Programme 2025
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From folk tunes from Western Norway to Argentine rhythms.
Energetic anniversary concert.
Instrument repair square.
Folk music, country, yodelling, and pop.
From the street to the stage – and back again.
Brass ensemble with high-energy folk music.
Sonata by Edvard Grieg in Bergen’s town square.
Jubilee for a beloved favourite.
Dates:
Fateful music theatre from one of our time's greatest artists.
A film by William Kentridge for Shostakovich's 10th Symphony.
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Conductor Grete Pedersen is named Festival musician at the 2025 Bergen International Festival.
A musical conversation on consolation.
Songs about the eternal sun.
Young string players from Western Norway.
Portrait of a composer and double bass-player.
Open class with America mezzo star.
Selected young singers.
Daytime concerts with artists of the future.
Exam season for music students.
Song cycle with a radical twist.
Meet the artists of the future.
Polyphonic harmonies.
Songs to what we cannot see.
Charismatic contralto.
A voice of pure gold.
Norway's most celebrated soprano of all time was a soloist at the first Bergen International Festival in 1953. Now she’s back.
Nordic songs from heart and nature.
Classic YouTube phenomenon.
Jewels for viola.
Goodnight from Bach.
The Holberg Suite and new Norwegian music inspired by the scent of rain.
A magical tale about discovering oneself.
Urban sports in an adrenaline-fuelled performance.
Carte Blanche rearranged.