Velkommen til Kosterfestivalen!

Posted on | May 22, 2009 | No Comments

Sommeren er endelig her og snart er det igjen tid for festival og frydefylte høysommerdager -og netter- fylt av edle toner og lykke… Mange fantastiske verker står på programmet, deriblant flere symfonier inkludert to symfonier av Beethoven, en stor operagalla, to av Mozarts fiolinkonserter, en egen konsert med festivalens nystartede ‘Munkyrkans Mannskör’ og mye, mye [...]

Main stage being build these days

Posted on | May 21, 2009 | No Comments

Martin, our trusted cellist and handy man is building the main stage these days. Although Koster islands are usually blessed with gorgeous weather during the festival period Martin is making sure the stage roof this year will be water proof.
With financial help from our main sponsor Svennerstål & Partners AB we have been able to [...]

Where to stay

Posted on | May 21, 2009 | Comments Off

Hotel
Sydkoster Hotell Ekenäs
Flats and Guest houses South – Koster
Pensionat Bergdalen
Kostergården
Stugbyn Ankaret
Solkoster
Krokens gård
Kvadrat Koster AB
Kilesandsgården
Flats and Guest houses North – Koster
Kosterhusen
Waldton
Hildas Hus
Camping and cabins North – Koster
Reservatet

Program Concept

Posted on | May 10, 2009 | Comments Off

Performances
The preliminary program will include symphonic works, chamber works, a custom made family show, free sunset concerts every evening, summer night concerts / festival pub as well as an art exhibition.
No less than 58 performances will take place during two weeks, from 20. July to 2. August 2009.
Family Show
Kosterfestivalen’s Family Show has always been an [...]

Christian Ihle Hadland

Posted on | May 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Christian Ihle Hadland is widely recognized as one of Norway’s most exciting young piano talents and following his recital debut at the Norwegian Opera in 2008 was hailed in the Norwegian press as an artist who ..’shows himself as a unique musician whose artistry should be heard on the world’s concert stages’
Christian made his Norwegian [...]

Tora Augestad

Posted on | May 8, 2009 | Comments Off

„Tora Augestad is in any case much more than an academically trained singer, she lives and endures her songs with maximum vocal and acting capabilities.” Mitteldeutsche Zeitung
Born in Bergen in 1979, the singer-actor Tora Augestad studied classical music as well as vocal jazz in Oslo and Stockholm, dedicating herself to repertoire of the 20th and [...]

Kinneret Sieradzki

Posted on | May 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Kinneret Sieradzki was born in Tel-Aviv and started her violin studies at the age of 3.5. Her main teachers were Ms. Nava Milo in Israel and Mr. Robert Szreder in Holland, who were her principal coaches in the following years.
As a performing musician, Kinneret gives recitals and chamber music concerts regularly. She was invited in [...]

Shlomy Dobrinsky

Posted on | May 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Shlomy Dobrinsky was born in Moscow in 1981 and started to play the violin at the age of six. A year later he successfully applied to the prestigious Gnesine Special Music School in Moscow for talented young musicians, where he studied with Irina Svetlova. When his family emigrated to Israel, Shlomy continued his musical development [...]

Jörgen Byström – visual artist of 2009

Posted on | May 5, 2009 | No Comments

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