–) of Arts in Oslo. With a multidisciplinary starting But Then, We’ll Disappear Etude no. 2 for Violin solo DATE/TIME String Quartet no. 3 point, ranging from sculpture, performance, DATE/TIME (I’d Prefer Not To) p. 26 Ensemble Thursday 21 May textile works, costumes, painting, drawing and Wednesday 03 June Interval at 12:00, 13:00 TICKETS at 19:30 video with a streaming aesthetic, Tenvik creates & 15:00 Included in the ticket for JÖRG WIDMANN worlds within worlds with her total installations. the Festival Exhibition. DURATION Three Shadow Dances for Clarinet solo 1:40 DURATION Ticket sales via Bergen Free Pieces for Chamber Orchestra or Ensemble including interval with / Constance Tenvik has worked with portraits since 2017, 25 min Kunsthall. Tenvik and last year she painted culture personalities ADDITIONAL Jörg Widmann INFORMATION artist in Stockholm at the restaurant Riche. As they Co-production with BIT20 Ensemble ​In Bergen Kunsthall, four dancers from Carte Introduction & Friends talked and ate, the portraits came to life. by Jörg Widmann Blanche convey Joar Nango’s festival exhibition at 18:50 The Festival Composer up close and is a mentoring program for young Featured In May, Constance Tenvik will set up base at the through location-specific improvisation based on personal. Crescendo guests restaurants at Bergen Børs Hotel to meet and TICKETS classical musicians under the direction of the Bergen dance and movement. International Festival, Barratt Due Music Institute and paint extraordinary people, unique profiles and Standard: 250 Senior: 225 German Jörg Widmann is the 2020 Bergen the Oslo Philharmonic. The project is supported by renowned artists for breakfast, lunch and dinner. An exciting meeting between art forms arises Under 30 International Festival composer and has cura- Trond Mohn, Bettina Ford Jebsen, Hans Peter Jebsen, The portraits are completed during the meal and and can only be experienced on this day at /student: 190 The Savings Bank Foundation DNB, Dextra Musica and ted the programme for this concert, which link Talent Norway. published on Instagram and fib.no. Bergen Kunsthall. FiB Fordel BIT20 Ensemble with musicians for the classical until 13 April: 175 mentor programme Crescendo. The time of the meetings will not be announced, FiB Fordel Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation from 14 April: 200 but if you happen to see someone pull out their The young string players of Crescendo perform DNB – Dextra Music paint and brushes in the middle of the meal, you Adrian Bartczak, Dawid Lorenc, BT Fordel: 187 Caroline Eckly, Noam Eidelman Shatil dance string quartets by Mozart and Widmann, and know what’s going on. violinist Sonoko Miriam Welde plays the Festival There will also be a small exhibition of Constance o composer’s Etude no. 2, written in the same Produced by Carte Blanche Tenvik’s earlier works at Bergen Børs Hotel. Meet the tradition as Paganini’s caprices. Composer Tenvik’s previous solo presentations include Jörg Widmann After the interval Jörg Widmann takes centre Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, in conversation stage and performs his Three Shadow Dances Young Artists’ Society & Kunstnernes Hus in see p. 107. for solo clarinet, before he conducts BIT20’s Oslo, Kristiansand Kunsthall and Loyal Gallery in Stockholm.

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Nika Goric soprano Daniel Norman tenor Elena Postumi piano Björg Brjánsdóttir flute Pétur Björnsson violin Zoe Martlew cello George Sleightholme clarinet Kompani Krapp Jennifer Torrence percussion Hanne Jones (Verdighetsenteret), Stephen Higgins music leader Beate Bednar, Kristine Nordby Simonsen Sjaron Minailo director, scenographer direction, script Patricia Hofstede costume design Beate Bednar, Kristine Nordby Simonsen Silje Grimstad lighting design actors David Alræk edit, co-direction film BÁRA GÍSLADÓTTIR (1989–) Christer Fasmer film photography exaudi Jørn Lavoll sound recordings PEDER BARRATT-DUE (1993–) Language is a skin Anne Bergendahl lighting design Eli Lea consultant

t World Det er alltid en premiere Future DEN CORNER- NATIONALE tråd en plass TEATERET SCENE Opera LILLE SCENE DATE/TIME Saturday 23 May DATE/TIME (There Is Always at 19:30 Tuesday 26 May & Wednesday 27 May a Thread Somewhere) Sunday 24 May at 19:00 at 18:00 are anxious about the unknown, and of what DURATION Two of the most creative young DURATION 1:15 Nordic composers explore how we others are thinking about us. 0:45 An open encounter with dementia. different story about the disease. The portrayal including interval communicate with each other in a The operas are developed in a two year process LANGUAGE of dementia often carries the mark of loss, isolati- In Det er alltid en tråd en plass (There is Always OTHER chamber opera double bill. in Bergen and Reykjavik where the composers Performed​ in on, loneliness and the enormous financial burden Introduction by Bára Norwegian without a Thread Somewhere) we get a unique insight Bára Gísladóttir’s exaudi is a musical explo- have been mentored by a superb international a dementia patient is on society. This performan- Gísladóttir and Peder surtitles into the lives of people with dementia. Through Barratt-Due ration through five short stories reflecting on team: Czech composer Ondrej Adamek, director ce focuses on the healthy aspects that reside a documentary-based performance, the perfor- in English Saturday different problems faced by humanity today Sjaron Minailo from the Netherlands, drama- TICKETS inside patients who are living with dementia. 23 May at 19:00 & Standard: 250 ming arts company Kompani Krapp spend time (such as climate change and anxiety) and how turg/librettist Krystian Lada from Poland and ’It’s about being seen, listened to and heard. Sunday 24 May Senior: 225 with five people with dementia over a period at 17:30. these issues effect the human psyche. The music director Stephen Higgins from the UK. Under 30 But it’s also about seeing and meeting others /student: 190 of two years at the Bergen Red Cross nursing composer uses operatic lines, surreal sounds, with curiosity – those you meet for the first time TICKETS After the world premiere in Bergen, the perfor- home. The main characters share their thoughts fragmented text, spoken narrative along or those you have known for a lifetime,’ says Standard: 350 mance continues on to Operadagen Rotterdam FiB Fordel and poetic texts from the nursing home, and it Senior: 315 with experimental instrumental utterances. until 13 April: 175 Kristine Nordby Simonsen, one of the founders and to Dark Music Days (Myrkir músíkdagar) FiB Fordel is these encounters and experiences that are Under 30 Peder Barratt-Due’s Language is a skin is inspi- of Kompani Krapp. /student: 190 in Reykjavik. from 14 April: 200 conveyed through film and sound in the perfor- red by Roland Barthes book ”A Lovers Discourse: mance. FiB Fordel Fragments”. The opera examines how personal until 13 April: 245 FiB Fordel relationships operate in our current world where Presented in collaboration with Kompani Krapp and its partner The Dignity from 14 April: 280 individuals are overloaded with information and Bergen Nasjonale Opera and Íslenska óperan Centre want more knowledge and understan- BT Fordel: 262 data: the more we feel we know, the more we ding about dementia and wish to tell a slightly

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LØVSTAKKEN Festival in DEPOT 1

DATE/TIME Monday 01 June the mountain 13:00 & 15:00

OTHER The event starts and ends with an approximately 15-minute walk A tunnel concert beneath on gravel inside Løvstakken. boys’ choir the tunnel. The Håkon Matti Skrede conductor temperature inside Welcome to Depot 1, the Bergen International is cool, and the String quartet from Festival’s newest and most extraordinary venue. audience must Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra have good shoes and suitable A short walk from Oasen shopping centre and clothing. into the new Fyllingsdalen tunnel, you will find In collaboration with Marti AS a large room that has been blasted into the Starting point by Marti Tunnel mountain. Usually, there are huge construction construction site machines in full activity here, but on June 01, next to Kiwi Oasen. work stops. Then, the area is rigged for a con- The entrance will be signposted. cert experience that is something quite out of the ordinary, and the depths of Løvstakken are Tickets for opened to the public. wheelchair users and persons with reduced mobility The music is by the angelic voices of Edvard must be purchased Grieg boys’ choir led by Håkon Matti Skrede, and in advance at a string quartet from the Bergen Philharmonic [email protected]. Orchestra. There may be additions to the pro- TICKETS gramme, and details will be announced on fib.no. Standard: 150 Senior: 135 When completed, the Fyllingsdalen tunnel will Under 30: 150 consist of two parallel tunnels: one for the city FiB Fordel light rail, and one for pedestrians and cyclists. It until 13 April: 105 will take nine minutes to cycle and 39 minutes FiB Fordel to walk through what will be Europe’s longest from 14 April: 120 walking and cycling tunnel.

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PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS WITH A HISTORY. THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE CLASSICAL ART TRADITION. DEPTH AND REFLECTION.

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GRIEGHALLEN Salome GRIEGSALEN

DATE/TIME Wednesday 20 May at 18:45 Opening Performance

Friday 22 May at 19:30 Grotesque, erotic, forbidden, DURATION psychotic, macabre – Salome mirrors Edward Gardner conductor 1:40 the extreme limits of the darkest Lloyd Wood director Cathrine Ahlsen costume design LANGUAGE sides of the human condition. Performed in Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra German. Surtitled In the 1890s, Oscar Wilde passionately took hold Ausrine Stundyte Salome in Norwegian and of the biblical story about Salome, Herod and Johan Reuter Jochanaan English. John the Baptist. A few years after his death, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Herodes ADDITIONAL Richard Strauss transformed Wilde’s words into Linda Watson Herodias INFORMATION an intense opera that reaches its chilling climax Stuart Jackson Narraboth Introduction by Gunnar Danbolt in the course of just one act. Hanna Hipp The Page of Herodias in Grieghallen foyer Michael Müller-Kasztelan First Jew It was not the shocking story that appealed to Wednesday 20 May Petter Moen Second Jew at 18:00 and Friday Strauss, but the opportunity to make glittering, John Olsen Third Jew 22 May at 18:45. explosive music. He makes straight for the dis- James Kryshak Fourth Jew turbingly violent emotions of the characters: TICKETS Callum Thorpe Fifth Jew Standard: Herod sneers and his wife Herodias nags, while James Creswell First Nazarene 250/650/850 Princess Salome sings, uninhibited and sensu- Senior: Ola Marius Ryan Second Nazarene ally, in an unparallelled soundscape. The ori- 225/585/765 Igor Bakan First Soldier Under 30 ental-sounding orchestral “Dance of the Seven Tapani Plathan Second Soldier /student: 190 Veils” is one of the opera’s highlights, until the James Berry A Cappadocian double basses tremble, warning ominously of FiB Fordel Rita Therese Ziem A Slave until 13 April: something falling heavily to the floor … 175/455/595 FiB Fordel British Lloyd Wood is the director of this unique RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949) from 14 April: Salome, op. 54 200/520/680 staged concert which opens the 2020 Bergen International Festival. Lithuanian soprano BT Fordel 22 May: Ausrine Stundyte, highly acclaimed for her Co-production with 187/487/637 Salome in Berlin, Bologna and Vienna, makes Musikkselskapet Harmonien and her first appearance in Bergen. o Bergen Nasjonale Opera

Myths, Supported by H. Westfal-Larsen & desires and Hustru Anna Westfal-Larsens decay Almennyttige Fond Conversation with authors Mara Lee and Inger Bråtveit, Sponsored by DNB and Equinor see p. 107.

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Grieg’s m in A Minor GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN Vilde Frang, DATE/TIME Sunday 24 May at 18:00 Nicolas Altstaedt DURATION 2:00 including interval & Víkingur Ólafsson

TICKETS Standard: 250/500/650 Senior: 225/450/585 with / Bergen Philharmonic Under 30 /student: 190 Orchestra

FiB Fordel until 13 April: 175/350/455 ‘Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor became the FiB Fordel Sibelius, Brahms and Grieg with an A from 14 April: team of soloists. signature tune of Norwegian national roman- 200/400/520 ticism – and it can still make pop musicians Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, under the weep.’ OTHER baton of principal conductor Edward Gardner The concert will – BERGENS TIDENDE be streamed introduces the concert with Sibelius’s suite live to selected Rakastava (The Lover). care homes, with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra support from The Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang and Franco- Kavli Trust. Edward Gardner conductor German cellist Nicolas Alstaedt – both of Vilde Frang violin o whom perform with passion and effortless Nicolas Alstaedt cello virtuosity and communicate brilliantly with Víkingur Ólafsson piano Conversation audiences, are soloists in Brahms’s Double between the Concerto. Alsteadt may also be experienced JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1947) soloists, conductor Rakastava, op. 14 Edward Gardner, in a Bergen International Festival solo recital. JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) festival director Concerto for violin and cello, op. 102 Anders Beyer and The concert concludes with the festival’s NRK host Arild best-loved work and the one with the longest Interval Erikstad in the tradition, Grieg’s A minor Piano Concerto. EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) foyer after the Piano Concerto in a minor, op. 16 concert. The soloist is the Icelandic pianist Vikingur Ólafsson, whose most recent album has recently been released. He also appears in a festival concert in Håkonshallen. Supported by Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber/AS Rika

Together the three constitute a European A team that has made an indelible mark on the international classical music scene.

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with/Jörg Widmann

m A portrait concert of and by the Festival Composer. GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN Jörg Widmann from may be said to DATE/TIME be an artist of the old school, since he not only Thursday 28 May composes, but also conducts and plays. This at 19:30 concert paints a complete picture of the 2020 DURATION Festival Composer in all three roles, accompa- 2:00 nied by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. including interval

TICKETS As a contemporary composer, Widmann is Standard: amongst the most performed in the world. His 250/400/550 music often forms a dialogue with classical- Senior: 225/360/495 romantic composers. In Grieghallen he conducts Under 30/student: the Bergen Philharmonic in his own orchestral 190 overture Con Brio, which takes a playful look at Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra FiB Fordel Beethoven’s 7th and 8th Symphonies, and the Jörg Widmann conductor, clarinet until 13 April: String Sextet Beats per Minute, sheer rhyth- 175/280/385 mical delight. FiB Fordel ​JÖRG WIDMANN (1973–) from 14 April: Con Brio 200/320/440 As a clarinettist Jörg Widmann is in demand 180 Beats per Minute as a soloist, with several premieres under his WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791) Clarinet Concerto in A-major, K. 622 BT Fordel: belt. In Bergen he performs Mozart’s A major 187/300/412 Interval Clarinet Concerto, considered the composer’s WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART greatest. The programme concludes with the Symphony no. 41 in C-major, K. 551, Jupiter o Jupiter Symphony, a work that demonstrates Mozart’s genius to the full. Meet the Composer Jörg Widmann in conversation, see p. 107.

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Closing Concert

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GRIEGHALLEN & Leif Ove Andsnes GRIEGSALEN

DATE/TIME Wednesday 03 Mozart’s masterful piano concertos. He has recently embarked on a project planned June to last for several years, in which he will make at 18:00 Celebrating its hundredth anniversary, the Oslo recordings and tours based on these two highly DURATION Philharmonic Orchestra rounds off the 2020 productive years in Mozart’s life. 2:00 Bergen International Festival with a programme devoted exclusively to Mozart. The soloist is The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Leif Ove Andsnes, who conducts the orchestra its first hundred years this season, and part of The concert will from the piano. the celebration is an international tour in the be streamed live autumn of 2019 with Leif Ove Andsnes. The to Norwegian In Grieghallen they perform Mozart’s Piano cinemas, with last time the orchestra appeared in Bergen was support from The Concertos nos. 20 and 21 and his Piano Quartet seven years ago. Kavli Trust. no. 1. He composed all three works in 1785 and 1786, when he was in an extremely creative peri- TICKETS Oslo Philharmonic Standard: od which was to change the piano concerto for 250/600/750 ever. In the course of two years he wrote several Leif Ove Andsnes conductor, piano Senior: masterpieces in the genre, in which he reviewed 225/540/675 the roles of the soloist and the orchestra and WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791) Under 30/student: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478 190 created new opportunities for communication Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 and dialogue. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, Elvira Madigan, K467 FiB Fordel until 13 April: 175/420/525 ‘At this time a piano concerto would always start FiB Fordel with the orchestra presenting different motives Supported by Yvonne & from 14 April: and melodies, and when the soloist entered, Bjarne Rieber/AS Rika 200/480/600 he or she would play variations on the same material that one had heard from the orchestra. Sponsored by DNV GL With Concerto No. 20, Mozart does something radically new. He makes the soloist enter with completely different music than what the orche- stra has played, thereby creating a contrast and a broader storytelling, where one immediately has the feeling that soloist is an individual, apart from the orchestra,’ explains Leif Ove Andsnes.

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Víkingur Ólafsson piano

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918) Fra La Damoiselle élue The Blessed Damozel, L62 Prélude JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683–1764) From Suite in E minor, RCT 2 4. Le Rappel des Oiseaux 6. Rigaudon I — Rigaudon II et Double 7. Musette en Rondeau. Tendrement 8. Tambourin 9. La Villageoise. Rondeau 3. Gigue en Rondeau I 4. Gigue en Rondeau II CLAUDE DEBUSSY From Estampes, L 100 m in the genre. Although in a very different style, 3. Jardins sous la pluie Gardens in the rain William the airs and duos of Claudio Monteverdi, Luigi Víkingur From Children’s Corner L 113 HÅKONSHALLEN Rossi, Sigismondo d’ or the very unknown 3. Serenade for the Doll 4. The Snow is Dancing Antonio Bertali, display equally remarkable DATE/TIME Christie Ólafsson JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU Thursday 21 May beauty and leave a hint of where the seeds From Suite in D major, RCT 3 at 19:30 were sown for this chamber form and used by 1. Les Tendres Plaintes (Rondeau) 7. Les Tourbillons (Rondeau) future generations. DURATION m Innovative Icelandic pianist. 6. L’Entretien des Muses 1:30 with / Les Arts CLAUDE DEBUSSY The performance of these duetti will be From Préludes, L 117 including interval Vikingur Ólafsson, born in 1984, has over the last Florissants punctuated with Italian instrumental music HÅKONSHALLEN 6. Des Pas sur la Neige Footprints in the Snow few years taken the world by storm, thanks to his TICKETS JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU of both centuries written by Handel, Tomaso DATE/TIME Standard: 520/590 innovative style and explosive virtuoso playing. From Suite in D major, RCT 3 Antonio Vitali, and Tarquino Merula. Friday 22 May 4. La Joyeuse (Rondeau) Senior: 468/531 Duetti da camera: Jewels of the 17th In 2018 he released the album Johann Sebastian at 19:30 8. Les Cyclopes (Rondeau) Under 30 and 18th centuries. Bach, which BBC Music Awards named Album of /student: 190 To give life to these jewels, William Christie, From Les Boréades, RCT 31 DURATION the Year in 2019. The Gramophone maintained Les Heures et les Arts The Hours and the Arts, George Frideric Handel was trained in the cembalist, conductor and founder of reputa- 2:00 FiB Fordel that the album was ’one of the best Bach reco- transcribed by Vikingur Ólafsson school of the grand Italian opera, where the ble early music ensemble Les Arts Florissants, including interval CLAUDE DEBUSSY until 13 April: rdings ever’, choosing him as Artist of the Year. 364/413 transcendent bel canto style of singing was joins with sopranos Katherine Watson and From Préludes Book 1, L 117 TICKETS FiB Fordel 1. La fille aux chevaux de lin enjoying its golden age. mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik, both former laure- Standard: 450/490 from 14 April: Vikingur Ólafsson has performed with major The Girl with the Flaxen Hair ates of the Jardin des Voix, and a handpicked Senior: 405/441 416/472 This concert invites the listener to revel in , including the LA Philharmonic, From Préludes Book 2, L 123 ensemble of brilliant young instrumentalists. Under 30 1. Ondine duetti performed in a “da camera” version – /student: 190 the Philharmonia (London) and Orchestre BT Fordel: JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU 390/442 superb examples of transcendent vocal style Philharmonique de Radio France. He has also Suite i G-dur, RCT 5 FiB Fordel where virtuosity and vocal prowess are agents Les Arts Florissants participated in the production of two television 12. La Poule The Hen until 13 April: 10 and 11. Menuett 1 and 2 of pure emotion – written by Handel and some William Christie conductor, harpsichord, organ 315/343 series about classical music, and has established 14. Les Sauvages The Savages Supported by of his contemporaries representative of the Katherine Watson soprano FiB Fordel his own chamber music festival in Iceland. 15. L’Enharmonique The Enharmonic from 14 April: The Savings Bank Eva Zaïcik mezzo-soprano 16. L’Egyptienne The Egyptian Woman different Italian musical schools: the Neapolitan 360/392 Foundation DNB Francesco Durante (1684–1755) or the Venitian Théotime Langlois de Swarte violin This is the first time he appears as a soloist at the Interval – Dextra Music Agosto Steffani (1654–1728). Sophie De Bardonèche violin BT Fordel: Bergen International Festival. In Håkonshallen MODEST MUSORGSKIJ (1839–1881) 337/367 he performs works by Debussy and Rameau Pictures at an Exhibition Cyril Poulet cello In order to illustrate the development in vocal Thomas Dunford theorbo featured on his latest album, released in 2020. writing for duos at the time, these jewels of Vikingur Ólafsson is also the soloist in Edvard Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation the 18th century have been programmed along Works by with pieces from the preceding century, cho- HÄNDEL, MONTEVERDI, MERULA, ROSSI, Grieg’s A minor Piano Concerto with the Bergen DNB – Dextra Music sen from amongst the most remarkable ones STRADELLA, STEFFANI and DURANTE Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2020 Festival.

