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[[File:Troldhaugen in Bergen.jpg|thumb|[[Troldhaugen]], [[Edvard Grieg]]'s home. {{small|(Photo by Andreas Sandberg)}}]]
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'''Bergen International Festival''' ({{lang-no|Festspillene i Bergen}}) is an annual international music and cultural festival in [[Bergen]], [[Norway]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|publisher = Kunnskapsforlaget| title = Festspillene i Bergen| encyclopedia = Store norske leksikon| location = Oslo| accessdate = 2009-05-29| url = http://www.snl.no%7cFestspillene_i_Bergen}}</ref> The festival is the largest in the Nordic countries in its genre and has a large number of activities in music, dance, literature, visual arts, folklore etc. The festival is held over fourteen days from the end of May to the start of June and is located in numerous places like the [[Grieg Hall]], [[Haakon's Hall]], [[Troldhaugen]], [[Lysøen]], [[Siljustøl]] as well as streets and town squares of Bergen. In the same time span the International Jazz Festival, [[Nattjazz]], takes place in [[Bergen]].
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'''Bergen International Festival''' ({{lang-no|Festspillene i Bergen}}) is an annual international music and cultural festival in [[Bergen]], [[Norway]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia| publisher = Kunnskapsforlaget| title = Festspillene i Bergen| encyclopedia = Store norske leksikon| location = Oslo| access-date = 2009-05-29| url = http://www.snl.no%7cFestspillene_i_Bergen}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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The first festival that started on 1 June 1953 was inspired by [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''Music Festival in Bergen'' from 1898.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} The original festival director was [[Frank Meidell Falch]] from 1951 to 1957.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jubilanter|work=[[Aftenposten]]|date=11 August 2000|page=20|language=Norwegian}}</ref> [[Christen Gran Bøgh]], who died in 1955, also played a major role in the festival's first edition.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2000|volume=2|title=Christen Gran Bøgh|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|first=Gunnar Hagen|last=Hartvedt|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christen_Gran_B%C3%B8gh/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref>

In Spring 2022, [[Lars Petter Hagen]] took over as festival director.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lars Petter Hagen announced as Director of the Bergen International Festival |url=https://www.fib.no/en/articles/lars-petter-hagen-announced-as-director-of-the-bergen-international-festival/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.fib.no |language=en}}</ref>

== Biography ==
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The Bergen International festival is the largest festival in the Nordic countries in its genre and has a large number of activities in music, dance, literature, visual arts, folklore, etc. The festival is held over fourteen days from the end of May to the start of June and is located in numerous places like the [[Grieg Hall]], [[Haakon's Hall]], [[Troldhaugen]], [[Lysøen]], [[Siljustøl]] as well as streets and town squares of Bergen. In the same time span the International Jazz Festival, [[Nattjazz]], takes place in [[Bergen]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur/festspill-og-nattjazz-svinger-1.7141106 |title=Festspill og Nattjazz svinger sammen |language=no |last=Wicklund |first=Erling |author-link=Erling Wicklund |publisher=[[NRK]] |date=2010-05-27 |access-date=2015-04-25}}</ref>

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The first festival that started on 1 June 1953, exactly 55 years after its predecessor and source of inspiration, the first music festival in Norway [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''Bergen Music Festival'' starting on the 26 June 1898.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bergenbibliotek.no/digitale-samlinger/grieg/english/bio2-eng |title=Edvard Grieg 1843-1907 (Translated from Norwegian by Deborah Miller) |work=Biography |last=Johannessen |first=Karen Falch |publisher=[[Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek]] |date=2010-07-02 |access-date=2015-04-25}}</ref> The model was the [[Salzburg Festival]], and the initiative came partly from opera singer Fanny Elstad. The original festival director was [[Frank Meidell Falch]] from 1951 to 1957.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jubilanter|work=[[Aftenposten]]|date=11 August 2000|page=20|language=no}}</ref> [[Christen Gran Bøgh]], who died in 1955, also played a major role in the festival's first edition.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2000|volume=2|title=Christen Gran Bøgh|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|first=Gunnar Hagen|last=Hartvedt|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christen_Gran_B%C3%B8gh/utdypning|language=no|access-date=23 March 2009}}</ref>


