Tabita Berglund has been named Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra’s next Chief Director. She will become the first Norwegian conductor to hold the post since 1985 and the first Norwegian female chief conductor of one of Norway’s major symphony orchestras. Berglund will be the Chief Conductor Designate on August 27, 2026 and will continue as Chief Conductor from August 2027 onward with her {…}
(Photo: Matthias Thor Brødreskift) Just as “Hamlet” belongs to the English literary legacy or Goethe’s “Faust” belongs to the German soul, so Henrik Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt” belongs to the Norwegian culture. Exactly 150 years ago, Henrik Ibsen asked the then 31-year-old composer Edvard Grieg to write a suitable musical setting for his dramatic poem in five acts. The premiere took {…}
(Credit: https://www.highresaudio.com/) The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra has canceled all performances until at least Jan. 13, 2022. Among the canceled performances is Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” that was supposed to star soprano Beate Mordal, mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland, tenor Fabio Trümpy, and baritone Sebastian Noack alongside conductor Jan Willem de Vriend. The Bergen Philharmonic has shut down following the decision of the {…}
The Bergen Philharmonic has canceled its Friday, Dec, 3, 2021 concert at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. The theater noted in a press release, “we regret to announce that the concert with the Bergen Philharmonic has been canceled due to the Norwegian government’s recommendation to cancel the orchestra’s European tour in the current pandemic context due to {…}
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” starting on March 13, 2021. The work will be presented Bergen National Opera and represents the final opera in Mary Miller’s tenure as Artistic and General Director for the company. The run of the work will continue through March 19 (four total performances) {…}