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Johanne Haugland concert master Eirik Johan Grøtvedt tenor Sonoko Miriam Welde violin solo Eirik Haug Stømner piano Johanne Haugland, Rasmus Hella Mikkelsen, Andreas Block Laberg, Ariane Jebsen Alvestad, Hanna Vigerust Kallestad, June Gjellestad, Brage Sæbø, Hanna Marie EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) Thiesen, Lea von Hofacker, Mille Christine Last Spring, op. 33:2 Hauge, Olga Melby Larsen, Siri Solveig A Vision, op. 33:6 At Rondane, op. 33:9 Standsnes, Victoria Pletten, Maren Ohm Say What You Will, op. 21:4 Ballestad, Karoline Strand, Ormar Maidre HARALD SÆVERUD (1897–1992) Aarvik, Sunniva Herland Monstad, Ragnhild Ballad of Revolt, op. 22:5 AGATHE BACKER GRØNDAHL (1847–1907) Willasen Stangenes violin To the Queen of My Heart, op. 1:3 Iris Maidre Aarvik, Sunniva Norberg, DAVID MONRAD JOHANSEN (1888–1974) Mitra Rahman, Michelle Erika Sommerfelt, In the Morning, op. 6:4 EYVIND ALNÆS (1872–1932) Nicolay Mæland, Johanne Skaansar viola Last Voyage, op. 17:2 Åshild Brunvoll, Balder Hella Mikkelsen, EDVARD GRIEG Alice Gjellestad, April Jebsen Alvestad, Six Songs, op. 48 5. Zur Rosenzeit The Time of Roses Emma Ohm Ballestad, Jonas Hauknes 6. Ein Traum A Dream Hugenholz, Sophia von Wangenheim, Live Tønnensen Norberg cello Jon Åsnes double bass

EDWARD ELGAR (1857–1934) Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20 ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992) From Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

m Interval m Bergen Alumni DMITRIJ SJOSTAKOVITSJ (1906–1975) In a daytime recital in Håkonshallen the duo HÅKONSHALLEN Chamber Symphony in C minor, op. 110a performs pieces by Grieg and other composers, HÅKONSHALLEN Eirik Johan BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) aiming to showcase the wealth of the Norwegian Saturday 30 May Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 DATE/TIME at 19:30 Ten years of Bergen talent in ensemble. Saturday 30 May Grøtvedt & tradition of lieder, or as they are better known at 13:30 & 15:00 in Norway, romances. The programme opens DURATION ​Bergen has nurtured numerous musicians in a The concert master for the evening is Johanne 1:30 DURATION with The Last Spring, considered to be among variety of genres, not least classical. This unique Haugland from Bergen. She is currently 0:30 Eirik Haug including interval Grieg’s greatest masterpieces. With its breadth concert presents ten string players from Bergen studying for a master’s degree at the Norwegian ADDITIONAL of expression and emotion, the song moves from TICKETS who have all made their mark over the past ten Academy of Music, performs regularly with the INFORMATION Stømner lyrical beauty to the grief of a dying man on expe- Standard: 150 A​ historical Senior: 135 years, performing alongside seventeen talented Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Oslo Camerata riencing the last spring of his life. In homage to introduction to the young musicians from the city of Bergen. and deputises as section leader in Trondheim museum by the the Norwegian romance, Eirik and Eirik will also FiB Fordel Symphony Orchestra. The soloist, Sonoko Miriam King Håkons’s Hall Matinee Concert present several lesser-known works. until 13 April: 105 The collaboration has been brought about by Museum/Bymuseet i FiB Fordel Welde, a participant in the mentoring programme Bergen is included in the Bergen School of Music and fine Arts, the ’We have chosen to dig out some rarely per- from 14 April: 120 Crescendo, also appears in three other concerts the ticket and begins music department at Langhaugen College and A genuine tribute to the Norwegian in the 2020 Bergen International Festival. 30 min prior to each formed music by Norwegian composers, just BT Fordel: 112 the Barratt Due Institute of Music. Over recent concert. tradition. to demonstrate the breadth and variety of the years they have provided a programme for the The concert is introduced by the violinist Stephan TICKETS genre. It will be a privilege to be in Håkons­ Barratt-Due, principal and artistic director of the Eirik Johan Grøtvedt, tenor and Eirik Haug most motivated young string players, combining Standard: 240 hallen, where we have both had great musical Barratt Due Institute of Music. Senior: 216 Stømner, piano (both born 1993), made their extra tuition, ensemble work, theory and experiences in the audience,’ the duo agrees. Under 30 Bergen International Festival debut at Siljustøl encounters with more experienced musicians. /student: 190 last year to a capacity audience, whose hearts In the Bergen International Festival 2020 Eirik The remarkable results of this collaboration may Produced by Centre for Talent Development, FiB Fordel they stole for ever! & Eirik also appear in Skjerjehamn. be experienced in Håkonshallen. Barratt Due and Bergen kulturskole until 13 April: 168 FiB Fordel from 14 April: 192​ 046 #FESTSPILLENE20 WWW.FIB.NO/EN 047 048 BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOUNDATIONS BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 049 FESTIVAL 2020 FESTIVAL 2020 m Nicolas IANNIS XENAKIS (1922–2001) Caroline Wettergreen soprano Dhipli Zyia for Violin and Cello HÅKONSHALLEN Christian Grøvlen piano HENRI DUTILLEUX (1916–2013) Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher DATE/TIME Altstaedt JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) Monday 25 May EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 at 19:30 Gruss, op. 48:1 Interval Zur Rosenzeit, op. 48:5 En fuglevise, op. 25:1 DURATION JÖRG WIDMANN (1973–) with/Ludvig Gudim (1797–1828) 1:40 Melodie including interval am Spinnrade, D118 ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882–1967) Du bist die Ruh, D776 Sonata for Solo Cello in B minor, op. 8 OTHER CLARA SCHUMANN (1819–1896) 1. Fantasia - Allegro di molto Er ist gekommen, op. 12:2 Nicolas Alstaedt will Deep dive into a challenging genre 2. Allegro con spirito also perform with Warum willst du and're fragen? op. 12:11 Bergen Philharmonic with a captivating cellist. Liebst du um Schönheit, op. 12:4 Orchestra, Vilde O Lust, o Lust, op. 23:6 Frang & Víkingur The sought-after Franco-German cellist Nicolas PJOTR TSJAJKOVSKJI (1840–1893) Ólafsson. See p. 39. Dumka, op. 59 Altstaedt has a broad repertoire ranging from MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) Baroque to contemporary music and is active as m TICKETS 5 Mélodies populaires grecques Caroline Standard: 450/490 a soloist, chamber musician and artistic leader. LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918–1990) HÅKONSHALLEN I Hate Music! Senior: 405/441 He is praised for his persuasive and thorough Under 30 Wettergreen RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949) DATE/TIME /student: 190 conveyance, effortless virtuosity, and ability Mädchenblumen, op. 22 to blend daring and radical elements into the Tuesday 26 May Allerseelen, op. 10:8 at 19:30 FiB Fordel music. & Christian until 13 April: DURATION 315/343 This festival concert begins with Iannis Xenakis’ 1:20 Grøvlen FiB Fordel from 14 April: Dhipli Zyia, where Altstaedt plays together with TICKETS 360/392 violinist Ludvig Gudim from the Crescendo Standard: 450/490 mentoring program. Senior: 405/441 BT Fordel: 337/367 Under 30 Soprano and pianist from Bergen – music in her youth, growing up in Bergen close The cellist then continues alone, performing /student: 190 exquisite and effervescent. to the composer’s home Troldhaugen, and also solo works by Dutilleux, Bach, Kodály and FiB Fordel as a student to Bernstein’s humorous I hate festival composer in residence Jörg Widmann until 13 April: Caroline Wettergreen was awarded the Equinor music! in Håkonshallen. The concert is completed 315/343 talent grant for classical music in 2018. FiB Fordel According to jury chair Leif Ove Andsnes she ‘All in all this is repertoire that means a lot with Kodály’s Sonata for cello solo in B minor, from 14 April: which is considered the most significant work 360/392 has ‘solid technique, sparkling charisma and to me. It has followed me through several in this challenging genre since Bach’s iconic world class high notes.’ phases of my development as a musician,’ BT Fordel: 337/367 cello suites. she explains. She was brilliant as the Queen of the Night During this year’s festival, Altstaedt will also when the Norwegian Opera staged The “Music is a lot of men with a lot of tails perform in Grieghallen along with violinist Vilde Magic Flute in 2019. Her stage performance Making lots of noise like a lot of females Frang and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. was dynamic, emotional and precise. She Music is a lot of folks in a big dark hall now makes her Bergen International Festival Where they really don't want to be at all” ’An absolute revelation. Nicolas Altstaedt, one debut alongside the critically acclaimed pianist – FROM BERNSTEINS I HATE MUSIC of the cello realm’s most brilliant young princes.’ Crescendo is a mentoring program for young Christian Grøvlen, described by a national classical musicians under the direction of the Bergen newspaper as ‘both an old school virtuoso – HUFFINGTON POST International Festival, Barratt Due Music Institute and the Oslo Philharmonic. The project is supported by and a young artist with a good command of Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation Trond Mohn, Bettina Ford Jebsen, Hans Peter Jebsen, current trends.’ DNB – Dextra Music Nicolas Altstaedt cello The Savings Bank Foundation DNB, Dextra Musica and Ludvig Gudim violin Talent Norway. In Håkonshallen the duo presents a varied Sponsored by Argentum programme reflecting Caroline Wettergreen’s Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation artistic work. She was introduced to Grieg’s DNB – Dextra Music

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m The Norwegian HÅKONSHALLEN Soloists’ Choir DATE/TIME Friday 29 May at 19:30

DURATION received the prestigious Diapason d’or award 1:00 Hymn to freedom. for 2018. Bach’s motets are as great an enigma TICKETS In 2020 the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir celebra- as the composer himself. It is not known when Standard: 450/490 tes its 70th anniversary, visiting the Bergen they were composed, but in Bach’s time they Senior: 405/441 International Festival with its conductor Grete Under 30 were mostly sung at funerals. The motets cast /student: 190 Pedersen and its award-winning interpretation a piercing spotlight on any music they come of Bach’s motets and Poulenc’s hymn to fre- into contact with, and seethe with hope of life FiB Fordel edom, or according to Henri Hell, the litanies until 13 April: in the world to come. m ‘A violinist in a class of his own’ 315/343 of Liberty. James Ehnes – THE TIMES ABOUT JAMES EHNES The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir is an innovative HÅKONSHALLEN FiB Fordel Few choral works are as beautifully conceived ensemble with a rich historical background. It from 14 April: & Andrew as Poulenc’s Figure Humaine. Both the music consists of 26 hand-picked professional singers DATE/TIME James Ehnes violin 360/392 and Paul Éluard’s texts were written clande- with a tremendous ability to blend their voices, Wednesday 27 May Andrew Armstrong piano at 19:30 Armstrong BT Fordel: 337/367 stinely in occupied France during the Second resulting in a highly distinctive choral expressi- Sonoko Miriam Welde violin World War, and constitute a hymn to freedom on. Grete Pedersen, the choir’s artistic director DURATION Ludvig Gudim violin from occupation and tyranny. The composer since 1990, was in November 2019 granted the 1:45 Eivind Ringstad viola including interval & Friends insisted that the work should be performed title of Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order Sandra Lied Haga cello unaccompanied – it should be the human voice of St Olav. In 2019 she received The Lindeman TICKETS Top duo to mentor young classical speaking. Prize for the Nordic Council’s Music Prize. Standard: 450/490 musicians. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Senior: 405/441 Violin Sonata no. 8 in G major, op. 30:3 ’It is just so very vigilantly executed. The sin- Under 30 250 years after Beethoven was born, Canadian BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) /Student: 190 violinist James Ehnes and American pianist 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz 98 ging makes your hair stand on end’, a critic wro- The Norwegian Solists Choir Andrew Armstrong have devoted a large part 37. Prelude and Canon in B flat dorian te of the album Bach: The Motets, which also Grete Pedersen conductor FiB Fordel 16. Burlesque. Allegretto in B flat major until 13 April: of their season to the composer. 35. Ruthenian Kolomejka. Allegro in A dorian 315/343 13. Wedding song in A mixolydian JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) FiB Fordel In Håkonshallen, the duo will perform one of 22. Mosquito Dance. Allegro molto in A phrygian Komm, Jesu, komm, motett, BWV 229 from 14 April: Beethoven’s violin sonatas, demonstrating why 26. Teasing song. Scherzando in A major Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, motett, BWV 226 360/392 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motett, BWV 225 they are the top choice among concert organi- 28. Sorrow. Lento, poco rebato in A minor 32. Dance from Máramos. Allegro giocoso in D dorian FRANCIS POULENC (1899–1963) BT Fordel: 337/367 zers worldwide. 38. Romanian Whirling Dance. Allegro in D major Figure Humaine, FP 120 43. Pizzicato. Allegretto in E minor Text: Paul Éluard Ehnes and Armstrong are in the middle of a tour 36. Bagpipes. Allegro molto in A mixolydian Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise, FP 142 spanning three continents but are taking time to 36a. Változata. Allegro molto in A mixolydian come to Bergen to mentor the young musicians Interval in Crescendo. CÉSAR FRANCK (1822–1890) Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation Piano Quintet in F minor The Crescendo programme connects young DNB – Dextra Music classical musicians early in their careers with experienced artists so they can listen, learn and Crescendo is a mentoring program for young classical play together. At this concert, violinists Sonoko musicians under the direction of the Bergen International Festival, Barratt Due Music Institute and the Oslo Miriam Welde and Ludvig Gudim, viola player Philharmonic. The project is supported by Trond Mohn, Eivind Ringstad and cellist Sandra Lied Haga will Bettina Ford Jebsen, Hans Peter Jebsen, The Savings perform with the Canadian-American star duo. Bank Foundation DNB, Dextra Musica and Talent Norway.

The programme consists of works by Beethoven, Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation Bartók and Franck. DNB – Dextra Music

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The programme consists of Robert Schumann’s m Three Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano and light from Beethoven back to the Baroque era Francesco Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor, often Danish String and forward to modern masters. In the autumn HÅKONSHALLEN called the crown of Brahms chamber music. of 2019 the quartet released the second album DATE/TIME Piemontesi Quartet of the planned series of five. In Håkonshallen Francesco Piemontesi will also perform a solo Sunday 31 May the programme includes the massive, complex at 19:30 concert at Troldhaugen. You can also meet the Grosse Fuge from Beethoven’s String Quartet young Crescendo musicians at concerts with DURATION no. 13. 1:10 with/Friends James Ehnes & Andrew Armstrong, Nicolas Alstaedt and Tanja Zapolski. m Through Beethoven’s prism. TICKETS Danish String Quartet Standard: 450/490 HÅKONSHALLEN The musicians in the Danish String Quartet Senior: 405/441 The crown of Brahms’ chamber Francesco Piemontesi piano ​Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen violin DATE/TIME have known one another since their teens, Under 30 music. Sonoko Miriam Welde violin Frederik Øland violin /student: 190 Monday 01 June and they claim they cannot remember a time Ludvig Gudim violin at 19:30 Asbjørn Nørgaard viola Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi is a new without the quartet. The way they radiate the FiB Fordel Eivind Ringstad viola Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin cello mentor in the festival’s mentoring program DURATION joy of music so tangibly on stage has brought until 13 April: Sandra Lied Haga cello 315/343 Crescendo, which connects classical musicians 1:50 them popularity worldwide. FiB Fordel including interval HENRY PURCELL (1659–1695) at the start of their career with experienced Chaconne in G minor for String Quartet, Z 730 from 14 April: ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Though having won several prizes, they des- artists. After an intense rehearsal period, the Arr.: 360/392 3 Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 73 TICKETS cribe themselves modestly as ’a nice neigh- ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934–1998) performers stand together on the stage in a JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) Standard: 450/490 Senior: 405/441 bourhood quartet – with a bit more beard than String Quartet no. 3 BT Fordel: 337/367 musical partnership. Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34 Under 30 average.’ Last time they appeared at the Bergen Interval /student: 190 The sought-after pianist has an admirable and International Festival in 2015, Håkonshallen was LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Crescendo is a mentoring program for young classical String Quartet no. 13 in B flat major, op. 130 expressive playing style, which, combined with FiB Fordel filled to capacity. musicians under the direction of the Bergen International until 13 April: great musical imagination and virtuosity, makes Festival, Barratt Due Music Institute and the Oslo 315/343 At this year’s festival they perform works by him a perfect mentor for young, talented musi- Philharmonic. The project is Supported by Trond Mohn, FiB Fordel Bettina Ford Jebsen, Hans Peter Jebsen, The Savings Bank Purcell, Schnittke and Beethoven, as part of Supported by Sparebankstiftelsen DNB – cians. from 14 April: Foundation DNB, Dextra Musica and Talent Norway their ambitious deepdive into Beethoven’s late Dextra Musica & William Demant Fonden 360/392 The Crescendo musicians at this concert in string quartets, which has received high acclaim. Håkonshallen are violinist Sonoko Miriam BT Fordel: 337/367 The series, named Prism, follows musical rays of Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation Welde, violinist Ludvig Gudim, viola player DNB – Dextra Music Eivind Ringstad and cellist Sandra Lied Haga.

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m Tailored concerts HÅKONSHALLEN

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Free entry Festspillkollektivet he tickets are for those on the autism spectrum Daytime concert designed for people The concerts are presented by music therapist or who have other neurological with autism and other communication Karin Mössler who guides the audience through differences. and perception challenges. the event. The programme consists of short pie- ces. An information pack about Håkonshallen, OTHER The Bergen International Festival is for everyo- the artist and the programme will be available A printer friendly ne. This year, a pilot project will be carried out information pack in advance. about the concert with three classical daytime concerts where the will be available at programme and the audience area are specially The events are part of Festspillkollektivet, fib.no tailored for those on the autism spectrum or which is the festival’s socially engaged arts programme. Please note that who have other neurological differences. Håkonshallen is not wheelchair In beautiful Håkonshallen, you will meet a accessible. relaxed attitude to sounds and movement. You Supported by The Kavli Trust Chiascuro explain: ‘By putting Haydn in the may clap, move and make as much sound as Chiaroscuro middle of the programme, we return to the ori- Víkingur you want. The doors are open throughout the gin and the very core of the string quartet. We concert, so you can leave the room and come Quartet love playing this music – its musical language Ólafsson – Tailored back at any time. A quiet area is available for is completely different from Schubert’s. The those who need a break. humour in Haydn’s music opens up so many concert

opportunities, and we keep finding new ways DATE/TIME m Moved by Death and the Maiden. to perform his works.’ Friday 22 May at 11:00 HÅKONSHALLEN ​‘A shock to the ears of the best kind,’ was how The Observer described a Chiascuro recording. Chiaroscuro Quartet DATE/TIME The Danish The four musicians, playing on gut strings with Alina Ibragimova violin Tuesday 02 June String Quartet at 19:30 historically correct bows, start and end their Pablo Hernán Benedí violin – Tailored concert in Håkonshallen with Schubert. Emilie Hörnlund viola DURATION Claire Thirion cello concert 1:30 ‘We feel a particular affinity with Schubert’s including interval musical language,’ the members explain. DATE/TIME FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Monday 01 June TICKETS The composer’s famous Death and the Maiden Quartet Movement in C minor, D 703 at 13:00 Standard: 450/490 JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) Senior: 405/441 alternates between lyrical and violently drama- String Quartet in F minor, op. 20:5 Under 30 tic moods. Chiaroscuro, regarded as one of the Interval Chiaroscuro /student: 190 world’s leading quartets, has performed and FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Quartet FiB Fordel recorded the work several times. Strykekvartett nr. 14 i d-moll, «Death and the Maiden», – Tailored until 13 April: D 810 concert 315/343 ‘Even so, we are always moved by this piece. FiB Fordel It is impossible not to be moved by it,’ the Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation DATE/TIME from 14 April: musicians say. Tuesday 02 June 360/392 DNB – Dextra Music at 11:00 There is also a Haydn string quartet in their BT Fordel: 337/367 programme.

