Nordlysfestivalen
| The Northern Lights Music Festival Nordlysfestivalen | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Music Festival |
| Date(s) | January - February |
| Begins | 29 January 2016 |
| Ends | 7 February 2016 |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Tromsø |
| Country | Norway |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Inaugurated | Founded 1987 |
| Website | |
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The Northern Lights Music Festival or Nordlysfestivalen (established 1987 in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian music festival, held in January–February. In 2012 The Northern Lights Festival celebrated their 25th anniversary.[1]
Biography
Since the start in 1988 the festval has expended to more than 500 concerts and other shows, more than 1000 volunteers have shered their time and effort to gain the festival and countless artists and musicians from all over the world, have visited Nordlysfestivale, and the city of Tromsø has been submerged in a musical extravaganza the last week of January. The Northern Lights Festival has each year presented top artists in genres ranging from early music to modern, from opera to jazz, from chamber music to symphonic orchestras. The list of top artists that have visited the festival range over Norwegian musicians like Leif Ove Andsnes, Jan Garbarek and Mari Boine and international star performers like Martin Fröst, Yuri Bashmet and Dee Dee Bridgewater. Ensembles like Il Giardino Armonico and The Hilliard Ensemble, The Mariinsky Opera and Ballet, the symphony orchestras from Gothenburg, St. Petersburg and Oslo, are all on the list of festival partisipants. The festival program have had an interesting mixture of top quality performances which also includes many artists from the Northern Norway.[1]
In addition, the festival offers spectacular outdoor events, lectures, exhibitions and other events like the Northern Lights cruise, festival pubs and master classes for musicians. It is safe to say that the Northern Lights Festival is an art music festival of high quality with a program that should be of interest for a wide-ranging audience. During the opening concert at Nordlysfestivalen the Nordlysprisen is awarded a performing musician or composer, that through his work in Northern Norway has excelled at a high artistic level, and by this contributed to highlight the region's musical life in a positive way. This is an annual award presented by the newspaper Nordlys in Tromsø to enhance the music life in Northern Norway.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Ny rekord for Nordlysfestivalen" (in Norwegian). Tromso.Kommune.no. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ Dixon, Gavin (2015-02-04). "Nordlysfestivalen". MooseReport.net. Retrieved 2015-04-25.