Mikael Holmlund

Posted on | October 13, 2008 | No Comments

Mikael Holmlund was born in 1978 in Umeå. He started playing the piano around seven years old. 1996, he entered the piano class at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. After four years of studies for Jens Harald Bratlie, and Einar Steen-Nøkleberg he was awarded a bachelor’s degree with honors, with distinction. Then followed two [...]

Generous gift to the festival

Posted on | October 9, 2008 | No Comments

Koster Chamber Music Festival’s first concert of the year was actually already on May 23. The concert grand piano recently donated to the festival was then introduced, first at a ceremony in Strömstad’s northern port and later at Longagärde, south Koster.
Pianist Mikael Holmlund played with the lid open on the quayside, with the port basin [...]