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Troldsalen/Troldhaugen by bus Return transport is included in the concert ticket. Please note that a bus ticket must be booked when you buy your concert ticket or www.fib.no/gratisbuss. The bus journey is approx. 30 min Ålien, Boisseau, CONCERT AT 19:30 Departure from the Tourist Information Philippe & Dupree /Mathallen at 18:30 Return from Troldhaugen 23 May at 22:00 Return from Troldhaugen 25 May at 21:00 Return from Troldhaugen 28 May at 21:30 Return from Troldhaugen 30 May at 22:00 m Glowing interaction from a young proportions that accommodates ‘endless joy of Visit a quartet with roots at the Kronberg life, deep inner peace, delicious drama, charm Griegs villa/Troldhaugen TROLDHAUGEN Academy. and contagious energy.’ Brahms’s monumen- by bus TROLDSALEN composer! tal Piano Quartet no. 2 in A Major, his longest The bus journey is approx. 30 min. The award-winning Norwegian violinist Miriam DATE/TIME chamber music work, concludes the concert. CONCERT AT 22:30 Saturday 23 May Helms Ålien (born in 1991) is praised for ‘her Departure from Turistinformasjonen at 19:30 extraordinary musicality and maturity beyond /Mathallen at 21:30 her years’. She is associated with the renowned Miriam Helms Ålien violin Music in the homes of Grieg, Concert visits in Grieg’s own living Return from Troldhaugen at 24:00 DURATION Kronberg Academy in Germany. Adrien Boisseau viola Bull and Sæverud. room (p. 61), Harald Sæverud’s home 2:00 Bruno Philippe cello in beautiful natural surroundings (p. Lysøen by boat including interval She visits the 2020 Bergen International Festival The Norwegian composers Edvard Frank Dupree piano 64) and ’s fairy tale castle, The boat journey is approx. 50 mins. with friends from the Academy: pianists Adrien Grieg (1843– 1907), Ole Bull (1810– TICKETS including the boat trip from the city CONCERT AT 11:00 Standard: 480 Boisseau and Frank Dupree and cellist Bruno 1880) and Harald Sæverud (1897– GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) Departure from Dreggekaien at 09:30 Senior: 432 centre, are traditional and popular Philippe. The four young performers, all profiled Piano Quartet in A minor 1992) made their mark on Bergen Return from Lysøen at 12:50 Under 30 events which bring the audience clo- soloists in their own right, share a great love for 1. Nicht zu schnell and left distinctive homes which are /student: 190 ser to both the artists and the music. CONCERT AT 15:30 chamber music. MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) now museums and concert venues. Departure from Dreggekaien at 14:00 FiB Fordel Sonata for Violin and Cello, M 73 The concerts are curated by profes- Return from Lysøen at 17:10 until 13 April: 336 For the concert the musicians have chosen ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) With a view of Grieg’s famous Märchenbilder Fairy Tale Pictures for sor and violinist Peter Herresthal and FiB Fordel a selection of lesser-known works from well- composer’s hut lies Troldsalen, a from 14 April: 384 Viola and Piano, op. 113 festival director Anders Beyer. Siljustøl by bus known composers, including Mahler’s melan- concert venue known for its excel- The bus journey is approx. 30 min. Interval BT Fordel: 360 choly Piano Quartet. lent acoustics for chamber music. At JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) CONCERT AT 15:00 Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 26 Troldhaugen there are also intimate Supported by The Savings Bank Departure from Strandkaien, TRANSPORT Ålien describes the piece as ‘rather melancholy, concerts in Grieg’s unique villa. Foundation DNB – Dextra Music Tourist information/Mathallen at 14:00 Transport included in but eventually both emotional and dramatic – Return from Siljustøl at 16:30 the ticket, see p. 56. There is no festival transport to the Family his only work in the genre.’ They will also per- Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation Day at Siljustøl 26 May. form Brahms’s Piano Quartet, a work of epic DNB – Dextra Music

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Trio Törn Trio Isimsiz Olof Kennemark violin Pablo Hernán Benedí violin Petrus Dillner nyckelharpa Michael Petrov cello (a traditional Swedish instrument) Erdem Misirlioglu piano Klara Källström cello

EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) OLOF KENNEMARK (1994–) Andante con moto in C minor, EG116 Hundraårspolskan Century Polska FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809–1847) Schottis i Spaken Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor

Arr: Trio Törn Interval Gråten i Låten Tears in the Tune PETRUS DILLNER (1995–) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Bernadettes vals Bernadette’s Waltz Piano Trio in B flat major, op. 97 ”Archduke” Arr: Trio Törn Olof Kennemark (1994–) Julstress Christmas Stress Arr: Trio Törn EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) From Lyric Pieces IV, op. 47 4. Halling Arr: Trio Törn From Holberg suite, op. 40 4. Air Arr: Trio Törn OLOF KENNEMARK (1994–) Utby Storpolska KLARA KÄLLSTRÖM (1984–) Monstrets Tillägnan The Dedication of the Monster Arr: Trio Törn PETRUS DILLNER (1995–) Trio Törn Petrus in the Spaceship Trio Isimsiz Arr: Trio Törn Slutspelat Played Out m Arr: Trio Törn m TROLDHAUGEN Vibrant and dramatic, The concert concludes with Beethoven’s Nordic folk music with a bold TROLDSALEN light and tender. Archduke trio, which is the piece the British trio TROLDHAUGEN personality. TROLDSALEN DATE/TIME chose to perform in the finale of Trondheim’s Thursday 28 May The members of Trio Isimsiz started playing DATE/TIME Swedish band Trio Törn offers a meeting between In addition to their distinctive interpretations international chamber music competition. at 19:30 together at the Guildhall School of Music & Monday 25 May three strong personalities with roots in Swedish and arrangements of Nordic folk music, the trio at 19:30 Drama in London in 2009, and have since taken Violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí alsoperforms folk music and loves to push the traditional will explore Grieg’s compositions at Troldhaugen. DURATION 1:40 the stage in Europe, Argentina and China. with the Chiaroscuro Quartet during this year’s DURATION boundaries of the genre. With a unique line-up 1:00 including interval festival. of violin, cello and «nyckelharpa» – also known as ‘This combination of incredibly talented musi- TICKETS The trio has performed in Norway before, win- TICKETS cians has resulted in compositions that are out «key harp» or «keyed fiddle», the musicians are STANDARD: 480 ning both the audience award and the first prize Standard: 450 of this world.’ SENIOR: 432 Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation Senior: 405 continually experimenting with the potential of in Trondheim’s international chamber music UNDER 30 Under 30 their instruments. – MUSIKMAGASINET LIRA DNB – Dextra Music​ /student: 190 competition in 2015. This will be their first visit /student: 190 to Troldhaugen – and the first time they perform When Trio Törn plays, a mixture of colourful FiB Fordel FiB Fordel Grieg’s piano trio Andante con moto. melodies, captivating harmonies, uninhibited until 13 April: 336 until 13 April: 315 Supported by ​The Savings Bank Foundation FiB Fordel FiB Fordel swing and intimacy come together as one living DNB – Dextra Music from 14 April: 384 The programme also includes one of the trio’s from 14 April: 360 entity. The trio always leaves plenty of room for absolute favourites: improvisation and ideas that arise in the moment, BT Fordel: 360 BT Fordel: 337 and diversity and unique listening experiences ‘Mendelssohn’s colossal C minor trio is a piece TRANSPORT TRANSPORT we have lived with for a long time. It is vibrant, characterize their concerts. Transport included in Transport included in the ticket, see p. 56. dramatic, yet often light and tender. We abso- the ticket, see p. 56. lutely love it!’

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Isata Kanneh-Mason Marianna Shirinyan

m Evening concert of nocturnes m A mirroring of Beethoven and with a British pianist. Nielsen’s miniatures. TROLDHAUGEN TROLDHAUGEN GRIEGS VILLA The critically acclaimed pianist Isata GRIEGS VILLA Armenian-Danish pianist Marianna DATE/TIME Kanneh-Mason released her debut DATE/TIME Shirinyan is known for her sensitive Friday 22 May album Romance in 2019, which landed Friday 29 May playing style and smooth technique. Saturday 23 May her a first place on the UK Classical Saturday 30 May At the Bergen International Festival, at 22:30 at 22:30 charts. The debut celebrates her she has among other things previously DURATION inspiration Clara Schumann’s 200-year DURATION performed as a soloist at Grieg’s Piano 1:00 anniversary; Gramophone Magazine 1:00 Concerto in A minor. This year, she will TICKETS cited the release as ’one of the most TICKETS perform two evening concerts in the litt- Standard: 570 charming and engaging debuts’. Standard: 570 le but giant composer’s own living room. Senior: 513 Senior: 513 Under 30 With a background from The Royal Under 30 ‘The spirit and the authenticity of Grieg’s /student: 190 Academy of Music, Kanneh-Mason, /student: 190 villa is incredibly heartwarming and sin- m He also performs Liszt’s arrangement of three FiB Fordel despite being in her early twenties, FiB Fordel cere. At the same time, playing on the Francesco Schubert songs and Liszt’s B minor Piano TROLDHAUGEN until 13 April: 399 has already had great achievements. until 13 April: 399 beautiful Steinway which Grieg used to TROLDSALEN Sonata, considered one of the most demanding FiB Fordel She has received several prestigious FiB Fordel work and play on is overwhelming for from 14 April: 456 from 14 April: 456 DATE/TIME Piemontesi works for piano ever written. awards, and this season includes any artist,’ says Marianna Shirinyan. Saturday 30 May TRANSPORT performances at New York’s Carnegie TRANSPORT at 19:30 In addition to his Troldsalen appearance In addition to excerpts from Grieg’s Transport included in Hall and the Concertgebouw in Transport included in Piemontesi also appears in Håkonshallen the ticket, see p. 56. the ticket, see p. 56. Lyric Pieces, the pianist will mirror DURATION ​Schubert meets Liszt in the hands of Amsterdam. The Kanneh-Masons 2:00 with the young musicians in the Crescendo Beethoven’s and Nielsen’s miniature a masterful pianist. – the pianist along with six younger including interval mentoring programme. works against each other throughout siblings, all trained in classical music «Pianist Francesco Piemontesi combines ‘an the concert. TICKETS – appeared on Britain’s Got Talent Standard: 480 amazing technique with intellectual capacity Francesco Piemontesi piano in 2015. ‘Both are masters of their work, both Senior: 432 few can match’, writes The Specator. Supported by Supported by Under 30 ​The Savings Bank ​The Savings Bank with a specific signature,’ she says. /student: 190 Isata Kanneh-Mason will give two reci- In his solo recitals of works by Franz Liszt FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Foundation DNB Foundation DNB Piano Sonata no. 18 in G Major, op. 78, D 894 tals in Grieg’s villa, playing nocturnes The programme also presents works FiB Fordel and other composers, this Swiss pianist FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) – Dextra Musica by Schumann, Chopin and Grieg, and – Dextra Musica by this year’s festival composer in resi- until 13 April: 336 has knocked audiences out with his musical ARR. FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) & William Demant FiB Fordel sonatas by Schumann and Beethoven. dence Jörg Widmann, who the pianist imagination and expressive virtuoso playing. Gretchen am Spinnrade Fonden from 14 April: 384 This is her first appearance in Norway. has followed over several years and His extensive discography demonstrates Der Doppelgänger considers a monument of our time: BT Fordel: 360 exceptional sensitivity. Interval ‘I am thrilled to finally start working on TRANSPORT FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) Transport included Francesco Piemontesi regularly performs Piano Sonata in B minor his pieces, and for this occasion, I have in the ticket, see in prestigious venues with world-renowned chosen the brilliant 11 Humoresques.’ p. 56. orchestras. In Troldsalen in the 2020 Bergen ​Isata Kanneh-Mason piano International Festival however we get to see Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation Marianna Shirinyan piano him in a more intimate setting. His Schubert- Works by SCHUMANN, BEETHOVEN, DNB – Dextra Music CHOPIN, GRIEG, BARBER and POULENC Liszt programme opens with Schubert’s Piano Works by GRIEG, BEETHOVEN, NIELSEN Sonata no. 18, often referred to as the ‘Fantasie’. and WIDMANN

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Lidia Baich & Amalie Stalheim & Tanja Zapolski Tanja Zapolski m Playful variety from an inter- m ​Melancholy beauty. national duo. LYSØEN LYSØEN ​Danish pianist Tanja Zapolski’s love Austrian violinist Lidia Baich and DATE/TIME affair with classical music goes right DATE/TIME Sunday 24 May Saturday 23 May Danish pianist Tanja Zapolski both back to her childhood. As a 6-year-old at 11:00 & 15:30 at 11:00 & 15:30 play in the quartet Opus X, and are she started crying when listening to DURATION DURATION known for their open and enquiring Bach, as the music was so beautiful 1:00 1:00 approach to music, often in relation and moving, and she could not Henning Kraggerud & TICKETS TICKETS to untraditional repertoire. understand why not everyone felt the Standard: 660 Standard: 660 Senior: 594 same way. This passion has followed Senior: 594 Lidia Baich won her first international Under 30 Christian Ihle Hadland Under 30 her throughout her career. The Danish /student: 190 /student: 190 competition at the age of eight, and regional newspaper Jyllands-Posten

has since then played in concert halls FiB Fordel FiB Fordel has described her as “impossible to until 13 April: 462 until 13 April: 462 worldwide. She enchants audiences FiB Fordel ignore” and “a natural talent and a pure A tribute to the Romantic era. Henning Kraggerud will introduce the works FiB Fordel with her genuine and intense m from 14 April: 528 generator of musical energy.” during the concert. from 14 April: 528 interpretations, and is considered to TRANSPORT LYSØEN Violinist, violist and composer Henning TRANSPORT be one of the most versatile violinists Transport included Cellist Amalie Stalheim from Bergen, Kraggerud and pianist Christian Ihle Hadland DATE/TIME Transport included on the scene today. in the ticket, see one of the young musicians in the have long been established as two of Norway’s Henning Kraggerud violin in the ticket, see p. 56. Saturday 30 May Crescendo mentoring programme, at 11:00 & 15:30 foremost musicians, sought after as soloists Christian Ihle Hadland piano p. 56. Tanja Zapolski delivers colourful has won several international prizes. and chamber musicians worldwide. With their explosions of energy with steely Supported by Sunday 31 May In 2018 she was awarded the Swedish all-consuming passion for music and the LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Supported by concentration. She trained at the The Savings Bank at 11:00 & 15:30 Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 1 in G Major, op. 40 Soloist Prize and the jury stated that delicate, pure consonance of their playing, The Savings Bank Royal Danish Conservatoire, and Foundation DNB – OLE BULL (1810–1880) “her technical brilliance goes hand DURATION they consistently present concert experiences I ensomme stunde Foundation DNB – has performed with Philip Glass, the Dextra Musica 1:00 in hand with response and personal imbued with refinement. ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Dextra Musica Philharmonic and the and The William Three Romances for Violin and Piano op. 94:1 & 2 expression, and we hope she will TICKETS and The William Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Demant Foundation OLE BULL (1810–1880) grace the concert halls of the world Standard: 660 The duo has a close affinity with the Bergen Andante Cantabile Demant Foundation Senior: 594 Crescendo is a for many years to come, inspiring new International Festival, where well as playing CÉSAR FRANCK (1822–1890) In the fairy-tale ambience of Lysøen Under 30 mentoring program Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8 generations of young musicians.” /student: 190 together, both have appeared solo. In this concert the duo play music by Handel, for young classical JOHAN SVENDSEN (1840–1911) Ihle Hadland and Kraggerud take their audience musicians under the Violin Romance, op. 26 Debussy, Stravinski and Bull. Together they will play a beautiful FiB Fordel direction of the Bergen on a journey into the Romantic era, serving a EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) until 13 April: 462 International Festival, programme with melancholic Allegretto esprissivo alla Romanza from FiB Fordel delightful programme full of music focusing on Barratt Due Music overtones consisting of Schumann, Violin Sonata no. 3 in C minor, op. 45 from 14 April: 528 emotion. OLE BULL (1810–1880) Institute and the Oslo Debussy, Prokofiev and Bull. Lidia Baich violin Philharmonic. The Sæterjentens Sunday The Herdgirl’s Sunday TRANSPORT Tanja Zapolski piano project is Supported The majestic architecture and beautiful scenery Transport included by Trond Mohn, in the ticket, serve to emphasise the romances in the Bettina Ford Jebsen, Amalie Stalheim cello see p. 56. programme, which includes several works by Ole Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation Hans Peter Jebsen, Tanja Zapolski piano The Savings Bank Bull himself, and make it easy to be spellbound. DNB – Dextra Music Foundation DNB, Dextra Musica and Talent Norway 062 #FESTSPILLENE20 WWW.FIB.NO/EN 063 064 BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOUNDATIONS BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 065 FESTIVAL 2020 FESTIVAL 2020 Singalong with Bergen Cathedral Choir m

