21 May–4 June 2025

Two weeks until
the Festival begins

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Welcome to the Bergen International Festival!

For over 70 years, the Festival has been an international meeting place for all kinds of creative forces and people.

Festival musician Grete Pedersen

'An original musical thinker'
Conductor Grete Pedersen is named Festival musician at the 2025 Bergen International Festival.
The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir with Grete Pedersen
A musical conversation on consolation.
The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir & Emilie Nicolas
Songs about the eternal sun.
The Norwegian Soloists' Choir 75 years
A portrait of the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir and Grete Pedersen.
Folk tune treasures with The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir & Grete Pedersen
The Festival musician and the Soloists’ choir on the free stage.

Artist in residence William Kentridge

Symfoni for hele Grieghallen m/Griegs a-mollkonsert. Foto: Thor Brødreskift

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Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason. Foto: Thor Brødreskift

This is the Bergen International Festival

Scandinavia's largest festival for music and performing arts.

Symfoni for hele Grieghallen m/Griegs a-mollkonsert. Foto: Thor Brødreskift

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