HÅJA
- sonata for solo guitar
The concert program “HÅJA” consists in it’s entirety by pieces composed by Astrid Nyborg Berg, inspired by the brutal and breathtaking surroundings of the far north.
After recieving a grant from Helge Ax:son Johnsons fund, Astrid spent a month where she grew up: in Hammerfest, the world’s most northern city. The result, a freshly composed guitar sonata, was presented in Artic Culture Center 22th of September 2023.
“Tre Øyeblikk fra Reinlia”, a piece in three movements, was commisioned by and premiered at Drammen Arts Festival November 2023.
The concert program also consists of the pieces “Dypdykk” (2018), “Mørketid” (2018) and “Blåtimen (2020).
Cecilia Edman Bergman has completed the prestigious Soloist Program at Copenhagen Music Academy. With a Bachelor Degree in music performance from Piteå Music Academy and Master Degree from Malmö Music Academy, she has been studying with teachers such as Göran Söllscher and David Hansson. She was a finalist in the Uppsala International Guitar Competition in 2021 and Jörgen Rörsjö guitar competition in 2022, and has been rewarded the National Grant from Kungliga Musikaliska Akademin several times.
Astrid Nyborg Berg is a Norwegian guitarist and has her education from the Norwegian Academy of Music and Malmö Music Academy. During her years leading up to her Master’s Degree she studied with Erik Stenstadvold, Geir-Otto Nilsson, Göran Söllscher, David Hansson and Gunnar Spjuth. She has specialized in arranging and composition. In 2021 she was given a work grant by the City of Malmö for arranging Ravel’s String Quartet for four guitars, and funded the quartet to perform the finished arrangement.
Tobias Backman is an experienced chamber musician, with a degree from the chamber music education in Örebro, Sweden. Additionally, he is a skilled arrangeur and has arranged repertoire such as music by F. Schubert and J. Sibelius. He har completed a master’s degree in classical guitar with Prof. Göran Söllscher and David Hansson at the academy of music in Malmö, and the postgraduate studies from Örebro Musikhögskola.
Timmy Hantoft is from Sweden and has a Bachelor from Stockholm Royal Academy of Music and both a Master’s and a Postgraduate degree in classical guitar from Malmö Music Academy, where he also was a student with Prof. Göran Söllscher and David Hansson. He has been rewarded the National Grant from Kungliga Musikaliska Akademin.
Bacchus Gitarrkvartett is bringing bohemia back to the concert hall! With ambitious arrangements of beloved masterpieces from the classical repertoire, they introduce the classical guitar to a wide audience.
Their repertoire spans from Ravel’s String Quartet, to Swedish composers like Stenhammar and Petersson-Berger, and even includes covers of soundtracks from beloved videogames.
Bacchus is the roman God for the festival, wine and abundance. His archetype became a symbol for the ensemble to explore uninhibited joy and breaking some rules if the situation calls for it.
Hvilepuls
(resting heart rate)
A solo concert filled with calming, beautiful guitar music. Inspired by the Baroque ideas of physical and mental health benefits from exposing audiences to contrasting emotions through music.
In a modern take, the whole 75 minutes of “Hvilepuls” is seen as a
relaxing contrast to the stressful world outside. Calm, beautiful music from the classical repertoire provides a spot in your schedule to sit back, close your eyes and do absolutely nothing.
Iris Bergcrantz
Anders Krogh Fjeldstedt
Astrid Nyborg Berg
The November Project
Three musicians from different countries and genre backgrounds explore what happens when the only common ground is the search for one particular mood.
The ensemble was initiated after playing at the same concert in 2018. The musicians
soon realized that the shared intuitive musicality went beyond the surface of style,
traditions and genre. With a repertoire spanning from the classical composer Edvard Grieg, Scandinavian folk music, metalbands such as System of a Down and the progressiv rock of Radiohead,
the ensemble offers a unique perspective of how much we all share.