BERGEN Messe Solennelle DOMKIRKE DURATION Johanne Haugland & Johan Dalene DATE/TIME 1:30 by Louis Vierne Sunday 24 May Gunnar Flagstad at 11:00 Free entry / Winner of the Norwegian Soloist Prize Mass sing-along during church m From youthful optimism to service in Bergen Cathedral. Superb playing and charisma. swan song. m Are you singing in a choir, or do you want to?- SILJUSTØL Violinist Johanne Haugland, born The international jury that awarded Bergen Cathedral Choir continues the success SILJUSTØL DATE/TIME and bred in Bergen, is currently stu- the 2019 Norwegian Soloist Prize prai- from previous years with a new “sing-along” Saturday 30 May DATE/TIME sed the 19-year-old violinist’s superb at 15:00 dying for her Masters Degree at the service in Bergen Cathedral. Norwegian Academy of Music. In Sunday 31 May playing and charisma. at 15:00 DURATION 2013 she spent a year in Venezuela ’A fantastic feeling, and a great honour During previous Festivals, the choir has per- 1:00 in the Youth Orchestra of Caracas DURATION to win!’ responded Johan Dalene. formed short masses as part of the service through the renowned social music 1:00 and invited everyone to join in a massive choir. TICKETS One part of the prize is a solo reci- Standard: 450 education programme El Sistema. Bergen Cathedral Choir will now perform Messe TICKETS tal during the Bergen International Senior: 405 Solennelle by French composer Louis Vierne In the 2020 Bergen International Standard: 450 Festival. Under 30 Senior: 405 (1870–1937), who was born 150 years ago. /student: 190 Festival she is accompanied by the Under 30 ’I begin with Christian Sinding’s Suite illustrious pianist Gunnar Flagstad, /student: 190 in the Old Style, which opens with a The choir welcomes all kinds of voices, deep FiB Fordel who has performed at the festival on until 13 April: 315 breakneck Presto – a great start to many previous occasions. FiB Fordel and high, to sing along at this event. There will FiB Fordel until 13 April: 315 the recital,’ he reveals. be a joint rehearsal from 10 pm, that is one hour from 14 April: 360 The violin sonatas in the program- FiB Fordel The programme also contains César before the service starts. The sheet music can me may be considered to reflect the from 14 April: 360 TRANSPORT Franck’s grandiose romantic Sonata be downloaded in advance at fib.no/syngmed. Transport included in course of life. The first is by Edvard TRANSPORT for Violin and Piano and two short pie- the ticket, see p. 56. Grieg; a light romantic work he wro- Transport included in ces by the Polish composer Grazyna Come join us and sing along with the singers in te at the age of 22, reviewed as ’the the ticket, see p. 56. Bacewicz. Bergen Cathedral on this Sunday! work of a young man who has only Supported by seen the sunny side of life’, and con- ’I also have the honour of playing a ​The Savings Bank trasts strongly with the passionate, Supported by piece by this year’s Festival Compo- Kjetil Almenning conductor ​ Foundation DNB dramatic violin sonata composed by ​The Savings Bank ser, Jörg Widmann, which I look for- Bergen Cathedral Choir Robert Schumann shortly before his ward to doing!’ – Dextra Musica Foundation DNB Sigurd Melvær Øgaard organ death in 1856. The concert concludes – Dextra Musica Despite his youth Johan Dalene is well Eivind Berg organ with Claude Debussy, and the work on his way to a major international ca- which was to be his last, composed reer. In 2020 he makes his debut in LOUIS VIERNE (1870-1937) on his deathbed in 1918. His melan- Wigmore Hall in London and Carnegie Messe Solennelle choly swan song is ambiguous, clear- Hall in New York. He is in the BBC New ly influenced by the World War which Generation Artists programme and was raging at the time. the Norwegian mentoring programme Crescendo. Johanne Haugland violin Gunnar Flagstad piano Johan Dalene violin Nicola Eimer piano 064 #FESTSPILLENE20 WWW.FIB.NO/EN 065 066 BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOUNDATIONS BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 067 FESTIVAL 2020 FESTIVAL 2020 Drop-in Concerts

m Informal concerts with low threshold the continued life of our music heritage. At and a high standard. the Bergen International Festival, these skilful GRIEGHALLEN students will have their own living and visible FOYER At the Drop-in concerts in the Grieghallen foy- platform, and we hope that we can contribute DATE/TIME er, students at the Grieg Academy take centre to both inspire and recruit further’, says Bergen Masterclass at Masterclass Thursday 21 May stage to shine in a relaxed setting, often in International Festival director Anders Beyer. at 12:00 & 15:00 interplay with their teachers. Programme details for all concerts will be avai- Rekstensamlingene Concert Friday 22 May lable at www.fib.no/stikkinnom in May alongside at 12:00 & 15:00 These short daytime concerts are a good intro- times for other concerts in the Grieg Academy’s Saturday 23 May duction to classical music, with a low threshold at 12:00 & 15:00 own concert hall (Gunnar Sævigs sal). Experience the Norwegian pianists Hear the result of six intense days to experience something entirely new. The m m Sunday 24 May Christian Ihle Hadland, Håvard with coaching and rehearsing guided programme is varied - from classical works at 12:00 & 15:00 In collaboration with The Grieg Academy – REKSTEN- Gimse and Armenian born Marianna TROLDHAUGEN by three of the Nordic countries’ fore- to contemporary music and even new works SAMLINGENE TROLDSALEN Monday 25 May Department of Music, at the University of Shirinyan at work with ten selected most pianists. at 12:00 & 15:00 composed by the students themselves. Bergen Masterclasses national and international young pia- DATE/TIME Tuesday 26 May with Christian Tuesday 02 June During six days of intense practice, nists at the beginning of their career at 12:00 & 15:00 ‘Young people who choose music as a profes- Ihle Hadland at 19:30 the piano students will have honed Wednesday 27 May sion are brave – and completely necessary for at Rekstensamlingene. DATE/TIME their technique, working with and at 12:00 & 15:00 DURATION Thursday 28 May In addition to their work as interna- 2:00 receiving guidance from Christian Ihle Thursday 28 May & Friday 29 May tional concert pianists, both Håvard including interval Hadland, Håvard Gimse and Marianna at 12:00 & 15:00 at 10:00 & 13:00 TICKETS Friday 29 May Gimse and Christian Ihle Hadland are Shirinyan. Three of the participants Standard: 320 at 12:00 & 15:00 Masterclasses working to educate new musicians. are members of Prof. Jiří Hlinka Senior: 288 with Håvard Gimse is a professor at the Norwegian Piano Academy’s talent program- Saturday 30 May Gimse Under 30 at 12:00 & 15:00 Academy of Music, and Ihle Hadland /student: 190 me for young Norwegian pianists. DATE/TIME DURATION teaches at The Academy Barratt Due. Experience the result as the students Saturday 30 May FiB Fordel 45 min perform the programme they have at 13:00 & 16:00 Marianna Shirinyan lives in Copen- until 13 April: 224 FiB Fordel rehearsed, at a dedicated master class TICKETS Sunday 31 May hagen, and tours internationally as Standard: 60 at 10:00 & 13:00 from 14 April: 256 concert in Troldsalen at Troldhaugen, a concert pianist. Shirinyan is also a Five optional the home of Edvard Grieg. concerts: 150 Masterclasses professor at the Norwegian Academy BT Fordel: ​240 with Marianna Tickets available Shirinyan of Music and has previously given only at the door in master classes at the Prof. Jiří Hlinka Grieghallen. DATE/TIME Piano Academy. Prof. Jiri Hlinka Piano Academy in Monday 01 June & partnership with Rekstensamlingene Tuesday 02 June The founder of the Piano Academy, at 10:00 & 13:00 and Bergen International Festival Professor Jiří Hlinka, has been a teacher DURATION to most of the prominent pianists 50 min in Norway today, including Leif Ove Andsnes, Håvard Gimse and Christian Free entry Ihle Hadland. They all give regular mas- terclasses at Rekstensamlingene (The Reksten Collections), as the academy’s artistic leaders.

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experience the conductors in an open master class on Tuesday 02 June as they work with Mesterclass Nicolás Pasquet from Uruguay. with/Jörg Widmann Nicolás Pasquet is a professor at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT in Weimar, Germany. He is considered one of Europe’s leading con- Open master class with festi- ductor educators and regularly sits on juries m Eirik Johan Grøtvedt & in international competitions. Pasquet has val composer Jörg Widmann. extensive experience from the international GRIEGAKADEMIET Eirik Haug Stømner GUNNAR SÆVIGS This year’s Bergen International arena, including as chief conductor for both SAL Festival composer both composes the Symphony Orchestra of Pecs, Hungary, DATE/TIME and conducts his own as well as Festival concert in Skjerjehamn Neubrandenburg Philarmonic and Coburg Monday 25 May the musical works of others - but at 12:00 State Theater Orchestra. He is dedicated to he began with the clarinet. Jörg Debut at the ocean’s edge his work with youth symphony orchestras and DURATION Widmann can still remember how, as m for a charming duo. is currently the chief conductor of the Youth 4:00 a child, he fell deeply and completely SKJERJEHAMN Symphony Orchestra in Hessen, Germany. in love with the sound of the instru- VILLAEN Eirik Johan Grøtvedt, tenor, and Eirik Haug Stømner, piano (both ment. Today, he is one of the world’s DATE/TIME Among the conductors is Daniel Reith, cur- Free entry most sought-after clarinet soloist. Sunday 31 May born 1993), perform for the first rently a master’s student of conducting at at 18:00 time in the beautiful surroundings the Norwegian Academy of Music. Previously, During this year’s festival, he will TICKETS of Skjerjehamn. The young duo aim he studied piano in Freiburg and Oslo, music perform Mozart’s clarinet concerto Standard: 400 to present the best of the Norwegian theory in Freiburg and conducting in Frankfurt. Senior: 360 in A major together with the Bergen Under 30 lied tradition (lieder are generally m He has been noted as a solid pianist and Philharmonic Orchestra as well as his /student: 190 known as romances in Norway), at Matinee Conductors chamber musician, both through concerts and own Three Shadow Dances for solo the same time introducing some les- competitions, and has been awarded several FiB Fordel concert with clarinet. until 13 April: 280 ser-known composers who deserve a Bergen programme scholarships in Germany. He has worked with a FiB Fordel place in the limelight. Philharmonic number of orchestras in Germany and Norway, Naturally, the clarinet is the focus from 14 April: ​320 and will, among other things, be conducting, of this open master class, where Local composers include compo- GRIEGHALLEN Kringkastingsorkesteret (The Norwegian students are given the opportunity ser, music reviewer, organist and PEER GYNT- Radio Orchestra) and the Lithuania National to learn from and get to know the conductor Johannes Haarklou SALEN Symphony Orchestra this spring. festival composer better. Supported by (1847–1925) from an isolated area in DATE/TIME Experience Berlioz’ Symphonie Sogn, who was unfortunately eclipsed Wednesday 03 June fantastique with conductor talents at The complete result can be heard at this at 14:00 County Council by his great contemporaries Grieg, the helm. special matinee concert in the Peer Gynt hall TICKETS Svendsen and Sinding, and Finn Ludt on the last day of the festival. Standard: 150 The Conductors Programme (Dirigentløftet) (1918–1992), from Fana, just south of Senior: 135 is a comprehensive and long-term initiative to Bergen, who is well known in Norway FiB Fordel strengthen Norway as a music conducting nati- Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra for song tunes which have gained until 13 April: 105 great popularity. The two artists have FiB Fordel on. Together with all the country’s professional Nicolás Pasquet mentor from 14 April: 120 symphony orchestras, the Bergen International Daniel Reith, Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard found some of Ludt’s works which are m Festival and a number of other supporters, the conductors rarely performed. initiative aims to cultivate competence and Eirik and Eirik first performed Open HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869) provide increased career opportunities for together at college in Sarpsborg in masterclass Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 Norway’s conductors. The talent programme 2009, but did not start delving into GRIEGHALLEN is led by Talent Norge and offers unique oppor- romances until they were music PEER GYNT- tunities through, among other things, master student some years later. According SALEN classes with international and national mentors. to a local newspaper they constitute DATE/TIME Tuesday 02 June During this year’s festival, you can see the ini- ‘an almost perfect classical duo’ with at 10:00 tiative in practice as the conductors rehearse Stømner as a sparkling pianist and Grøtvedt with a flexible and powerful Free entry Hector Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, and yet velvety voice.

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ENTERTAINMENT AND SURPRISES. FOR YOUNG AND OLD. PLAYFUL SCENES INSIDE AND OUTDOORS. EXPERIENCES FOR YOUR HEAD, HEART AND FEET.

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m GRIEGHALLEN Ute Lemper GRIEGSALEN

DATE/TIME Saturday 23 May at 19:30 Rendezvous with DURATION 2:00 Marlene

TICKETS Standard: 250/500/650 A musical ‘phone call’ with Marlene Ute Lemper has travelled with her Dietrich Senior: Dietrich. performance to cities including London, Paris, 225/450/585 Rome and New York. Under 30 ​In 1988, Ute Lemper was just at the beginning /student: 190 of her career in theatre and music. After re- ‘We see both Dietrich and Lemper at the top FiB Fordel ceiving the French Moliére Award, Ute sent a of their game, for it becomes impossible to until 13 April: postcard to Marlene, essentially apologizing discern where one ends and the other begins. 175/350/455 FiB Fordel for all the media attention comparing her to La nouvelle Marlene, indeed.’ from 14 April: the legendary diva. – MUSICAL THEATRE REVIEW 200/400/520 The post card resulted in a 3-hour phone BT Fordel: Ute Lemper vocal, script 187/375/487 call and exchange between Ute Lemper and Marlene Dietrich, and it is this conversation Vana Gierig piano that lays the foundation for Rendezvous with Romain Lecuyer bass Marlene. In the performance, Lemper tells the Cyril Garac violin story of Marlene Dietrich’s life, her work and Matthias Daneck drums style, her love for the poet Rilke, her complica- ted relationship with Germany, her sorrow and her fascinations.

Ute Lemper tells us Marlene’s story, along with singing her fabulous songs from all the chap- ters of her life, from the Berlin cabaret years to her fabulous Burt Bacharach collaborations.

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GRIEGHALLEN Lazarus GRIEGSALEN

DATE/TIME Tuesday 26 May at 20:00 Wednesday 27 May by / David Bowie & Enda Walsh at 18:00 & at 21:45 A different musical based on David DURATION By David Bowie & Enda Walsh 2:10 Bowie’s creative universe. including interval Frode Grytten translation One of the last things David Bowie did before Anders T. Andersen director LANGUAGE he left us was to collaborate with Irish dramatist Kleiva & Myrtvedt scenography, Performed in Enda Walsh on the musical Lazarus, a producti- Norwegian and costume design English. on where the plot is inspired by Bowie’s film The Torkel Skjærven lighting design Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Lazarus creates Boya Bøckman video design OTHER a musical span between the film’s soundtrack Introduction by Belinda Braza choreographer Bård Ose in the and Bowie’s last album Blackstar, where we are Henry Hey original orchestration Grieghallen foyer. treated to 18 of his finest compositions on the and arrangement The introductions way. The result is a unique stage production, will start 45 Adrien Munden musical director minutes before or, as Mona Levin described the premiere in Vibeke Blydt-Hansen sound design each performance Aftenposten newspaper earlier this year: “David Matilde Holdhus dramtaurgy and will be held in Bowie’s Lazarus is not regular theatre, not a Norwegian. regular musical, not a regular anything.» Joachim Rafaelsen, Pål Christian Eggen, TICKETS Heidi Gjermundsen Broch, Lasse Kolsrud, Standard: Lazarus premiered in New York in 2015, and Mimmi Tamba, Andrea Rymoen, Jonas 250/500/650 has since been put on in London, Hamburg, Senior: Fuglevik Urstad, Hans Magnus Hildershavn 225/450/585 and Wien, among other places. In Norway, the Rye, Tiril Heide-Steen, Amanda Kamara, Under 30 musical is presented by Det Norske Teatret, Joakim Ousdal cast /student: 190 directed by Anders T. Andersen. On stage is a FiB Fordel superbly skilled musical ensemble who moves Svenn Erik Kristoffersen conductor until 13 April: you to your very core and an outstanding orche- Marius Reksjø, Christian Svensson, 175/350/455 stra. Dagny Drage Kleiva and Olav Myrtvedt Mats Grønner, Terje Kjørlaug, FiB Fordel from 14 April: are responsible for scenography and costumes. Kristoffer Kompen, Børge Are Halvorsen 200/400/520 musicians

BT Fordel: 187/375/487 Produced by Det Norske Teatret

Supported by H. Westfal-Larsen & Hustru Anna Westfal-Larsens Almennyttige Fond

Sponsored by KPMG

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s ú Hotel is the story of a place and its transient travelers. Cirque Éloize Scandinavian premiere Jeannot Painchaud president, Cirque Eloize welcomes you into this timeless creative director GRIEGHALLEN art deco hotel, a place where strangers of all Emmanuel Guillaume director GRIEGSALEN walks of life meet. Frédéric Bélanger associate director DATE/TIME Julie Lachane assitant to the director and Hotel is the story of a place... but it is mainly Saturday 30 May creative director, choreography at 18:00 a place full of stories. This is the place where Caroline Torti associate choreographer we mingle with strangers for a moment. From Sunday 31 May Éloi Painchaud composer, musical director at 13:00 & 18:00 the waiter, overwhelmed by the events to the Habib Zekri additional musical arranger mischievous maid, to the devoted handyman DURATION Nicolas Boivin-Gravel acrobatic designer, 1:20 and his inseparable dog, Carpette, the hotel’s head coach staff is like each of us, the privileged witnesses TICKETS Nadia Richer assistant to the acrobatic to slices of the lives of colorful individuals. Standard: designer and coach 250/400/590 Senior: 225/360/531 Carried by the voice of the client on the top Francis Farley-Lemieux set and props designer Under 30 floor who comments, testifies and tells the story, Mathieu Poirier lighting designer /student: 190 costume designer Children u/16: 100 meet the lovers who still do not know they are Lucien Bernèche meant to be, these improbable travelers and Camille Sabbagh-Bourret makeup designer FiB Fordel Colin Gagné sound design until 13 April: this celebrity who goes out of her way to win 175/280/413 her place to the firmament while revealing the Annie St-Pierre choreographer FiB Fordel depth of her being. Jocelyn Bigras Musical coach, additional from 14 April: arrangements 200/320/472 Enter the lobby doors of this grandiose place Émilie Grenon-Émiroglou artistic director BT Fordel: and discover with us the intricately woven story Pascal Auger producer 187/300/442 of these travelers! Alfred Hall Kriegbaum, Antonin Wicky, Augustin Thériault, Cory Marsh, Éléonore Cirque Éloize celebrates their 25th year with Lagacé, Jérémy Vitupier, Philippe Dupuis, this beautiful performance full of live music Santiago Esviza, Sonia Matos, Una Bennett, and acrobatics. The Québécois company has Vanessa Aviles cast performed all over the word for more than 3,5 million people, and previously visited the Bergen International Festival with the perfor- In Co-production with Les Productions mances Cirkopolis and iD. Neuvart, Les Nuits de Fourvière, Foxwoods Resort, Place des Arts, Le Volcan, PennState, Hancher, Quebec, Conseil des Arts de Montréal, Conseil des Arts du Canada, Central, Denver Centre for Performing Arts, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Supported by Herman Friele/B Friele & Sønner AS

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DEN NATIONALE of the Burning SCENE STORE SCENE

DATE/TIME Pestle Sunday 24 May– Tuesday 26 May at 19:00

DURATION (or The London Merchant) 1:40​

LANGUAGE ​A breath-taking comedy, hilarious Performed in and terrifying in its relevance to a Av Francis Beaumont Russian, subtitled Declan Donnellan director in Norwegian post-expert world where everyone can be famous and anyone can write Nick Ormerod designer TICKETS the story. Alexander Sivaev lighting design Standard: Pavel Akimkin composer 290/370/450 Senior: The London Merchant begins, a thoughtful dra- Irina Kashuba choreography 261/333/405 ma about dysfunctional families. But suddenly, Igor Teplov assistant director Under 30 from the audience, a grocer and his wife clam- Hege Susanne Bergan production manager /student: 190 ber onto the stage and politely explain to the Anna Koshkina produksjonsleder FiB Fordel astonished actors that they are a little bit bored Alexey Eremin lights until 13 April: and wouldn’t it be better to cheer the evening Alexey Korenkov sound 203/259/315 FiB Fordel up with exotic locations and a Knight? Their ap- Mikhail Barshchevskiy video from 14 April: prentice grocer Rafe is just the man for the job! Galina Bulycheva props 232/296/360 Elena Semenova wardrobe Rafe is duly arrayed as the Knight of the Bur- Marina Lekontceva makeup BT Fordel: ning Pestle and his chivalric adventures are 217/277/337 Olga Spiridonova stage manager played out while the domestic drama of The Dmitrii Rumiantcev stage hand London Merchant struggles towards its conclu- Alexander Feklistov, Agrippina Steklova, sion, chronically interrupted by the grocer and Nazar Safonov, Sergei Miller, Anna his wife who surprisingly get highly involved Vardevanian, Kirill Chernyshenko, Andrei with its gritty, unpredictable narrative. Kuzichev, Alexei Rakhmanov, Anna Francis Beaumont’s meta-drama burst onto the Karmakova, Danila Kazakov, Kirill Sbitnev stage in 1607, at a critical moment when theatre cast was threatened by a popular movement increa- singly hostile to art and culture. A disturbing Produced by ​Cheek by Jowl and Moscow comedy centuries ahead of its time, it subtly Pushkin Drama Theatre in a co-production asks questions all the more relevant today: with the Barbican, London; Les Gémeaux/ What is art for? Who is art for? Sceaux/Scène Nationale; Centro Dramático Nacional, Madrid (INAEM) Cheek by Jowl reunites with the Moscow Pus- hkin Drama Theatre on Francis Beaumont’s subversive and darkly funny play within a play. Supported by H. Westfal-Larsen & Hustru Anna Westfal-Larsens Almennyttige Fond