==Grieg’s concerto in A minor==
==Grieg’s concerto in A minor==


[[Edvard Grieg]]’s piano concerto in A minor is often called the signature work of the Festival, and has been performed at almost every Festival since 1953. Here are all the soloists:
[[Edvard Grieg]]’s piano concerto in A minor is often called the signature work of the Festival, and has been performed at almost every Festival since 1953. Here are all the soloists:
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[[File:Troldhaugen in Bergen.jpg|thumb|[[Troldhaugen]], [[Edvard Grieg]]'s home.]]
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* 1953: [[Robert Riefling]]
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* 1954: [[Ivar Johnsen]]
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* 1953: [[Robert Riefling]]
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* 1955: Not performed
* 1956: [[Grant Johannesen]]
* 1954: [[Ivar Johnsen]]
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* 1955: Not performed
* 1957: [[Kjell Bækkelund]]
* 1958: [[Ivar Johnsen]]
* 1956: [[Grant Johannesen]]
* 1959: [[Robert Riefling]]
* 1957: [[Kjell Bækkelund]]
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* 1958: [[Ivar Johnsen]]
* 1959: [[Robert Riefling]]
* 1960: [[Hans Richter-Haaser]]
* 1960: [[Hans Richter-Haaser]]
* 1961: [[Grant Johannesen]]
* 1961: [[Grant Johannesen]]
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* 1980: [[Einar Henning Smebye]]
* 1980: [[Einar Henning Smebye]]
* 1981: [[Karl Engel]]
* 1981: [[Karl Engel]]
* 1982: [[Andreas Shiff]]
* 1982: [[András Schiff]]
* 1983: [[Cécilie Ousset]]
* 1983: [[Cécilie Ousset]]
* 1984: [[Eva Knardahl]]
* 1984: [[Eva Knardahl]]
* 1985: [[Bruno Leonarda Gelber]]
* 1985: [[Bruno Leonardo Gelber]]
* 1986: [[Roland Pöntinen]]
* 1986: [[Roland Pöntinen]]
* 1987: [[Bella Davidadovich]]
* 1987: [[Bella Davidovich]]
* 1988: [[Leif Ove Andsnes]]
* 1988: [[Leif Ove Andsnes]]
* 1989: [[Mark Zeltser]]
* 1989: [[Mark Zeltser]]
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* 1997: [[Jean-Yves Thibaudet]]
* 1997: [[Jean-Yves Thibaudet]]
* 1998: [[Nils Mortensen]]
* 1998: [[Nils Mortensen]]
* 1999: [[Noriko Ogawa]]
* 1999: [[Noriko Ogawa (pianist)|Noriko Ogawa]]
* 2000: [[Peter Jablonski]]
* 2000: [[Peter Jablonski]]
* 2001: [[Nikolai Luganskij]]
* 2001: [[Nikolai Luganskij]]
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* 2011: Ikke spilt
* 2011: Ikke spilt
* 2012: [[Christian Ihle Hadland]]
* 2012: [[Christian Ihle Hadland]]
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* 2013: [[Marianna Shirinyan]]
* 2014: [[Simon Trpceski]]
* 2015: [[Ronald Brautigam]]
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==Musician in residence==
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* 2013: [[Marianna Shirinyan]]
* 2014: [[Simon Trpceski]]
* 1997: [[Leif Ove Andsnes]]
* 2015: [[Ronald Brautigam]]
* 1998: [[Randi Stene]]
* 1999: [[Christian Eggen]]
* 2001: [[Det Norske Kammerorkester]]
* 2003: [[Anne Sofie von Otter]]
* 2004: [[Henning Kraggerud]]
* 2005: [[Martin Fröst]]
* 2006: [[Per Arne Glorvigen]]
* 2007: [[Trio Mediæval]]
* 2008: [[Bjarte Eike]]


==References==
==References==
{{portal|Norway|Classical music}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Bergen International Festival}}
{{Refimprove|date=February 2008}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2008}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.fib.no/en Official website]
* {{Official website|http://www.fib.no/en}}


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Latest revision as of 17:00, 18 March 2024

Not to be confused with Bergen International Film Festival.
Bergen International Festival
Festspillene i Bergen
Grieghallen
StatusActive
GenreMusic Festival
Date(s)May–June
Begins26 May 2021 (2021-05-26)
Ends9 June 2021 (2021-06-09)
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Bergen
CountryNorway
Years active1953–
InauguratedFounded 1952
FounderFrank Meidell Falch
Christen Gran Bøgh
Patron(s)King Harald V of Norway
Websitewww.fib.no/en

Bergen International Festival (Norwegian: Festspillene i Bergen) is an annual international music and cultural festival in Bergen, Norway.[1]

In Spring 2022, Lars Petter Hagen took over as festival director.[2]

Biography[edit]

The Bergen International festival is the largest festival in the Nordic countries in its genre and has a large number of activities in music, dance, literature, visual arts, folklore, etc. The festival is held over fourteen days from the end of May to the start of June and is located in numerous places like the Grieg Hall, Haakon's Hall, Troldhaugen, Lysøen, Siljustøl as well as streets and town squares of Bergen. In the same time span the International Jazz Festival, Nattjazz, takes place in Bergen.[3]

The first festival that started on 1 June 1953, exactly 55 years after its predecessor and source of inspiration, the first music festival in Norway Edvard Grieg's Bergen Music Festival starting on the 26 June 1898.[4] The model was the Salzburg Festival, and the initiative came partly from opera singer Fanny Elstad. The original festival director was Frank Meidell Falch from 1951 to 1957.[5] Christen Gran Bøgh, who died in 1955, also played a major role in the festival's first edition.[6]

Grieg’s concerto in A minor[edit]

Edvard Grieg’s piano concerto in A minor is often called the signature work of the Festival, and has been performed at almost every Festival since 1953. Here are all the soloists:

Troldhaugen, Edvard Grieg's home.

Musician in residence[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Festspillene i Bergen". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2009-05-29. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Check |url= value (help)[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Lars Petter Hagen announced as Director of the Bergen International Festival". www.fib.no. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  3. ^ Wicklund, Erling (2010-05-27). "Festspill og Nattjazz svinger sammen" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  4. ^ Johannessen, Karen Falch (2010-07-02). "Edvard Grieg 1843-1907 (Translated from Norwegian by Deborah Miller)". Biography. Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  5. ^ "Jubilanter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 August 2000. p. 20.
  6. ^ Hartvedt, Gunnar Hagen (2000). "Christen Gran Bøgh". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
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