Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Norwegian Festival Special 2017
Performance art from Europe brought to stages across Norway Markedet for Scenekunst is a showcase production team specialising in the sphere of performance art, displaying Norwegian shows as well as select performances from the European exhibition scene. Markedet for Scenekunst’s target audience encompasses anyone who works with display art for youngsters – be it at festivals, literature houses, libraries or culture stages across the country.
accurately appeal to our audiences when presented on stage.” Previous performances include Rhythm, Roots and Revolution by the Tabanka Ensemble and I am about to express myself by Ink Productions.
By Pernille Johnsen | Photos: Markedet for Scenekunst
Markedet for Scenekunst heralds diversity as a guiding principle across genre, format and demographic and puts a great deal of effort into putting together the perfect programme. The audience should experience a seamless flow when viewing a performance, which takes a great deal of effort both in rehearsals and on the logistical side.
Eliassen, manager for the adolescence segment in Sandefjord county. “We make sure to bring in children of the correct demographic to ensure that the performances
For more information and to view the full programme, which is due to be released in February, please visit: www.markedet.org
Quality assurance “We construct our stage performances to give the audience, both adults and children, an insight into the truly great performance art available for children,” says Gunn Strand
Carried away by the classical Dreaming of a different classical music festival in Norway this winter? At Pure Classic Musikkfest, you can get to know Tønsberg’s vital music scene through rare cultural meetings in historical surroundings. By Eirik Elvevold | Photos: Pure Classic Musikkfest
The ruins of an old monastery peak in through the windows of a modern library in Tønsberg, where world-class artists will soon perform classical music that is out of the ordinary. “We’ll also use arenas like the old chapel Mariakapellet and a local art museum built on a former meeting ground for Vikings. This mix of past and present is typical of Pure Classic Musikkfest,” says festival manager and flutist Charlotte Udø Kjeldsberg. Together with her husband, classical guitarist Runar Kjeldsberg, she has organised a programme full of surprising, international elements for the festival’s third year. Visitors can, for instance, experience Latin American baroque music by Ensemble Villancico and a rare viewing of the surre62 | Issue 96 | January 2017
al silent film The Unknown with live music from Les Frères Méduses. “On top of that, I will personally participate in two performances,” says Kjeldsberg. First, he will be joined by a string quartet for The First Guitar Heroes, in which the audience gets to travel back in time to the French Revolution, when the classical guitar first surfaced as a solo instrument. “In my second concert, I will play tribute and protest songs about Napoleon with tenor Tyrone Landau,” he explains. Pure Classic Musikkfest will also fill the streets of Tønsberg with carillon melodies written specifically for the festival by local composers, and gather young talents from the region of Vestfold, where the city is located.
ABOUT PURE CLASSIC MUSIKKFEST: What? Classical music festival Where? Tønsberg, Norway When? 23-26 February
For more information, please visit: www.pure-classic-musikkfest.com