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Concert cinema

Marius Neset Quintet with/Andreas Brantelid & Leif Ove Andsnes

TICKETS mf Standard: 80 Senior: 72 FESTSPILLPLASSEN BT Fordel: 60 TELTET More films from FiB Fordel DATE/TIME until 13 April: 56 Wednesday 27 May FiB Fordel Mer Film at 12:00 from 14 April: 64 A culinary concert cinema with futuristic jazz. of A one-day film festival at Østre with directors’ talks, a film café and In 2018, an audience-packed Håkonshallen could revel in the musical flair of Marius Neset. ØSTRE exclusive sneak peeks at upcoming premieres. The concert has been preserved, and during DATE/TIME this year’s Bergen International Festival, as Goran Bregović Sunday 24 May During the day there will be film screenings in the tent at Festplassen is transformed into a at 12:00 several rooms, directors’ talks, presentations concert cinema hall, we will once again have of films currently in production and talks with SCHEDULE the joy of seeing the Marius Neset Quintet’s Wedding & Funeral Band new film talents. The DJ duo Tjommi by Mario Open from performance with cellist Andreas Brantelid and 12:00 – 01:00. Urban and Anne Stinessen will play in the af- ternoon and evening, and by evening the film pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. All day film café. cafe will transform into a real film party. m A legend from the Balkans brings the electric guitars, traditional drums and stringed Neset has mentioned the performance of party to Bergen. instruments. In recent years he has toured with OTHER In the spring of 2020, the production compa- Prague’s Ballet in Håkonshallen as one of The collaboration ny Mer Film will begin shooting new films by, the musical highlights of his career. After the GRIEGHALLEN his Wedding & Funeral band, which in 2017 rele- with Talent Norge PEER GYNT- Goran Bregović started his career as a rock ased the album Three Letters From Sarajevo. also includes ArtEx among others, Eskil Vogt (The Innocent), Itonje concert, a review in the newspaper Bergens SALEN S. Guttormsen (Burning Man), Ole Giæver (La musician in his hometown of Sarajevo in the The album is rooted in three pieces that use seminar (p. 109) Tidende called Neset ‘an all-consuming, bound- early 1970s. Since then, he has achieved a sta- and Conductors elva live), Gunnar Vikene (Krigsseileren) and less musician, a fountain of ideas and whims.’ DATE/TIME three different violins, written as a metaphor programme (p. 68). Thursday 21 May tus as one of the most famous and critically Jonas P. Rasmussen (Flee). You will meet some for the three major religions found in Sarajevo. of these directors in talks with producer Maria His album Circle of Chimes (2017) consists of at 20:00 acclaimed contemporary composers from the Programme details Ekerhovd. music that Neset composed for a sold-out New Balkans, with an achievement of more than 50 will be announced DURATION at fib.no Year’s Eve concert at the Kölner Philharmonie, 1:30 film soundtracks and studio albums to date. Goran Bregović Wedding And Funeral Band In 2020, five promising talents were selected Goran Bregović vocals, guitar, synthesizer and the album was recorded as soon as the fol- Bregović has collaborated with filmmakers such Free entry for a three-year investment by Mer Film: Emi- TICKETS Muharem Redzepi goc (trad. drum), vocals lie Blichfeldt, Elle Sofe Sara, Emilija Skarnulyte, lowing day. The Norwegian jazz news magazine, Standard: 490 as Emir Kusturica and Sacha Baron Cohen, as trumpet jazzinorge.no, described the album as ‘varied, Senior: 441 well as artists such as Iggy Pop, Sezen Aksu Bokan Stankovic Åse Kathrin Vuolab and Trude Ottersen. In con- versations with and presentations of these film- virtuously played music from what must be one Under 30 and The Gipsy Kings. Dragic Velickovic trumpet /student: 190 Stojan Dimov saxophone, clarinette makers, we discuss how to develop film talents. of jazz’s freshest sources of our time’. FiB Fordel Goran Bregović, who grew up with a Serbian Aleksandar Rajkovic trombone, glockenspiel until 13 April: 343 mother and Croatian father, calls himself Milos Mihajlovic trombone Produced by Mer Film and Talent Norge Supported by The Kavli Trust FiB Fordel «Yugoslavian» and creates music that unites all Ludmilla Radkova-Traykova vocal from 02. April: 392 musical expressions of the region: Gypsy brass Daniela Radkova-Aleksandrova vocal BT Fordel: ​367 bands, traditional Bulgarian music, bagpipes,

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A large festival tent at Festplassen submits its conclusions and recommendations plays host to the Bergen International on Sunday 31 May (see page 24). On the other m Festival’s late-night concerts. side of the canvas wall, there will be a separate FESTPLASSEN festival bar with drinks and food from Bien. TENT Every evening at 9 PM from Saturday 23 May until Tuesday 02 June there will be evening con- The Student Radio in Bergen will be broad- DATE/TIME certs and events with a number of Norwegian casting the festive atmosphere live. In addi- Saturday 23 May at 21:00 and international artists. Concerts to suit any tion, family concerts are held in the tent on taste, from pop, tango, jazz and to soul, weekends, and an original playground is set up DURATION folk and electronic music fills the space for ten outside. Read more about the family programme 1:30 evenings. There will also be a moment for self- from page 93. TICKETS scrutiny when The Wastefulness Commission Standard: 290 Senior: 261 Under 30 /student: 190

FiB Fordel until 13 April: 203 FiB Fordel Bergen Student from 14 April: 232 Outdoors Radio BT Fordel: ​217 FESTSPILL- Sean Penn. However, the trips to Los Angeles PLASSEN Live radio from the Liraz would also turn out to be important to Liraz’ DATE/TIME musical development. She came in touch with Saturday 23 May– Festival Square. the city’s large Persian community, which is Tuesday 02 June at 12:00 where she was exposed to anti-revolutionary From to Festplassen, via Iran Iranian singers like Googoosh and Dariush. DURATION Studentradioen i Bergen (SRiB) – Bergen’s stu- and Los Angeles. 2:00 dent radio – will broadcast from their outdoor At this Festival concert we may look forward to studio at the Festival Square. The broadcasts Liraz Charhi (b. 1978) is an Israeli singer, a unique mix of sounds and atmospheres from Free entry will be filled with live performances, talks and songwriter, and actor. Her family emigra- the streets of Teheran and Tel Aviv, as well as debates with guests from the programme, ted from Iran to Israel during the Iranian modern beats from Los Angeles’ music scene. among others. Get into the festival mood live or revolution in the 70s, and the inspiration follow the broadcast online at www.fib.no/srib. from Persian culture and traditional Iranian In collaboration Liraz Charhi vocal with Student- music is evident in her sound image, often SRiB is Bergen’s oldest local radio and broad- Lia Sherman violin radioen i Bergen. combined with modern dance rhythms. casts commercial-free radio for students every Gal Oved keyboard hour of the week. Studentradioen i Bergen is Since 2006 Liraz has worked in Los Angeles as Ira Raviv drums Supported by operated by approximately 200 volunteers who an actor much of the time. Among others she Amir Sadot bass Grieg Foundation create both radio broadcasts and a number of has been in movies A Late Quartet (2012), whe- TBA guitar and The Kavli podcasts. re she co-acted with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nicolas Georgiades sound engineer Trust and Fair Game (2010), where she co-acted with These events will be held in Norwegian. Supported by Grieg Foundation

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DATE/TIME Sunday 24 May ​What happens when Latin American the Swedish bandoneonist Mikael Augustsson at 21:00 tango meets jazz and electronic and jazz musician and drummer Andreas Bye. DURATION music? The group currently has a new album, and pro- 1:45 mises to present both new songs and hits from including interval Electrocutango was started by composer and previous recordings to an open dance floor. TICKETS pianist Sverre Indris Joner in 2004, and has Standard: 290 since then elated audiences around the world ‘At the concert, there will be room for the melan- Senior: 261 choly of the smoky tango as well as groovy and Under 30 with its bursts of energy and interplay around /student: 190 individual improvisations. funky elements with joy and high dance factor’, Joner says. FiB Fordel The group is known for giving the traditional until 13 April: 203 Argentine tango an update; not only with ele- FiB Fordel Electrocutango from 14 April: 232 ctronics but also with elements of jazz, RnB and inspiration from all over the Latin American Sverre Indris Joner piano, machines BT Fordel: ​217 continent. At its foundation lies the soul of the Odd Hannisdal violin tango, but instead of club music spiced with Steinar Haugerud bass exotic tango elements, Electrocutango is based Mikael Augustsson bandoneon live music-making and makes electronics an Andreas Bye drums, percussion integrated feature in its form of electro-tango. Supported by Grieg Foundation In Bergen, Joner is joined by the classical string players Odd Hannisdal and Steinar Haugerud,

m The Faroese’s musical roots are firmly planted in the folk music of her homeland, but you will FESTPLASSEN Eivør find anything from jazz, country, and big band TENT to classical music and trip hop in her extensive DATE/TIME catalogue. Eivør is known for captivating live Monday 25 May at 21:00 Great voice from a small island state. performances with a warm and vibrant pre- sence, and she made great success as part of Apparently​ Eivør Pálsdóttir (b. 1983, Syðrugøta, DURATION the Nordvegen concert series during the 2018 1:15 Faroe Islands) learned to sing before she learned Bergen International Festival. to walk. Growing up singing traditional Faroese TICKETS Standard: 290 folk songs would gradually yield results: Eivør Senior: 261 had her first TV-appearance when she was 13, Eivør Pálsdóttir vocal, guitar, handdrum Under 30 and the same year she won a national song Mikael Blak bass /student: 190 competition. Per I. Højgaard Petersen drums FiB Fordel Mathias Kapnas keys ​ until 13 April: 203 To date she has released 17 albums, and her FiB Fordel voice – often described as delicate, stirring, and from 14 April: 232 ethereal – has brought her recognition and fans Supported by Grieg Foundation​ BT Fordel: ​217 from all over the world. Eivør’s compositions have also appeared in movies and TV series such as Game of Thrones and The Last Kingdom.

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m Kira Skov Shirley Davis & FESTPLASSEN TENT DATE/TIME The Silverbacks Tuesday 26 May with/Nordic String at 21:00 Quartet DURATION An exclusive meeting with one of soul never seen before when Shirley Davis and her 1:15 m music’s upcoming queens. crew take on Bergen. Or, as she herself says: ’I TICKETS Elvis Costello’s genre-spanning At the Bergen International Festival, Skov FESTPLASSEN am meant to be the soul diva of Europe!’’ Standard: 290 album The Juliet Letters in new presents her own interpretations of Costello’s TENT She was born in London to Jamaican parents Senior: 261 DATE/TIME and praised for her approach to African- Under 30 colours. masterpiece together with the Nordic String Wednesday 27 May American music history. Meet Shirley Davis! Shirley Davis & The Silverbacks /student: 190 Quartet. In 1993, Elvis Costello released The Juliet at 21:00 Shirley Davis vocal She was discovered by the people behind the FiB Fordel Letters in collaboration with the Brodsky – For me, it is always inspiring to take a step DURATION Eduardo Martinez Herranz guitar until 13 April: 203 record label Tucxone when she shared the stage Quartet. The inspiration was fictitious letters out of my comfort zone. I think the collaboration 1:30 Aaron Pozon Postigo saxophone FiB Fordel with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings during a to Juliet from Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. with the Nordic String Quartet will offer an inte- Javier Martinez Manero trumpet from 14 April: 232 TICKETS concert in Madrid. Soon after, she got the job The content of the album was different from resting hybrid of genres and musical dynamics, Standard: 290 Diego Miranda Martinez bass as lead singer for Spanish soul orchestra The BT Fordel: ​217 anything ever heard from Costello: an undefi- says Kira Skov. Senior: 261 Juan Carlos Ontoria Calvo keys nable blend of rock, classical and art music that Under 30 Silverbacks, known as Tucxone’s flagship and /student: 190 Gonzalo Maestre Fernandez drums ​ had reviewers drawing on superlatives. Kira Skov vocal one of Europe’s most solid soul bands. The new Nordic String Quartet FiB Fordel constellation’s album debut Black Rose (2016) Now, another musical chameleon – Danish artist Mads Haugsted Hansen violin until 13 April: 203 and follow-up album Wishes and Wants (2018) Supported by Grieg Foundation​ Kira Skov – has taken The Juliet Letters into Heidrun Petersen violin FiB Fordel were both acclaimed for their mix of soul and her own hands. The award-winning singer and from 14 April: 232 Daniel Eklund viola afro-beats and won several prestigious awards. songwriter, who in her home country is perhaps Lea Emilie Brøndal Lyngs cello BT Fordel: ​217 best known as the front figure in rock band The group’s third and latest album – Keep On Kira & The Kindred Spirits, has in recent years Keeping On – will be released in April this year, worked with everything from ballet music to Supported by Grieg Foundation​ and after four years of continuous touring aro- international heavyweights such as Tricky, John und the world, we can expect funky fireworks as Parish and Lenny Kaye.

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DATE/TIME Thursday 28 May m Swedish electropop veteran returns Park has referred to her own music as “ele- at 21:00 to the city where it all started. ctro-goth” and “industrial-pop”, and her sixth FESTPLASSEN DURATION album, Church of Imagination, will be released TENT Swedish Karin Park must be considered a 1:15 in March 2020. At the Festival she presents a veteran on the Scandinavian electronica/pop DATE/TIME brand new solo live show. OTHER Friday 29 May scene. She started her active music career in Moddi plays at 21:00 solo concert in Bergen in the early 2000s, and her debut album Skjerjehamn DURATION Superworldunknown (2003) secured her nomi- Karin Park vocal, synths Friday 29 May, 1:15 nations for Spellemannsprisen (“The Norwegian Thomas Falk sound engineer see page104. ”) in the categories “Newcomer Markus Erlandsson light engineer TICKETS TICKETS Standard: 290 of the Year” and “Female Artist of the Year”. Standard: 350 Senior: 261 Supported by Grieg Foundation Senior: 315 Under 30 Today Karin can look back on a remarkably Under 30 /student: 190 eventful and diverse music career, which at pre- /student: 190 sent include achievements such as five critically FiB Fordel FiB Fordel until 13 April: 203 acclaimed studio albums, collaboration with until 13 April: 245 image of . I want to showcase FiB Fordel Swedish producer Christoffer Berg (The Knife, FiB Fordel Moddi a vibrant and dynamic region, full of new ideas from 14 April: 232 Fever Ray, Massive Attack), and participating as from 14 April: 280 and initiatives. The goal is difficult enough: To BT Fordel: ​217 an actor in the performance of Les Misérables BT Fordel: ​262 establish a new poetry around the region and at Folketeateret in Oslo, just to mention some. The new North the cliché of Northern Norway.” Together with a quartet anchored in the world Out of the small fishing boat and of jazz, a soundscape is painted where every into a new era. single sound from the instruments is captured and becomes music – from the creaking of the With his new major project, The New North, piano stool to the highest overtones in the folk singer Pål Moddi Knutsen wants to break double bass. away from old clichés about Northern Norway For Moddi, The New North is the onset of a and build a new, more contemporary image of bigger project where the goal is to establish how people live, work and view themselves in a Norwegian-speaking, strong and influential our northernmost region. Supported by folk-pop that is relevant to our own time. Grieg Foundation Northern Norway has changed rapidly in recent “I myself have been an avid communicator of decades. Secluded farming and fishing commu- Northern Norwegian history, identity and tradi- nities have been transformed by high-tech tion. Now I want to take a long step out of the industry and an insatiable aquaculture industry. comfort zone. Out of the small fishing boat, and Still, it is as though the perception of the region into a new era.” has congealed into an image of small fishing boats, fisherman’s cabins and reindeer. Pål Moddi Knutsen guitar, vocal Moddi wants to paint a picture of a new Benjamin Mørk piano Northern Norway on its way into a new age. Sigurd Hole bass “I have taken inspiration from the smelters, Veslemøy Narvesen percussion the salmon slaughterhouses, the aerospace Hildegunn Øiseth trumpet, goat horn environment, the power industry and all the Silje Grimstad light design other places that do not fit into the classic Rune Børø sound

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DURATION with / the 1:15 String Quartet TICKETS Standard: 290 Senior: 261 South Sami song splendour that The album was recorded with the Trondheim Under 30 brings you to your knees. Soloists string quartet. /student: 190 “Marja Mortensson has such a singing voice Mortensson sings in the South Sami language, FiB Fordel which today is spoken by fewer than a thousand until 13 April: 203 that they would once burn people at the stake FiB Fordel for.” That is how Klassekampen began its review people, and has almost single-handedly revived from 14 April: 232 of the latest album by the South Sami artist her own musical cultural heritage. Her second album Mojhtestasse – Cultural Heirlooms, which BT Fordel: ​217 and joik singer Marja Mortensson (b. 1995). The album, Lååje – Dawn, is her first duo featured the South Sami and Umesamic joik album together with her co-composer, jazz tradition, was nominated for the Nordic Music tuba and bass trumpet player Daniel Herskedal. Prize and was not unexpectedly rewarded with a Spellemann prize in 2019. m The internationally renowned musician Daniel FESTPLASSEN Ester Rada Herskedal delivered the best concert in London TENT of 2019 according to the newspaper Morning DATE/TIME Star. Herskedal also made his debut as sound- Saturday 30 May track composer for the Brad Pitt produced film at 21:00 Eclectic and danceable firework from Ester Rada’s music and lyrics reflect her The Last Black Man in San Francisco. DURATION the Middle East. Ethiopian roots and Israeli influence, but Together, they have made Lååje – Dawn, which 1:30 she also draws impulses from a wider range. mainly consists of newly composed songs in a Ester Rada was born in Israel in 1985, shortly TICKETS Artists like , , Aretha landscape where both art music, string arran- after her parents had left their native country Standard: 350 Franklin, , and , as well gements and tradition have their natural place. Senior: 315 Ethiopia in favour of a new life on the West as traditional religious songs, are Under 30 Bank. Growing up in one of Israel’s toughest “She brings forth a song splendour that should /student: 190 among her most important sources of inspi- neighbourhoods inspired Rada to pursue her ration. have listeners from all corners of the world FiB Fordel dream of making music, and when her debut EP down on their knees. So beautiful, so different, until 13 April: 245 Life Happens was released in 2014 there were so intuitively easy to understand and feel”. FiB Fordel Ester Rada vocal​ from 14 April: 280 many who took notice of her innovative mix of – DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV Ethiopian jazz, urban funk, neo soul, and R&B. Gal Dahan saxophone, flute BT Fordel: ​262 Guy Strier guitar In December 2019, Ester Rada released the visu- Lior Romano keyboard Marja Mortensson vocal al EP Lady, consisting of four Billie Holiday clas- Maayan Milo trombone Daniel Herskedal tuba sics reinterpreted by Rada and her band. Rada Shlomi Elimelech bass Trondheim Soloists String Quartet: has toured large parts of the world, warmed Yehonatan Gitelman drums Ola Lindset 1. violin up for , and participated in several Åse Våg Aaknes 2. violin movies and TV series as an actor. Bergmund Skaslien viola Supported by Grieg Foundation Marit Aspås cello

