Kosterfestivalen through the years

Posted on | January 31, 2009 | Comments Off

Kosterfestivalen, formerly known as Koster Kammarmusikfestival, was first arranged in July 2005 by Martin G. Rasten og Thomas Flodin, thus celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2009.
The festival’s basic philosophy was to merge art and music in the most beautiful natural setting one could think of. North – and South Koster consisting of both a beautiful [...]

Karina Vermes

Posted on | November 2, 2008 | No Comments

Karina is a handy woman. Karinas’ tasks in previous years have included making banners, cooking, building stages, playing the flute, promotion, selling tickets among a lot of other things.
Bio coming soon…

Heidi B. Martinsen

Posted on | November 2, 2008 | No Comments

Heidi is usually involved with stage building, ticket sales, playing the horn, fixing musicians, among other things. She therefore qualifies as a handy woman along with Karina. Heidi is responsible for this website.
Heidi B. Martinsen was born in Oslo in 1978. She is a trained horn player and has been awarded a Bachelor of Music (Honours) [...]

Martin G. Rasten

Posted on | November 2, 2008 | Comments Off

The cellist Martin is the festival’s Artistic Leader. He fixes musicians, decides the program, he is in contact with sponsors, arranges music among a lot of other things. In addition Martin is incredibly handy, as he knows exactly how to build concert stages out of wood, sail and a few pieces of string. Martin is, [...]

Thomas Flodin

Posted on | November 2, 2008 | No Comments

Thomas is the festivals’ Manager. Thomas is heavily involved with promotion, media contact, sponsorship contact, finance, housing of musicians as well as singing, among other things. Thomas is, along with Martin the founder and driving force behind Koster Chamber Music Festival.
Bio coming soon.