Bergen International Festival
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Bergen International Festival is an annual international music and cultural festival in Bergen
, Norway
. The festival is the largest in the Nordic countries in its genre and has a large number of activities in music, dance, literature, visual arts, folklore etc. The festival is held over fourteen days from the end of May to the start of June and is located in numerous places like the Grieg Hall
, Haakon's Hall, Troldhaugen
, Lysøen
, Siljustøl as well as streets and town squares of Bergen.
The first festival that started on 1 June 1953 was inspired by Edward Grieg's Music Festival in Bergen from 1898. The original festival director was Christen Gran Bøgh
, who died in 1955.
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The festival is the largest in the Nordic countries in its genre and has a large number of activities in music, dance, literature, visual arts, folklore etc. The festival is held over fourteen days from the end of May to the start of June and is located in numerous places like the Grieg Hall
Grieg Hall
The Grieg Hall is a 1,500 seat concert hall in Bergen, Norway. It has been the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since the hall's completion in 1978. It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986, and is the host of the annual Norwegian Brass Band Championship competition, which occurs in...
, Haakon's Hall, Troldhaugen
Troldhaugen
Troldhaugen was the home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and his wife Nina Grieg. Troldhaugen is located in Bergen, Norway and consists of the Edvard Grieg Museum, Grieg’s villa, the hut where he composed music, and his and his wife's gravesite....
, Lysøen
Lysøen
Lysøen is an island in the municipality of Os, Hordaland, Norway.Lysøen is also the site of Villa Lysøen , the home of Norwegian violin-virtuoso and composer Ole Bull until his death in 1880.-Villa Lysøen:...
, Siljustøl as well as streets and town squares of Bergen.
The first festival that started on 1 June 1953 was inspired by Edward Grieg's Music Festival in Bergen from 1898. The original festival director was Christen Gran Bøgh
Christen Gran Bøgh
Christen Gran Bøgh was a Norwegian jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic. He was based in the city of Bergen.-Personal life:...
, who died in 1955.