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Baby theatre, panda jazz, impressive talents, a special sound factory and much, much more. This year’s family programme offers something for all ages. Festival Youth Day

mdú Of course, I can! Experience the diverse talents of arts FESTPLASSEN school pupils for free! Bjørn Tomren vocal, guitar TENT Åse Britt Reme Jakobsen vocal, guitar Young artists from arts schools throug- DATE/TIME Stian Carstensen steelguitar, banjo, accordion Tuesday 26 May hout the county take the stage in the Stein Urheim guitar at 10:00 festival tent all day. Every hour on the Anders Bitustøyl bass Xics del Xurrac DURATION hour from 10:00 to 15:00 there are free Mari Persen violin 5:00 performances by talented musicians, Heine Bugge accordion actors and dancers in the early stages Playground at Festplassen Free entry of their careers. What they might lack in experience they make up for in bub- Whimsical games for children Supported by Grieg Foundation​ ú bling creativity in full artistic splendour. of all ages. Outdoors There is a wide variety of entertain- The festival square will be buzzing with ment from soloists and ensembles, ran- life when the Tomb Creatius transforms FESTPLASSEN ging from rock bands to classical gems, the area into a playground out of the or- m DATE/TIME circus troupes to theatre groups, clas- Saturday 23 May– dinary. The construction of incredible hu- sical ballet to jazz dance and hip hop. Among these are throat singing (in the trio Tuesday 02 June man towers, called “castells”, have deep FESTPLASSEN Bjørn Huurd Altan Hangai Tu), hymn singing (in the trio at 12:00–15:00 roots in Catalan tradition. Tomb Creatius This is the day when the youngest stars TENT at 16:00–19:00 Samantha Foxtrot), Americana (in the band The uses this local tradition as an inspirati- in the Festival are centre stage. DATE/TIME Tomren Thomas Quickstep Experience), and punk (in the Free entry on to build epic wooden constructions Tuesday 02 June band Tomra Konfeksjon). Tomren is also most where the “castellers” principles are put at 21:00 host likely the only Festival artist who has traversed to the test. Creativity, courage, strength, Ole Petter Knarvik DURATION 1:15 Norway lengthwise four times: By foot, by kayak, balance, and cooperation skills will deter- in a rowing boat, and skiing. mine how high your tower will be. ​Norwegian Cultural School Council - TICKETS Standard: 290 Yodelling multi-artist shows new, There will be a collection of different Vestland, Bergen Cultural School In 2019 Tomren released his first album under Senior: 261 darker sides. towers at Festplassen where people in and Bergen Dansesenter Under 30 his own name, and this year’s Festival concert is all ages can explore the wooden con- /student: 190 One could easily claim that Bjørn Tomren (b. based on this material. Bad Science Fiction – as Produced by Tombs Creatius structions. Supported by Grieg Foundation FiB Fordel 1981) is one of Norway’s must versatile musicians. the album is called – received rave reviews, and until 13 April: 203 He first became known as one half of the polka- was described by the newspaper BT as “balladry og The Kavli Trust FiB Fordel and yodelling duo Polkabjørn and Kleine Heine in in the Americana tradition, heavily loaded with Supported by Toni Tomàs idea, authorship from 14 April: 232 the middle of the last decade, and since then he sophisticated rhythms, sonorous string instru- Grieg Foundation Carles Pijuan illustration Sponsored by Equinor BT Fordel: 217 has engaged in numerous genres and projects. ments, and heavy atmospheres”. & The Kavli Trust Joan Domingo, Diego Xavier Caicedo, Heroes of Tomorrow Toni Tomàs production

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mú contrasts and surprises with fun stretches and mú Hildegunn’s moments of tenderness. FESTPLASSEN FESTPLASSEN hei kalas The concert is an adaptation of trumpeter TENT TENT Hildegunn Øiseth’s commissioned piece Panda, DATE/TIME Panda which had its world premiere during theTrond- DATE/TIME Saturday 30 May Sunday 24 May Wonderous and peculiar music about hei kalas consists of Heidi Marie Vestrheim, at 12:00 & 14:00 heim Jazzfest last year. There, the audience ”wit- at 12:00 & 14:00 all the big and small things in the Annikken Theodorsen and Roy Ole Førland. The nessed a real party of a concert; playful, intense DURATION DURATION world worth pondering. album Ell-o-ve-e will be out this spring, and the and with a strong identity” and ” a commissioned 0:40 0:40 trio celebrates with a tremendous release con- Playful jazz improvisation about piece full of contrasts that lie somewhere in the This is about the big questions: Why does it cert during the Bergen International Festival. RECOMMENDED landscape between world music, folk music and RECOMMENDED possibly the world’s cutest animal. AGES AGES hurt to eat ice cream too fast, or when the one Among the songs on the album is Stygge dyr jazz”, according to jazzinorge.no. 2–10 4+ you love is going away? Why is space infinite (Ugly Animals), where the trio strikes a chord The panda is a peaceful animal that keeps most- ly to itself far out in the Chinese forests where it Hildegunn’s Panda is made for the Mini-music and why are all the goodies always on the top for the not so cute animals that nobody sings TICKETS TICKETS Standard: 100 chomps on bamboo all day long. The teddy bear concert series, which aims to contribute to Standard: 100 shelf so you cannot reach them? about. Senior: 90 Senior: 90 in black and white has become an important several high-quality concerts for the youngest Children u/16: 100 Children u/16: 100 Anything that makes you happy, sad or full of symbol of conservation because, unfortunately, audience. Welcome to an intimate and calm questions is the theme of the music performed Heidi Marie Vestrheim guitar, vocal FiB Fordel there are few pandas left in the world. concert experience in the Tent at Festplassen, FiB Fordel Annikken Theodorsen vocal until 13 April: 70 until 13 April: 70 by hei kalas, and together with the audience, where good music is in focus. FiB Fordel FiB Fordel they wonder about everything between heaven Stig Sandbakk-Lundblad guitar, vocal Hildegunn’s Panda is a tribute to the Chinese from 14 April: 80 from 14 April: 80 and earth. Roy Ole Førland percussion bear. With the help of a trumpet, the ancient Hildegunn Øiseth story, goat horn, BT Fordel: ​75 Scandinavian instrument “bukkehorn” made BT Fordel: 75 With lyrics that both children and adults can from the horn of a billy goat or ram, a saxophone trumpet, vocal Supported by Grieg Foundation relate to, hei kalas tells little nice and weird and several other instruments, Hildegunn and Olav Torget guitar, vocal stories about everyday things and everything her friends Olav and Niclas perform the story Niclas Rydh tuba you think and experience. We never get too old about the panda where both adults and children to ask why everything is as it is. may learn something new. The music is full of Supported by Grieg Foundation

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mú nished drawing your composition, you can take mú In the book Block Makes a Commotion (2011), Sound Factory it to the musician’s corner where real artists are Block makes Block has a go as a band musician but ends FESTPLASSEN up making sounds on lots of things. Based on TENT waiting to perform your creation. LITTERATUR- HUSET this story, Block brings a new special edition of DATE/TIME You can also try your hand at composing via an a commotion I BERGEN Commotion along with his assistants, musician Monday 01 June with/BIT20 Ensemble app, and in a small studio you can record be- OLAV H. HAUGE at 11:00 and sound artist Stephan Meidell and series autiful, weird and wonderful sounds which will DATE/TIME creator Åshild Kanstad Johnsen, to Litteratur- RECOMMENDED end up in one large piece of music. Would you like to play the fruit piano? Saturday 23 May The world’s favourite wooden log huset in his hometown of Bergen. AGES Or draw your very own music and at 12:00 3+ makes a commotion. hear it performed by real musicians? Together with the children, they create noises Trond Madsen idea, concept DURATION Block (“Kubbe” in Norwegian) has caused DURATION 0:40 and music on Meidell’s music machine – an in- ​Contemporary ensemble BIT20 re-organizes BIT20 Ensemble 4:00 a racket on most things in this world, and is teractive electric motor installation orchestra the Festival tent in the city square and cranks RECOMMENDED delighted when he finds rhythm and sound in for children. How does it sound when small up its superb Sound Factory. AGES unexpected places. Free entry Produced by BIT20 Ensemble 3–12 engines play on old instruments, or on other In the factory’s multiple corners young and old in cooperation with JOMONG The books about the charming wooden log things one finds at home? can try out various aspects of sound production. LANGUAGE Performed in have been sold to a number of countries, and In the lab you can investigate sounds from the Supported by Grieg Foundation and Norwegian. since the stories were translated into Chinese Åshild Kanstad Johansen author, illustrator strangest objects, and in the workshop you can The Kavli Trust in 2012, Block has become a superstar in Asia. Stephan Meidell musician, composer build your own instruments. What about a string Free entry There, he appeals to both children and adults, guitar, an ocean drum or a balloon shaker? and in Japan, there has been an exhibition, a Sponsored by Equinor Heroes of Tomorrow Block-themed cafe and animated films about Presented in collaboration with In the composition corner you’ll find colouring ​The House of Literature pencils and sheets of music. Once you have fi- him. Last Autumn saw the world premiere of an interactive concert that toured in China.

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tú DEN Home NATIONALE SCENE LILLE SCENE DATE/TIME Where shall Vilje live if she can’t The play has been developed in close collabo- Saturday 30 May & live at home? ration with expert advisers at preschool age Sunday 31 May and conveys the children’s own reflections and at 10:30 & 12:00 The doll Vilje lives in the world’s best house. It thoughts on what “home” and “at home” means. DURATION fits her perfectly in every way. Here she has her 00:30 bed and all her things, and here she can see all RECOMMENDED the sunrises and count all the stars. But one day Written and performed by Ida Frisch AGES her home is overtaken by some striped mon- Unge Viken Teater, Ida Frisch producer 4–6 sters, and Vilje is forced to find a new place to Ella Honeyman-Novotny, Ida Frisch LANGUAGE live. Where is home now? puppet design Performed in Ragnhild Mærli dramaturgy Norwegian Home is a contemplative puppet theatre per- Ida Frisch costumes TICKETS formance about where we feel at home and Standard: 100 what a home really is. Senior: 90 Children u/16: 100 The doll Vilje is mastered by the puppeteer, writer and director Ida Frisch, and occasionally FiB Fordel until 13 April: 70 Vilje is played by Ida herself. The performan- tú FiB Fordel ce plays and experiments with size ratios, and from 14 April: ​80 Frisch’s priceless body control makes both little DEN Ritsj BT Fordel: 75 and large roar with laughter. NATIONALE SCENE LILLE SCENE DATE/TIME Will you come and play with some ”A lovely mixture of sound, movement, play, Saturday 23 May & humour and beauty,” the newspaper Nordlys Sunday 24 May sticky tape? at 10:00, 11:00 reported and gave the show five out of six stars. & 14:00 Ritsj is a performance about and by sticky tape. Rolls of tape in many colours that are stuck, rol- DURATION led, stacked and pulled into long strands. What 0:35 Katrine Strøm direction, concept, idea sounds does the sticky tape make? How does Ingunn Sønsteby scenography, costumes RECOMMENDED the sticky tape feel against your skin? Ritsj! Th- Tore Bruvoll music AGES ere it broke! 0–3 Åsne Storli, Mari Bø, TICKETS The Ruttetutts from Ruttetuttland play and Lise Damsgård co-creative dancers Standard: 100 discover the sticky tape, and as if by magic, it Hege Holte Østby choreography consultant Senior: 90 transforms into an instrument, a sticky ball, a Children u/16: 100 Alexander R. Hansen sound design small animal and many other things. Anna Karoline Løseth Bjelvin tour and stage FiB Fordel Ritsj premiered during the Arctic Arts Festival manager until 13 April: 70 FiB Fordel last year and received very good reviews. The Nina Erdahl make-up, hair from 14 April: ​80 play is spontaneous and playful, giving 0- to Eva Hodnefjell, Cecilia Broadbridge, 3-year-olds room to wonder and participate. Jack Markussen tailoring BT Fordel: 75 Together with the Ruttetutts, the children get to explore and play with the tape after the performance. The actors welcome views and whims and interaction from the audience.

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mtdú dú In vertical, non-traditional arenas, the company Festival has created its own visual language that unites GRIEGHALLEN Outdoors Quadro elements from theatre, circus, acrobatics, dan- PEER GYNT- ce, music and new technology. The artists have SALEN Norwegian Youth Performance performed on bell towers, facades, rock cliffs and DATE/TIME premiere Thursday 28 May trees, and now bring their performance to Nor- at 18:00 TORG- A dance performance with air under way for the first time. Small stages, big dreams ALLMENNINGEN its wings. DURATION 1:30 DATE/TIME Can you dance on a flying wall? This was the eVenti Verticali al event at the Bergen International Festival Saturday 23 May RECOMMENDED Festival performance with selected dream of the members of the Italian company Andrea Piallini, Luca Piallini idea which leaves the audience both impressed at 18:00, 21:00 & AGES young talents. 23:30 eVenti Verticali. The result is the outdoor per- Marianna Andrigo choreography All and touched. At the Festival Youth Performance, you can expe- formance Quadro, which is shown on an aerial Marianna Andrigo, Valentina Milan, RECOMMENDED TICKETS stage above Torgallmenningen during this year’s rience singers, dancers and instrumentalists who AGES Silvia Zotto, Elisa Alcalde Patanè artists Standard: 160 Katrine Lunde director All Bergen International Festival. Andrea Piallini director Senior: 144 just might influence the cultural life of the region Children u/16: 100 and country in years to come, carefully selected Ole Petter Knarvik host Aldo Aliprandi technician DURATION Like crayons over a blank sheet of paper, four from the Cultural Schools across Norway. 0:25 Claudia Muresu company manager FiB Fordel dancers move above, on and around the han- until 13 April: 112 The young artists invest their time and hard In collaboration with Norwegian Cultural ging, white stage, ready to paint with acrobatic FiB Fordel School Council - Vestland, Bergen Cultural Free entry leaps high above the ground. The stage slowly Supported by Grieg Foundation and from 14 April: 128 work into their passion, and at the Festival Youth Performance, they finally get to present School and Bergen Dansesenter changes position along the way, so that the dif- The Kavli Trust BT Fordel: ​120 their work and talent to a larger audience. ference between horizontal and vertical is gra- dually erased. The Festival Youth Performance is an annu- Sponsored by Equinor Heroes of Tomorrow

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t ú yes, fine, but what does it matter when simple, Quartier childlike pleasures and a strong urge to explore Outdoors make life shinier than ads? Norwegian Libre! Walking with this gang, a single step can quic- premiere kly become an abyss and an automatic door a fantasy beast. They have also been known to BERGEN CITY CENTRE run off with walking frames and food they find Cheeky seniors in free flow. on their way. Among the brazen boys and girls DATE/TIME of Bergen, they should feel completely at home. Saturday 30 May Did you think most retirees would prefer to sit on at 12:00–18:00 Sunday 31 May a bench and watch life pass by quietly? Then you Christopher Haesmans, Michaël Périé at 14:00–18:00 have not encountered these five oldsters from artistic and technical direction Monday 01 June the French company Planet Pas Net. at 12:00–18:00 Jérôme Bouvet director Christophe Hardy mask technique FLØYEN Determined to embrace what life has to offer, the- se five ripened adults have acquired a long-awai- Martin Vasquez, Christopher Haesmans, DATE/TIME ted breather from their everyday lives, and are Michaël Périé creation of masks Sunday 31 May not wasting a single second it. With jubilance, Laure Becquignon costumes at 12:00–14:00 they dance with the city and follow its rhythm Chrysoula Alexiou, Elsa Chausson, Free entry in an improvised street theatre performance – Christopher Haesmans, Michaël Périé, unannounced and where you least expect it! Martin Vasques actors The quintet of old chaps and chapettes may be a bit wrecked, weak and nervous, and no longer Supported by Grieg Foundation and have the same grip on what is and is not soci- The Kavli Trust ally acceptable. They are a burden to society, dm On this Sunday, everyone goes to Siljustøl, Family Day where Sæverud built his own fairy-tale cast- tú le amidst the nature he loved so much. The at family day will also mark Bergen’s 950-year Outdoors anniversary. There will also be tours of the ho- use and musical adventures with pianist Rune SILJUSTØL Siljustøl . DATE/TIME Sunday 24 May With several activities outside and indoors, at 12:00 everything is ready for a day full of fun for Opening ceremony Sunday outing to Sæverud’s fairy- children of all ages. at 13:00 tale paradise. RECOMMENDED In collaboration with KODE and AGES The grand family day at Harald Sæverud’s Dukketeaterverkstedet/Jan Holden All estate has become a beloved and popular

DURATION tradition during the Bergen International 4:00 Festival. In the composer’s natural paradise, Supported by Grieg Foundation and you’ll experience historical, mythical and mys- The Kavli Trust ADDITIONAL INFORMATION tical creatures when well-known folklore and No festival trans- unknown absurdities fill the woods and the port to Siljustøl for park. Strange creatures who usually are im- this event. possible to catch a glimpse of, can be seen in Free entry the woods and on the trails.

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m The New North during the Varanger Festival. dú Together, the company Chicos Mambo and Nordvegen: This was the beginning of a bigger project choreographer Philippe Lafeuille have created OSEANA SKJERJEHAMN TUTU a unique and entertaining performance that where he aims to establish a Norwegian-spea- OSEANASALEN PAKKHUSET Moddi king, strong and influential folk-pop that is re- challenges gender stereotypes and breaks levant to our time and has Northern Norway DATE/TIME down barriers. The company is known for its DATE/TIME Saturday 23 May Friday 29 May humorous outlook and impressive technique, as its basis. at 19:00 at 18:00 Dance in all and in TUTU the dancers demonstrate both. This is the first time the Bergen International DURATION its glory OTHER Festival concert in 1:15​ ”These six men wearing tutus are dancers as well Moddi solo concert Festival visits Skjerjehamn, the old trading at Festplassen as acrobats or clowns: They can do anything.” Skjerjehamn town which used to be an important hub for RECOMMENDED From classical ballet to reality TV. Thursday 28 May, fishing, commerce and industry. Here, based AGES – FRANCE INTER see p. 88. on his own songs and stories, Moddi picks up 8+ TUTU is a dance performance that presents DURATION both plumes and muscles. In a whirlwind of Musical storytelling with strong the tone from Nordvegen, the festival’s musi- TICKETS Chicos Mambo 1:15 rhythms and references that will delight both social engagement. cal voyage of several years themed by millen- Standard: 450 La Feuille d’Automne nia of life lived in treaty with the sea.​​ Senior: 405 the trained eye and fans of Strictly Come Dan- TICKETS Under 30 Philippe Lafeuille artistic leader, choreography Standard: 350 The Northern Norwegian artist Moddi can be cing, six male dancers go through 20 scenes /student: 190 Romain Compingt dramaturgy Senior: 315 difficult to pigeonhole, and through his music, and more than 40 characters that surprise, im- Children: 100 Dominique Mabileau lighting design Under 30 he crosses both genres, languages and natio- Pål Moddi Knutsen guitar, vocal press, and make the audience laugh out loud /student: 190 Hugues Antisten sound design nal borders with beautiful, melancholic songs FiB Fordel from the very first moment. until 13 April: 315 Corinne Petitpierre costume FiB Fordel and a tireless drive. Supported by Vestland County Council FiB Fordel until 13 April: 245 This colourful performance is a playful invita- Corinne Barbara zentaï from 14 April: 360 FiB Fordel Moddi has been called a musician who really tion into the world of dance, and parody and Gwendoline Quiniou wig design from 14 April: 280 wants something: to give the world the music tribute go hand in hand. Here, there is classical Marc Behra, Kevin Gibbs, David Guasgua M., it needs. His latest album, Like in 1968 (2019), ballet, contemporary dance, ballroom dance, Benoit Peillon, Vincenzo Veneruso, is a celebration of everyday activism and deals rhythmic and acrobatic dance, and distincti- Stéphane Vitrano dancers with topics such as Norwegian arms exports, ve versions of iconic scenes from Swan Lake, power play, the climate crisis and the impor- Dirty Dancing and Strictly Come Dancing have Supported by Vestland County Council tance of caring. Last summer he performed their natural place next to each other.

