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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
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MUSEET LYSØEN
TICKET Standard : 620 Under 30 : 150
Festival Card : 30 % discount
TRANSPORT Transport included in ticket , see page 54
Ole Bull ’ s Lysøen
The beautiful villa on Lysøen – the Island of Light – was built in 1873 as a summer residence for Ole Bull . It is something of a fairytale castle with its onion domes and intricate ornamentation . For many , the boat journey to the island culminating in a concert in Ole Bull ’ s unorthodox sitting room is a valued tradition .
Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation DNB – Dextra Musica and Anders Sveaas ’ Charitable Foundation
Camilla Kjøll & Gunilla Süssmann
DATE / TIME Saturday 27 May at 11:30 and 14:30
DURATION 1:00
The concert master of the Norwegian Opera & Ballet and a passionate pianist .
Camilla Kjøll , violin , has a busy schedule : she is into her first season as concert master of Lucerne Symphony Orchestra in Switzerland and is well established as a chamber musician and orchestral leader . Since 2012 , the year after her most recent Bergen International Festival performance , she has been first concert master at the Norwegian Opera & Ballet . She also plays in the Norwegian Chamber which celebrates its fortieth anniversary in 2017 ( p . 52 ).
Camilla Kjøll ’ s partner is pianist Gunilla Süssmann from Bergen , who has performed at the Bergen International Festival on several occasions . She plays with great virtuosity , sensitivity and imagination , and her extremely personal and passionate interpretations create a unique contact with her audiences . Her great love of chamber music is evident .
At Lysøen their programme includes chamber works by Bull , Szymanowski , Chausson and Ravel .
Camilla Kjøll violin Gunilla Süssmann piano
Sonoko Miriam Welde & Sergio Tiempo
DATE / TIME Sunday 28 May at 11:30 and 14:30
DURATION 1:00
Grieg and Brahms in Ole Bull ’ s home .
Young Bergen violinist Sonoko Miriam Welde has already made a solid name for herself , both as a soloist and as the first violinist in the string quartet Opus13 . Since her first performance with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of nine , she has appeared as a soloist with a number of outstanding European orchestras . She has been admitted as a soloist into the prestigious mentoring programme Crescendo for 2018 .
In Ole Bull ’ s magnificent home at Lysøen she plays alongside celebrated Argentinian pianist Sergio Tiempo , opening with Brahms ’ s Scherzo from the F-A-E Sonata , which was written collaboratively by three composers . It is Brahms ’ s earliest surviving piece for violin and piano and one of his most instantly recognisable compositions .
The duo also performs four pieces from Prokofiev ’ s Romeo and Juliet and works by Bull and Grieg .
Sonoko Miriam Welde violin Sergio Tiempo piano
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