Hardanger Musikkfest or The Hardanger Music Festival is an annual music festival. In November 2021, media wrote that it is scheduled for later that month.
Previously it had been held every Pentecost since 1996.
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Hardanger Musikkfest or The Hardanger Music Festival is an annual music festival. In November 2021, media wrote that it is scheduled for later that month.
Previously it had been held every Pentecost since 1996. In June, Hardanger Musikkfest arranges about 40 concerts over five days in Hardanger, specifically in Ullensvang Municipality and Eidfjord Municipality.
The festival program mainly comprises Chamber music and Contemporary folke music from Hardanger and Norway in general. At the Hardanger conference in Ulvik Municipality it was announced byTora Augestad that 'Hiking' will be the theme of the festival in 2019.
The main base at the Hardanger Music Festival is in Lofthus in Ullensvang, the largest venues are Fjordahallen in Kinsarvik and Kraftkatedalen in Tyssedal.
Each year a number of renowned Norwegian and international musicians play at Hardanger Music Festival. 1
History
The music festival was initiated by concertmaster Stig Nilsson of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. 1
Artistic leaders
Stig Nilsson 1996–2012
Anders Kjellberg Nilsson and Wolfgang Plagge 2012–2014.
Therese Birkelund Ulvo and Tora Augestad 2015–present. 1
Managing directors
Per Erik Kise Larsen 1996–2001
Alf Magnus Reistad 2001–2005
Tone Tveito Eidnes 2005–2012
Alf Magnus Reistad 2012- 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hardanger Musikkfest”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Hardanger Musikkfest is annua music festival in Norway, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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