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has its Scandinavian premiere during Quality and the power of the Bergen International Festival Dialogue is definitions: Who decides? 2020. With this performance as a the new confrontation! starting point, Norsk kritikerlag (the LITTERATURHUSET, OLAV H HAUGE LITTERATURHUSET, AUDITORIET Norwegian Critics’ Association) will DATE/TIME host a debate about the role of the DATE/TIME Friday 22 May at 11:30 playwright’s text on stage and the Tuesday 26 May at 18:00 LANGUAGE different ways of writing that various LANGUAGE The talk will be held in Norwegian. dramatists have. The talk will be held in Norwegian. Follow the Dialogues from Decolonisation of the arts Free entry Meet the Festival where you are! All the The theatrical text has changed a lot Free entry LITTERATURHUSET, OLAV H HAUGE Composer debates will be streamed How to value arts and artists? in recent decades, and several inter- A conversation on and with The for free at fib.no. DATE/TIME nationally acclaimed playwrights talk LITTERATURHUSET, ALVER Friday 22 May at 10:00 Wastefulness Commission. Critics, committees and councils are about how a new text for the stage DATE/TIME LANGUAGE in a position to pass judgment on is created. Monday 25 May at 17:30 The alternative performing arts sce- The talk will be held in English. artistry. How do they decide who is LANGUAGE ne has fostered a battle of ideas, In connection with the event, Norsk o worthy of support and encourage- The conversation will be held in English. which I think will continue into 2020.’ Free entry kritikerlag will present the award for ​ ment, and who should be set aside? This is how the theatre critic of the Criticism of the year. Free entry What does decolonisation of the What criteria do they use when con- Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten sidering the value of art, and what art institutions and challenging Jörg Widmann in conversation summarized last year. Dialogues could their personal background old hierarchies of power entail? with Festival Director mean for how they engage with art? Svante Aulis Löwenborg moderator ‘More chaos for the performing arts? Art museums and art institutions Fredrik Brattberg playwright Anders Beyer. Bring it on!’ Morten Traavik replied have increasingly been criticised for More participants to be announced The German multi-disciplinary artist together with Sløseriombudsmannen We invite our audiences to not dealing with the colonial stru- Mathias Danbolt moderator Jörg Widmann is this year’s Festival (The Wastefulness Ombudsman) in ctures that shape the traditions of take part in a range of talks Maria Utsi council member, Composer and Artist in Residence. the same newspaper, upon revea- collecting, curating, conveying and Produced in collaboration with and debates linked to the Arts Council Norway Meet one of the most interesting ling their new collaborative project, researching. The demand for deco- Norwegian Critics’ Association The Wastefulness Commission. The Thomas Walle senior advisor, Musea composers in Europe, who is also Festival programme. lonisation of the art field not only cultural elite has been invited toget- i recognized as one of the leading cla- At fib.no you will also find video in- challenges hierarchies of power and rinet virtuosos and an outstanding her with active participants from the Knut Oterholm associate professor, troductions. colonial heritage but also paves the conductor, in conversation with Fes- comments section of the internet, OsloMet Wandering Stories way for other ways of creating, un- tival Director Anders Beyer. where they are encouraged to pre- derstanding, experiencing and thin- LITTERATURHUSET, OLAV H HAUGE sent (or perform and dance) their king about art. In this debate, the cause on stage, with the audience as In collaboration with Tekstallianse DATE/TIME panel shares its reflections on what Friday 22 May at 20:00 Jörg Widmann composer assessors and under the motto ‘Dia- decolonisation of the art institutions logue is the new confrontation!’ LANGUAGE director, Bergen could mean and entail.) Anders Beyer ​The conversation will be held in International Festival During the suspenseful period between Norwegian, English and others The Wastefulness Commission’s two On contemporary Free entry performances Morten Traavik removes playwriting himself from this gesamtkunstwerk for Mathias Danbolt moderator Where are you from? a moment, in a conversation about the Produced in collaboration with Martine Dennewald artistic director, LITTERATURHUSET, ALVER What have you experienced? dialogue so far, vice and virtue, art and taxpayers’ money, the battle of ideas, The House of Literature Festival Theaterformen DATE/TIME Together with artist Doriansgrave, Guro Sibeko author, activist Friday 22 May at 17:00 culture wars on social media, as well as the Bergen International Festival and the Russian poet Mayakovsky’s poem Thomas Prestø artistic director, LANGUAGE Supported by Fritt Ord the House of Literature have invited A Talk with a Tax Collector. Tabanka The conversation will be held in Norwegian people with a migration background and Swedish to tell their own wandering story; More participants to be announced. Free entry about choosing paths and navigating Produced in collaboration with between multiple cultures. The Art of Balance About the role of text on stage. Produced in collaboration with The performance Das Weinen (Das BIT Teatergarasjen Wähnen) is based on text by visual Doriansgrave contemporary artist, director artist and deviant, Dieter Roth, and More participants to be announced

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The programme is established by Talent Norge and the Savings Foundation Open DNB in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo, The Norwegian Film ArtEx seminar School and the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Touch Democracy, technology Myths, desires and decay A two-day gathering with an per Parrott, theatre manager at Carte LITTERATURHUSET, OLAV H HAUGE and empathy LITTERATURHUSET, OLAV H HAUGE academic programme and great Blanche, Annabelle Bonnéry, and Genius and interaction Bergen International Festival director LITTERATURHUSET, ALVER artistic experiences under the ØSTRE DATE/TIME DATE/TIME Anders Beyer. Wednesday 27 May at 18:00 Friday 29 May at 18:00 theme “Collaboration and the DATE/TIME ensemble”. DATE/TIME LANGUAGE Friday 29 May at 17:00 LANGUAGE Author, cultural worker and course Friday 22 May at 10:00–15:15 Schedule at fib.no. The talk will be held in Norwegian. LANGUAGE ​The conversation will be held in During this year’s festival, you leader Jan Spurkeland is an expert Norwegian and Swedish TICKETS The talk will be held in Norwegian. can experience several aspects of on the meaning of relational compe- The programme on Friday 22 May Standard: 80 TICKETS TICKETS Talent Norge’s activities. In addition tence in interaction and manage- starts with Even Lynne’s lecture ”Geni- Senior: 72 Standard: 80 Standard: 80 to this two-day academic gathering, ment, and at Østre, he will lecture on us and interaction”. Lynne is a coach, FiB Fordel until 13 April: 56 Senior: 72 Senior: 72 there will be a film festival and an the key to good interaction. FiB Fordel from 14 April: 64 FiB Fordel until 13 April: 56 academic leader for ArtEx and former FiB Fordel until 13 April: 56 open conductor master class with FiB Fordel from 14 April: 64 Finally, artist Constance Tenvik, who dean of the Theatre Academy at the FiB Fordel from 14 April: 64 ensuing matinee concert. What happens in a body creates Tête-à-tête Bergen at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Who is our contemporary exposed to art? 2020 Festival, will present a talk on ​Compassion in the age of femme fatale? During the next few hours, there will the theme ‘Collaboration and the en- A hallmark of good art is that it artificial intelligence. be exclusive performances of sele- Perverted power, desire and sex- semble’. should in some way touch us. It cted artistic works in dance, music, Increasingly, artificial intelligence uality are central themes for Mara Innovative collaboration should trigger movement, whether ​The event is free, but pre-registration theatre and film. Top talents within is characterizing our practical eve- Lee and Inger Bråtveit. In the novel in the ensemble it results in melancholy, euphoria or via the ticketing system is required. ArtEx and Talent Norge have arran- ryday lives, and it is reasonable to Salome (2011), Lee rewrites the Salo- ØSTRE rage. But how does art actually affect ged the performances, and you will assume that it will eventually shape me myth by depicting a dark desire us? What is going on in a body that DATE/TIME see, among others, guitarist Oddrun our view on humanity and our values. played out between experimental Thursday 21 May at 10:30–15:15 experiences art, be it music, literatu- Jasper Parrott founder Lilja and filmmaker Alexander Turpin. What is in danger of being lost? What teenagers. In both Siss and Unn Schedule at fib.no. re or visual arts? happens to compassion for others HarrisonParrott executive chairman (2008) and Alice A4 (2015), Bråtveit LANGUAGE and to the community feeling when deals with the forbidden passion, the Panel conversation is held in English. Anders Beyer director, Even Lynne leader of professional cyberspace has replaced physical young female, the fall and the decay. Jan Spurkeland’s lecture is held in Norwegian. Bergen International Festival council, ArtEx meeting places? What happens to di- Who is our contemporary femme fa- The programme starts on Thursday Víkingur Ólafsson pianist Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir guitarist versity when algorithms control the Hilde Østby moderator tale? Critic Margunn Vikingstad will 21 May with the panel debate Inno- Annabelle Bonnéry artistic director, Alexander Turpin filmmaker news we read and the books we buy? Peder Kjøs psychologist lead the talk. vative collaboration in the ensemble. Carte Blanche David Cariano Timme percussionist Karin Kukkonen professor, The panel includes pianist Víkingur Constance Tenvik visual artist Thormod Rønning Kvam pianist comparative literature at Ólafsson, artist Constance Tenvik, Jan Spurkeland author David Forsberg, Judith Harupa Margunn Vikingstad moderator Kari Jegerstedt moderator founder of the international manage- dancers from Nagelhus Schia Produc- Mara Lee author Bruce Gladwin author, director ment agency HarrisonParrott, Jas- tions' Aspirant Mentor Program Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen artistic Inger Bråtveit author director, Tampere Theatre Festival Maria Delgado professor, The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London

Bergens Tidende will arrange events related to the Festival programme. For more information, please visit bt.no/fordel under BT inviterer.

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BERGEN KUNSTHALL DATE/TIME Festival Exhibition Opening:

Thursday 21 May at 13:00–16:00 Joar Nango Free entrance at opening day

Thursday 21 May–16 August Monday–Sunday at 11:00–17:00 Sami-Norwegian Joar Nango is Thursday at regarded as one of Norway’s most JOAR NANGO (1979–) 11:00–20:00 interesting artists and has over the ADDITIONAL past decade developed an impressive INFORMATION interdisciplinary practice that touches Produced by Bergen Kunsthall Guided tours: Every Sunday at 13:00 on global high-level issues. (for families) Every Sunday at 14:00 Nango’s artistic practice explores the boun- daries between design, architecture, philosophy PLATTFORM and visual arts, with an emphasis on indigenous Artist talk with Joar Nango at Bergen identity, climate issues and marginalization Kunsthall Saturday of ethnic groups. His work is often based on 23. May 14:00 observed contradictions in contemporary TICKETS architecture inspired by the informal building Standard: 50 traditions in the north. Senior: 25 Student: 25 The Bergen Kunsthall festival exhibition con- Free for members sists of new works, produced specifically for of Bergen Kunsthall, the exhibition. children, KODE ticket, NBK and students at The Festival exhibition is one of Norway’s most KMD and BAS. important contemporary art exhibitions and is Tickets are sold via regarded as the most prestigious assignment Bergen Kunsthall. The for a Norwegian artist in their home country. Bergen International Festival’s prices and The exhibition has been curated and shown in discounts are not Bergen Kunsthall every year since 1953. applicable at this venue.

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i Tourist Information Dreggekaien & boat to Lysøen P Parking Bus to the composer homes Ticket sales F Fløibanen Venue map Festival Office

9 Håkonshallen P 18 Refreshments 3 F 9 Bergenhus festning P 8

4 BRYGGEN Several of our venues serve food and drinks during intervals and before and after performances. If you pre-order, you will avoid queuing. KONG OSCARS GATE 1 Bergen Cathedral

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STRANDGATEN 17 STRANDKAIEN i 14 10 3 Grieg Hall (Grieghallen) Festplassen Lysøen 2 In the foyer, there is a bar serving (Festival Square) Lysøen has a cosy café that serves STRANDGATEN food and drinks for everyone. Service There will be food and drinks on offer freshly made waffles, ice cream, soft P P can be pre-ordered via Grieghallen’s at the Festival Square at Festplassen drinks, coffee, tea and more. The café online store before 12 noon on the from 23 May to 02 June. Bien serves welcomes pre-booked groups for lunch

MARKEVEIEN day of the performance, or before 12 Napolitan pizza, classic Italian pasta and coffee. 13 KAIGATEN noon on Friday for performances at the dishes and their own specialities. OPEN P 10 1 weekend. Groups can pre-order food FOOD SERVICE During concerts, and during the museum’s 6 opening hours from 11:00 to 16:00 12 Studio Bergen Den Nationale 5 and drinks to separate rooms. Monday: 16:00–22:00 Scene Lille Tuesday to Saturday: 12:00–22:00 12 CONTACT NØSTEGATEN 6 Lungegårdsvann OPEN

OLAV KYRRES GATE Sunday: 12:00–21:00 CHRISTIES GATE Tel: 56 30 90 77

FESTPLASSEN From 1 hour before the performance Festival [email protected] Office CONTACT 5 PRE-ORDER [email protected] TEATERGATEN 16 7 www.grieghallen.no/mat-og-drikke Bergen Kunsthall 2 13 Lysverket Cornerteateret LARS HILLES GATE TO BOOK A VENUE 15 Studio Bergen Cornerbaren is located in the first 7 Grieghallen [email protected] HÅKONSGATEN In addition to refreshments before Griegakademiet 8 P floor of Cornerteateret. The bar has NYGÅRDSGATEN and after the performance, catering St. Jakob kirke The National Stage all rights, and the largest outdoor 4 Cornerteateret STRØMGATEN 11 for small and large parties can be 11 (Den Nationale Scene) serving in the city by Puddefjorden 14 In the café in the theatre basement pre-ordered. The bar in Studio Bergen and Bergen’s city beach. The bar is run by Landmark Café. ARENAER ARENAER UTENFOR KARTET SPISESTEDER (Teaterkjelleren) and the bar on the also serves food from the food truck 1st floor (Teaterbaren), pre-orders OPEN outside. 1 Bergen Cathedral (Bergen Domkirke) Troldhaugen 1 Ácido Before and after the performance. 2 Bergen Kunsthall Troldsalen 2 BARE i Børsen for food and drinks during intervals OPEN 3 Bergenhus festning (Bergenhus fortress) Grieg’s villa 3 BARE Vestland may be placed 30 minutes before the KONTAKT In connection with events and in the café’s Plenen Skjerjehamn 4 Bien Basar [email protected] opening hours. 4 performance. Cornerteateret Villaen 5 Bien Centro Tuesday to Thursday: 14:00–01:00 5 Pakkhuset Den Nationale Scene 6 Bien Festplassen OPEN Friday: 14:00–02:00 Store Scene Troldhaugen Lysøen Museum 7 Daily Pot Lille Scene From 30 minutes before the performance In the café at Troldhaugen, you can Saturday: 12:00–02:00 Oseana Art and Culture Centre 8 Enhjørningen Fiskerestaurant Sunday: 12:00–01:00 6 Festplassen (Festival Square) Oseanasalen CONTACT 9 Escalón Fløien enjoy a simple meal or a cup of coffee Tent The Reksten Collections [email protected] CONTACT 10 Escalón Veiten Outdoors (Rekstensamlingene) (pre-orders for groups) before and after the concert, with a Tel: 41 68 83 76 7 11 Hoggorm Grieghallen Siljustøl Museum view of Lake Nordås (Nordåsvannet). [email protected] Griegsalen 12 Hotel Norge by Scandic Løvstakken, Depot 1 Peer Gynt-salen 13 Lysverket OPEN Grieghallen Foyer, 2nd Floor 14 Nedre Nygaard 10:00 to 17:30. Open until 19:00 8 The Grieg Academy (Griegakademiet) 15 Roast Restaurant & Bar on days of festival concerts Gunnar Sævigs sal 16 Royal Gourmetburger & Gin Groups may pre-order lunch and dinner 9 Håkonshallen 17 Tempo Tempo from NOK 350,– per person. 10 Litteraturhuset i Bergen 18 To Kokker Alver CONTACT Auditoriet 19 Villani Pizzeria & Trattoria Tel: 55 92 29 92 Olav H Hauge [email protected] 11 St. Jakob kirke 12 Studio Bergen 13 Torgallmenningen 14 Østre 114 #FESTSPILLENE20 WWW.FIB.NO/EN 115 116 BERGEN INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANTS RESTAURANTS BERGEN INTERNATIONAL 117 FESTIVAL 2020 FESTIVAL 2020

3 BARE i Børsen OPENING HOURS ÅPENT 11 Lysverket 17 Tempo Tempo Mondays at 16:00–23:00 Sunday–Friday at 15:00–23:00 The best Western Norway and our (kitchen closes 22:00) Saturday at 14:00–23:00 Varied dishes with a focus on seafood Cosy retro bar with Italian pizza and Tuesday-Saturday at 12:00–23:00 from Western Norway. Offers a tasting a large selection of drinks. extensive country have to offer of ADDRESS/BOOKING (kitchen closes at 22:00) organic produce from small-scale Vetrlidsallmenningen 21, Tel:55 32 90 99 menu and a la carte in all price ranges. € Sundays at 12:00–22:00 www.escalon.no/restaurant-floien.php producers. (kitchen closes at 21:00) €–€€€ OPENING HOURS Sunday–Thursday 15:00–01:00 €€–€€€ ADRESSE/TLF OPENING HOURS 7 Escalón Veiten Café Tuesday–Sunday at 12:00–15:30 Friday 15:00–02:00 OPENING HOURS Nordahl Brunsgate 9, Tel:55 59 11 00 Dinner Tuesday–Saturday at 18:00–22:00 Saturday at 12.00–02:00 Tuesday–Saturday at 17:00–22:00 www.bienbar.no/centro Tapas restaurant and bar with spacio- The bar is open Tuesday–Saturday until Sunday closed. us outdoor seating facing the theatre. ADDRESS/BOOKING 24:00. Opening hours may be extended Open on Mondays by request. Domkirkegaten 6A, Tel:463 20 817 Festival Bien Festplassen €€ in relation to performances during the www.tempotempo.no 1 hr extended opening hours on request for festival, please see www.lysverket.no groups of over 10 people Bar with real Neapolitan pizza baked OPENING HOURS in a wood-fired oven, fresh pasta Sunday–Tuesday at 15:00–22:00 ADRESSE/TLF ADDRESS/BOOKING 18 To kokker Restaurants Wednesday–Thursday at 15:00–23:00 Rasmus Meyers allé 9. Inngang gjennom Hotel Bergen Børs, Torgallmenningen 2, and other dishes from the kitchen of Friday–Saturday at 13:00–23:00 KODE 4. Tel:55 60 31 00 To Kokker’s menu is a mix of the Tel:400 02 455 Bien Centro. www.lysverket.no www.barerestaurant.no ADDRESS/BOOKING traditional and the special – genuine €–€€ Veiten 3, Tel:55 32 90 99 Norwegian traditional ingredients 12 OPENING HOURS www.escalon.no/restaurant-veiten.php Nedre Nygaard 4 prepared in new ways. Combine cultural and culina- BARE Vestland see updated opening hours on www.fib.no Light and airy bar with lovely taco as Restaurant focusing on local, high-qu- €€€ ry experiences at the festival. ADRESSE/TLF 9 Hoggorm bar snacks. ality organic produce. Small dishes Festplassen. Tel:55 59 11 00 Wine bar with pizza, oysters & small OPENING HOURS Our Festival Restaurants are con- €–€€ Monday–Saturday 17:00–23:00 are put together into a sharing menu. www.bienbar.no/centro veniently situated in relation to the dishes. OPENING HOURS Food orders before 22:00 €–€€ €–€€ Sunday–Thursday 15:00–01:00 festival venues so that our audience Daily Pot ADDRESS/BOOKING OPENING HOURS OPENING HOURS Friday–Saturday 15:00–02:00 Bryggen 29, Tel:55 30 69 55 might comfortably enjoy a full eve- Focus on vegan soups, sandwiches, Monday–Saturday at 12:00–22:00 Monday–Thursday 15:00–01:00 ADDRESS/BOOKING www.tokokker.no ning of superb culinary and cultural Sunday at 15:00–21:00 bowls and cakes. Friday-Saturday: 12:00–02:00 Nygårdsgaten 31, Tel:463 20 817 1 hr extended opening hours on request for Sunday: 12.00–01:00 19 experiences. € www.nedrenygaard.no Villani Pizzeria & Trattoria groups of over 10 people. *check our website for special hours Authentic Italian restaurant in cosy OPENING HOURS during the festival Here you will find a selection of restau- ADDRESS/BOOKING 15 Monday–Friday at 11:00–20:00 Roast Restaurant & Bar Skostredet with Neapolitan pizzas, rants with excellent food, different Vågsallmenningen 1, Tel:400 02 455 Saturday–Sunday at 12:00–20:00 ADRESSE At the top floor of Scandic Ørnen www.barevestland.no Nygårdsgaten 29 delicious pasta and other goodies. price ranges, and varied menu profiles. you will enjoy a spectacular view of ADRESSE/TLF www.hoggormpizza.no €–€€ The festival venues offer their own Vaskerelven 21, Tel:46 61 17 37 the city and a menu of the season’s Bien Basar OPENING HOURS www.dailypot.no finest ingredients. festival menu, and with FiB Fordel Norwegian food, served as tapas, Hotel Norge by Scandic Sunday–Tuesday at 12:00–22:00 you get a 20% discount on food (not A lively meeting place in the heart €€ Wednesday–Saturday at 12:00–23:00 which you can either share or enjoy 5 Enhjørningen The bar is open Sunday–Thursday until drinks) for two people during the of Bergen with high quality food OPENING HOURS with yourself alone. Fiskerestaurant 23:00 and Friday–Saturday until 01:00 festival period – and you never know signed Bocuse d’Or winner Ørjan Monday–Saturday at 17:00–22:00 €–€€ Situated in Bergen’s traditional wharf ADDRESS/BOOKING maybe even a musical surprise while Johannessen. ADDRESS/BOOKING Skostredet 9A, Tel:55 31 55 55 OPENING HOURS in locations that are restored and Lars Hilles gate 18, Tel:55 37 50 00 (50) enjoying your meal. www.villani.no Monday – Friday at 16:00–00:00 reset to Hanseatic times. €–€€€ www.scandichotels.no/roastbergen (kitchen closes at 23:00) OPENING HOURS €€€ Saturdays at13:00–00:00 Monday–Sunday at 11:00–23:00 (Café 16 2 Ácido Royal Gourmetburger (kitchen closes at 23:00) OPENING HOURS Norge) & Gin South American flavours meet local Sundays at 16:00–22:00 Monday–Sunday at 16:00–23:00 Monday–Saturday at 17:00–22:00 �: (kitchen closes at 21:00) In a cosy and informal atmosphere, Main course under NOK 200, produce. From ceviche and tacos to Food orders before 22:30 (Restaurant Nova) Baren i Café Norge: ADDRESS/BOOKING ADDRESS/BOOKING Royal Gourmet Burgers and Gin is three-course menu under NOK 450 tasty main courses. Monday at 11:00–23:00 Vetrlidsallmenningen 2, Tel:55 59 11 00 Bryggen 29, Tel:55 30 69 50 served. €€: Tuesday–Thursday at 11:00–01:00 €€ www.bienbar.no/basar www.enhjorningen.no Main course NOK 200-330, three Fridays at 11:00–02:30 € OPENING HOURS course menu NOK 450–550 Saturday at 12:00–02:30 OPENING HOURS Monday–Saturday 12:00–22:00 6 €€€: Bien Centro Escalón Fløien Sunday at 12:00–23:00 Sunday–Thursday at 15:00–23:00 Sunday closed Main course over NOK 330, three Genuine Neapolitan pizza baked in a Bergen’s first tapas restaurant located ADRESSE Friday at 15:00–24:00 ADDRESS/BOOKING next to Fløibanen funicular’s lower Nedre Ole Bulls plass 4, Tel:55 55 40 00 Saturday at 14:00–24:00 course menu over NOK 550 Øvre Ole Bulls plass 5, Tel:55 21 58 73 wood-fired oven, delicious fresh pasta www.scandichotels.no ADDRESS/BOOKING www.hoteloleana.no and Bien’s own specialties. station. An institution for gourmets Subject to changes. in Bergen since 1998. Neumannsgate 2A, Tel:56 90 12 33 €–€€ www.royalburger.no See also www.fib.no €€

