The Archimede Italian string quartet’s main purpose is to spread the most significative chamber music repertoire.
The four Sicilian members link to this purpose their different individualities, always keeping a passionate performance which never neglects the technical rigour, the emotional involvement and the stylistic clearness...
Giovanna Manci has a rich voice of wide range, with a sweet phrasing and ringing high notes and poised, warm lower tones. Together with pianist Anna Ferrer, she gives a various meny, from Grieg to Puccini...
Engelberger Kammer-Cellisten from Germany, and violinist Michael Süssmann from Norway, for the first time in the history, play Griegs 3rd violin sonata arranged for 23 violoncellos and violin - made especially for Grieg in Bergen...
The concert is dedicated to the 200 Year Anniversary
of violin virtuoso Ole Bull, a person who had great influence on Edvard Grieg`s life and music. Ole Bull, born in 1810, was Norways first super star and was called the Paganini of the North...
Concert Master from the
BERGEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
CONCERT 9. - 11. - 16. AUGUST
Åsta Jørgensen is 3. concert master in Bergen Philharmonic, one of the oldest orchestras in the world, established in 1765. Together with the pianist Jarle Rotevatn, she performes Grieg, Halvorsen, Kodaly...
The sisters Signe Bakke and Turid Bakke Braut, both pianists, play 4 hands Grieg, Ravel, Schumann and Brahms... MORE
String Quartet from Bergen
HANSAKVARTETTEN
CONCERT 18. AUGUST
The string quartet was established in 1987 by musicians from the Bergen Philharmonic, and the repertoir is wide and ranges from baroque to temporary music - this evening the quartet will perform
Grieg, Mozart and another norwegian composer, Fartein Valen.... MORE
GRIEG'S CULINARY
SYMPHONY Before the concert, enjoy typical norwegian food at the restaurant Holberg Stuen, the menu made especially for the Grieg-audience.
