26 May–12 June 2027

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Get ready for the 75th edition
The Bergen International
Festival
26 May to 12 June 2027
Scandinavia's largest festival for music and performing arts

This is the Bergen International Festival

Scandinavia's largest festival for music and performing arts.

This is the Bergen International Festival

Scandinavia's largest festival for music and performing arts.

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The Sound of Gold
A golden generation of string players.
The Sound of Gold
A golden generation of string players.
Belle Chen
A meditative musical forest.
Belle Chen
A meditative musical forest.
Ava Bahari
Scandinavian gems and the Kreutzer Sonata.
Ava Bahari
Scandinavian gems and the Kreutzer Sonata.
Nadia B Was Here
A concert theatre portrait of Nadia Boulanger, the woman who taught the world to compose.
Nadia B Was Here
A concert theatre portrait of Nadia Boulanger, the woman who taught the world to compose.
Bergen Big Band & Øyvind Torvund
A commission piece for big band, set in a playful, musical universe.
Bergen Big Band & Øyvind Torvund
A commission piece for big band, set in a playful, musical universe.
Christina Nilsson
Swedish star soprano in an intimate evening of lieder at Troldhaugen.
Christina Nilsson
Swedish star soprano in an intimate evening of lieder at Troldhaugen.
NOVO Quartet I
The new and the timeless at Troldhaugen.
NOVO Quartet I
The new and the timeless at Troldhaugen.
Njioma Chinyere Grevious
Introducing a virtuoso
Njioma Chinyere Grevious
Introducing a virtuoso

2027 Artist in Residence: Leif Ove Andsnes

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All artistic directors, festival organizers, and curators are strongly encouraged to visit the Festival (…) Everything is there: popular culture and high culture, the shopping mall and the ivory tower. Nothing is set against the other.

– Jan Brachmann/Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

OperaOpptur! Foto: Thor Brødreskift

OperaOpptur! Foto: Thor Brødreskift

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Yvonne Loriod og Olivier Messiaen i 1982.

Yvonne Loriod og Olivier Messiaen i 1982.