- So why is it then, that the songs play such a prominent role in my production? Quite simply the fact that I, like other mortals, once in mye life was highly gifted. And that gift was Love. I loved a young girl with a beautiful voice and just as beautiful a delivery. This girl became my wife and life partner to this very day. I venture to say that for me she is still the only true interpreter of my songs! My songs came about as of necessity and were all made for her... (From Griegs diary)
Hilde Anninne Hasselberg is a master student at the Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen, where she also completed her bachelor degree during spring 2009. She is now studying with Hilde Haraldsen Sveen.
Hilde has regularly performed as a soloist both in Norway and abroad, among others in South Africa, Switzerland and United Kingdom. She has several opera roles on her repertoire, such as Pamina in Mozart's Magic Flute, Belinda in Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, and Latetia in The Old Maid and the Thief by Menotti. She is a member of Choir West. She performed songs by Grieg at the Beijing Traditional Music Festival 2009.
Performed in KORSKIRKEN (Church of the Cross)
Korskirkeallmenningen
(150m from Tourist Information)
BERGEN CITY MAP
GRIEG'S CULINARY
SYMPHONY Before the concert, enjoy typical norwegian food at the restaurant Holberg Stuen, the menu made especially for the Grieg-audience.
