Bergen International Festival
bergen international festival norwegian festspillene bergen annual international music cultural festival bergen norway spring lars petter hagen took festival director bergen international festival largest festival nordic country genre large number activity music dance literature visual art folklore etc festival held fourteen day end may start june located numerous place like grieg hall haakons hall troldhaugen lysøen siljustøl well street town square bergen time span international jazz festival nattjazz take place bergen first festival started june exactly year predecessor source inspiration first music festival norway edvard grieg bergen music festival starting june model salzburg festival initiative came partly opera singer fanny elstad original festival director frank meidell falch christen gran bøgh died also played major role festival first edition edvard grieg’s piano concerto minor often called signature work festival performed almost every festival since soloist leif ove andsnes randi stene christian eggen det norske kammerorkester anne sofie von otter henning kraggerud martin fröst per arne glorvigen trio mediæval bjarte eike official website