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Art and culture experiences move Grieg us. They are impulses for personal Project Partner growth and for social and societal Foundation development. Viewed from this Our project partners are foundations, funds, pri- perspective, the Bergen International vate individuals or others who wish to give a gift Festival does not only have in support of specific performances, projects collaboration partners – we have or parts of the Bergen International Festival’s investors. work. Our project partners are made visible and A collaboration with the Bergen International thanked in connection with the projects they Festival provides the opportunity for unique support. For more information about our various The Grieg Foundation supports numerous cha- The Bergen International Festival would like to experiences that are up-close to the arts and project support alternatives, please visit fib.no. ritable projects worldwide, with an emphasis thank the Grieg Foundation for their support. within a melting pot of dedication, new techn- on projects that involve children and youth, ology and new ideas. A collaboration with us medical research and the environment. The Grieg Foundation makes an active commit- also says something about our partners’ identity Read more at fib.no and values. ment to ensuring necessary support and progress, and to contributing in ways that Festival Ambassador make a difference. The Bergen International Festival has been a & Festival Consul recurrent name when the foundation bestows their gifts, and we are very pleased that they wish to take part in this festival tradi- Our ambassadors are private individuals or tion in Bergen. Their contribution supports companies that give the Bergen International a comprehensive outdoor programme that Festival a gift of one million kroner or more enables people of all ages to take part in and per year. Our consuls are private individuals or watch quality performances – and enjoy the companies that give a gift of up to one million festival atmosphere. kroner per year. Our ambassadors and consuls have the opportunity to participate in unique experiences and meeting places centred around Do you the arts. wish to support Sponsor the Bergen International Our sponsors are business partners who invest Festival? in the Bergen International Festival with an optional amount, or alternatively through the exchange of services. Our sponsors receive All gifts go to artistic projects. Read more defined benefits that correspond to the value about how to proceed at fib.no/gaver. of the agreement, and mutual cooperation is emphasised.

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The Festival The Festival thanks thanks Per Gunnar Ekaterina Mohn Strømberg Rasmussen /Strømberg Gruppen

Ekaterina Mohn has always appreciated art The Bergen International Festival thanks Per Gunnar Strømberg Rasmussen/Strømberg Bergen International Festival is grateful for and culture and became a Festival Ambassador Ekaterina Mohn for her support. Gruppen joined us as Festival Ambassador in the support from Per Gunnar Strømberg in 2017. Her personal preferences lie within 2017. Strømberg Gruppen, like the Festival, Rasmussen/Strømberg Gruppen. the classic art tradition, but she also treasure considers quality to be one of their core values. modern art. Ekaterina Mohn wants to help Furthermore the company is concerned with maintain the balance between tradition and taking social responsibility, also through art roots and the nerve and energy of today by and culture. supporting the Festivals and it’s diversity. She His reason for becoming Festival ambassador, sees the importance of linking art and future states Rasmussen, is that he believes the generations, and making the beauty and mea- Festival is currently experiencing an exciting ning of the art accessible to all. development. He wishes to contribute to the Festival fulfilling their vision of lifting the pro- gramme locally, nationally, and across borders.

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The Festival The Festival thanks thanks Terje Lønne Espen Galtung Døsvig /EGD

Terje Lønne has been a Festival Ambassador The Bergen International Festival thanks Terje Espen Galtung Døsvig/EGD became Festival The Festival is grateful for the support from since 2017. The Festival’s high artistic qua- Lønne for his contribution. ambassador in 2017. Like the Festival, EGD Espen Galtung Døsvig/EGD. lity and dissemination of Norwegian cultural is a company with longstanding traditions heritage is the reason why Lønne wishes to in Bergen. Since its foundation in 1907, the be a Festival Ambassador. He is committed company has ensured its growth by adjusting to maintain and expand the Festival as one of its strategy in accordance with the changes in the leading festivals in Europe. the markets and society in general.

Terje Lønne also wishes to contribute so that As Festival ambassador Espen Galtung the Bergen International Festival may make Døsvig wants to contribute to carrying the use of technology to reach an even larger Festival into the future. He is also engaged in audience. developing Bergen as a city of art and cultu- re – through contemporary art of the highest quality, among other things – and the Festival’s position in this project.

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The Festival The Festival thanks thanks Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber Kristin & Johan Odvar /AS Rika Odfjell/JO Odfjell

For many years, Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber/Rika Bergen International Festival would like to Kristin & Johan Odvar Odfjell/JO Odfjell are The Bergen International Festival wishes to AS have invested significant amounts in the thank Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber/AS Rika for new festival ambassadors in 2019. They repre- thank Kristin & Johan Odvar Odfjell/JO Odfjell Bergen International Festival, which is and their contribution. sent a Bergen family that has more than 100 for their contribution. should continue to be an important cultural years of history within shipping, real estate event and a boost for the cultural scene in and capital markets. Bergen, Norway and abroad. Their support is After two years in Silicon Valley, Kristin and crucial to the festival’s ambitious projects that Johan Odvar Odfjell returned to Bergen in connect tradition and renewal, that challenge 2018 to invest in Nordic start-up compani- and entertain the audience and make culture es. They are interested in both technology accessible to a broader public. and diversity, and by supporting the Bergen In 2020 Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber/AS Rika International Festival wish to contribute to the support the two concerts Vilde Frang, Nicolas advancement of these through art. Altstaedt & Víkingur Ólafsson in Grieghallen 24 May and the Closing Concert i Grieghallen 3 June.

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The Festival The Festival thanks thanks

subsidiary of Sparebankstiftelsen themselves have the opportunity to Our Festival Consuls DNB, which since 2006 has bought attend the regular festival program. valuable string instruments with the purpose of loaning them to The Kavli Trust supports several Norwegian musicians. events in the Festival’s outdoor program that are available and free The GC Rieber Foundations provide With support from The DNB Savings to everyone. The support from the support for non-profit social and cul- Bank Foundation – Dextra Musica, Kavli Trust contributes, among other tural purposes, preferably in Bergen. the festival offers performances things, to the Festival being able to The Foundations are particularly from young world-class musicians offer a free opening ceremony (p. engaged, through support and fol- and outstanding international artists 009) for the benefit of the entire The contributions from our Festival Kjetil Smørås/De Bergenske low-up, of initiatives that are aimed in the Troldsalen and composers´ city’s population. Consuls help to fulfill the purpose of Kjetil Smørås/De Bergenske want to contri- at the vulnerable in the population. homes of Grieg, Bull and Sæverud the Bergen International Festival to bute to creating synergies between tourism at Troldhaugen, Lysøen and Siljustøl Through a collaboration with the create an annual festival of artistic and culture, making Bergen an even more In 2020, the Foundations support (p. 056). Funds and collaboration Red Cross, Robin Hood House and events at a high national and interna- attractive cultural city. Bergen International Summit (p. from the Sparebankstiftelsen DNB other organizations, the festival is tional level. 08) which explores the topic the – Dextra Musica is also involved able to provide offers for free tickets. Yngvill Nydal & Ingolf Dahm art of aging by examining the links in making the mentoring program The support from the Kavli Trust also Louise & Øystein Storebø Yngvill Nydal & Ingolf Dahm want to support between aging, technology, art and Crescendo (p. 010) possible. makes it possible to carry out tail- Louise & Øystein Storebø’s interest in culture, the Festival because it is one of the most economics. or-made arrangements at the city’s in combination with a great commitment to important cultural initiatives in Bergen and The Bergen International Festival nursing home, hospitals, schools, day Bergen city, resulted in a desire to contribute helps to make Bergen known far beyond the The Bergen International Festival thanks The DNB Savings Bank centres, prison and asylum reception to the city’s and the nation’s annual cultural borders of the country. thanks GC Rieber Foundations for Foundation – Dextra Musica for the centres, to the benefit of students, highlight and celebration. the support. support. patients, residents, users, employees The Bergen International Festival thanks the and relatives in the concept of the Birgitte Friele/Santos Festival Consuls for their support. Festival Collective (p. 011). Birgitte Friele wants to support the Bergen International Festival because it is a significa- The Kavli Trust further supports nt part of Bergen’s history, and because she digital development and innovation, believes it will be equally as important for the allowing the Festival to explore more city’s future. ways to open up the arts for even The DNB Savings Bank Foundation more people. is an independent foundation that has as one of its main goals to incre- We thank the Kavli Trust for their ase the interest and understanding The Kavli Trust has for many years contributions and dedication to of art and culture, especially among supported the Bergen International making the Bergen International children and young people. They Festival. In particular, the Trust has festival experience available to more do this by supporting projects that wanted to support measures to people. ensure good dissemination and invi- make the Festival available to peo- te participation. Dextra Musica is a ple who, for various reasons, do not

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Our public sector partners: Arts Council Norway Partners Other Partners & Contributors H. Westfal-Larsen & Hustru Herman Friele/B Friele & City of Bergen Argentum The Academy Barratt Due (Crescendo) Anna Westfal-Larsens Sønner AS Galleriet Bergen Cathedral Choir Vestland County Council Møller Bil Minde Bergen Kommune Almennyttige Fond Ministry of Culture Grieg Suites – Byrådsavdeling for kultur, Herman Friele is a renowned busi- Handelshøyskolen BI mangfold og likestilling Westfal-Larsen & Hustru Anna nessman and politician with his heart The Fritt Ord Foundation is a TargetEveryone Bergen kulturskole Westfal-Larsens Almennyttige Fond in both Bergen and the Festival, who non-profit private foundation whose BFUng paramount objective, is to protect BIT20 Ensemble has the purpose of providing support wishes to contribute to the further Festival Ambassadors Project Supporters Dukketeaterverkstedet v/Jan Holden for the promotion of matters that development of the Festival. and promote freedom of expression Grieg Foundation Music Norway Fløibanen A/S Per Gunnar Strømberg Rasmussen William Demant Fonden Forsvarsbygg are in the best interest of Bergen’s and the environment for freedom of /Strømberg Gruppen This year, Herman Friele/B Friele & expression in Norway, particularly by The Grieg Academy general well-being and cultural life. Ekaterina Mohn – Department of Music, UiB Sønner AS support the performan- encouraging lively debate and the Terje Lønne The Fund supports the musical by Venues Marti AS ce Hotel. There will be live music Espen Galtung Døsvig/EGD Norsk Dirigent Forum David Bowie & Enda Walsh Lazarus dauntless use of the free word. Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber/AS Rika Bergen Domkirke composed by Éloi Painchaud and Bergenhus Festning Nasjonalballetten (p. 074), the comedy The Knight of Kristin & Johan Odvar Odfjell/JO Odfjell Nasjonalballetten UNG acrobatics at a high level when the With support from the Fritt Ord Bergen Kunsthall the Burning Pestle (p. 078) and this Cornerteateret Norsk kulturskoleråd – Foundation, Dialogues (p. 106) is NRK year’s opening performance Salome Québécois company welcomes us Main Partners Den Nationale Scene Oslo Philharmonic (Crescendo) to their timeless and elegant art continued, a debate program that DNB Festplassen (p. 036). Prof. Jiri Hlinka Klaverakademi will help to mirror and highlight Equinor Fløyen deco hotel in Grieghallen on 30 and Siljustøls Venner important tendencies and issues Bergens Tidende Griegakademiet The Bergen International Festival 31 May. Grieghallen Stereo thanks the Westfal-Larsen & Hustru in the present time, based on the Håkonshallen Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Stiftelsen Siljustøl Anna Westfal-Larsens Almennyttige Bergen International Festival is festival’s widely branched program. Project Partners KODE Komponisthjem The Kavli Trust Litteraturhuset Studentradioen i Bergen Fond for the contributions that bring grateful to Herman Friele/B Friele Talent Norge The Bergen International Festival H. Westfal-Larsen og Oseana Art and Culture Centre new perspectives and stories to & Sønner AS for the support. Hustru Anna Westfal-Larsens Rekstensamlingene University of Bergen thanks the Fritt Ord Foundation for – Faculty of Fine Art, Music Bergen, to the benefit of the whole Almennyttige Fond Skjerjehamn the support. Sparebankstiftelsen DNB St. Jakob kirke and Design city. – Dextra Musica Studio Bergen The GC Rieber Foundation Crescendo is supported by Herman Friele/B Friele & Sønner AS Trond Mohn, Bettina Ford Jebsen, Fritt Ord Co-producers Hans Peter Jebsen, The Savings Bank Carte Blanche Foundation DNB, Dextra Musica and – The Norwegian National Company Talent Norge. Festival Consuls of Contemporary Dance Louise & Øystein Storebø Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester Birgitte Friele/Santos Bergen Nationale Opera Kjetil Smørås/De Bergenske BIT Teatergarasjen Yngvill Nydal & Ingolf Dahm Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione International Summer Festival Kampnagel Festival Partners Nanterre-Amandiers DNV GL Schauspielhaus Zürich KPMG Traavik.info Vidy-Lausanne

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Alphabetic index Photo: Ole Jørgen Bratland Ole Jørgen Photo: A Francesco Piemontesi 60 O Amalie Stalheim & Tanja Zapolski 62 Francesco Piemontesi & Friends 52 On contemporary playwriting 106 B Future Opera 30 Open ArtEx seminar 109 Bergen Alumni 47 G Open masterclass 68 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra with Jörg Genius and interaction: Opening Ceremony 13 Widmann 40 ArtEx seminar 109 Orbo Novo 18 Bergen Student Radio 82 Goran Bregović Wedding Q Bergen_Portal 14 And Funeral Band 80 Quadro 101 BIT20 Ensemble with Jörg Widmann and H Quality and the power of definitions: friends 29 Who decides? 106 hei kalas 94 Bjørn Tomren 92 Quartier Libre! 103 Henning Kraggerud & Block makes a commotion 97 Christian Ihle Hadland 63 R C Hildegunn’s Panda 95 Ritsj 98 Caroline Wettergreen & Home 99 S Christian Grøvlen 49 Hotel with Cirque Éloize 77 Salome 36 Carte Blanche meets Joar Nango 28 I The Shadow Whose Prey Carte Blanche: But Then, We’ll Innovative collaboration in the ensemble: the Hunter Becomes 22 Disappear (I’d Prefer Not To) 26 ArtEx seminar 109 Shirley Davis & The Silverbacks 87 Chiaroscuro Quartet 54 Isata Kanneh-Mason 61 Singalong with Bergen Cathedral Choir 65 Chiaroscuro Quartet: Sound Factory with BIT20 Ensemble 96 Adapted Concert 55 J Closing Concert 43 James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong T Concert cinema: Marius Neset Quintet & Friends 50 Tête-à-tête Bergen 28 with Andreas Brantelid & Johan Dalene, winner of The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir 51 Leif Ove Andsnes 81 the Norwegian Soloist Prize 64 Touch 108 Johanne Haugland & Gunnar Flagstad 64 Trio Isimsiz 59 D Jörg Widmann: Festival Composer Trio Törn 58 The Danish String Quartet 53 & Artist in Residence 8 TUTU 105 Sandra Lied Haga The Danish String Quartet: Winner of Equinor’s classical Adapted Concert 55 K U Das Weinen (Das Wähnen) 20 Karin Park 89 Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene 73 2019 Decolonisation of the arts 106 Kira Skov with Nordic String Quartet 86 V Democracy, technology and empathy 108 The Knight of the Burning Pestle 78 Víkingur Ólafsson 45 Det er alltid en tråd en plass 31 L Víkingur Ólafsson: Adapted Concert 55 Dialogue is the new confrontation! 107 Lazarus 74 Vilde Frang, Nicolas Altstaedt & Dialogues 106 Lidia Baich & Tanja Zapolski 62 Víkingur Ólafsson with Drop-in Concerts 66 Liraz 83 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra 39 E M W Eirik Johan Grøtvedt & Marianna Shirinyan 61 Wandering Stories 107 Eirik Haug Stømner: Festival Marja Mortensson & Daniel Herskedal The Wastefulness Commission 24 in Skjerjehamn 69 with the Trondheim Soloists William Christie with Our success is down to individuals with www.facebook.com/MorgendagensHelter Eirik Johan Grøtvedt & String Quartet 91 Les Arts Florissants 44 Eirik Haug Stømner: the ability and desire to think outside Masterclass Concert 67 X Proud sponsor of Bergen Matinee Concert 46 Masterclass with Jörg Widmann 69 Xics del Xurrac: Playground the box. Individuals who strive to make Eivør 85 International Festival. Masterclasses at Rekstensamlingene 67 at Festplassen 93 Electrocutango 84 Matinee concert with impossible possible. Individuals with Å Ester Rada 90 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra: the skills and determination to achieve Conductors programme 68 Ålien, Boisseau, Philippe & Dupree 57 F remarkable results. It is individuals like Family Day at Siljustøl 102 Meet the Festival Composer 107 Festival Exhibition: Joar Nango 111 Moddi: The New North 88 these who hold the key to a successful Festival in the mountain 33 More films from Mer Film 81 Festival Youth Day 93 Myths, desires and decay 108 future – not just for our company, but Festival Youth Performance 100 N for society as a whole. We like to call them Festspillkollektivet 12 Nicolas Altstaedt with Ludvig Gudim 48 Nordvegen: Moddi 104 Heroes of Tomorrow.

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The Festival receives public funding from:

Grieg Foundation | Per Gunnar Strømberg Rasmussen/Strømberg Gruppen | Ekaterina Mohn | Terje Lønne | Espen Galtung Døsvig/EGD | Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber/AS Rika | Kristin & Johan Odvar Odfjell/JO Odfjell