Season 2025 — Impulses
Welcome to our sixth concert season!
This season's theme is Impulses — through which we look at the composers' ability to take us on musical journeys with their artistry. Consciously or unconsciously, they use their impulses to bring us into a time capsule, a mood, or a sense of excitement, or perhaps they show us a completely new artistic direction — which also marks a break with history.
2025 is also full of new initiatives, with the Debut Series and our first complete annual season in Bergen among the highlights.
We have invited a number of exciting musical figures to curate specific programs throughout the year. Maurice Ravel's 150th anniversary has its obvious place, with none other than pianist Håkon Austbø as Guest Curator. Other profiles include the Belgian clarinetist Pierre Xhonneux and Canadian Rilian Trio — an exciting young piano trio that convey the music with rare passion and great personality. TrondheimSolistene are in place as our Resident Ensemble this season as well — and show us their phenomenal versatility together with soloists Gjermund Larsen and Ola Kvernberg.
Take a look at the programme overview below — we're sure you'll find something you like.
NB: For an overview of the autumn program, click here. A separate overview of The Havlystparken Concerts at Ramme can be found here, and our new Håkonshall Concerts in Bergen can be found here.
Best regards
Thormod Ronning Kvam
Artistic Director
Concert Overview
Season Finale: Camille Pépin & Ernst von Dohnanyi
This concert has been cancelled due to illness .
— Innovative, symphonic chamber music.
Melis Jaatinen mezzo-soprano
Guro Asheim violin
Cecilia Wilder viola
Louisa Tuck cello
Cesar Cañón piano
Thormod Rønning Kvam piano
James Patterson horn
Pierre Xhonneux clarinet
Season Finale: Camille Pépin & Ernst von Dohnanyi
This concert has been cancelled due to illness .
— Innovative, symphonic chamber music.
Melis Jaatinen mezzo-soprano
Guro Asheim violin
Cecilia Wilder viola
Louisa Tuck cello
Cesar Cañón piano
Thormod Rønning Kvam piano
James Patterson horn
Pierre Xhonneux clarinet
Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Series: Piano Quartets by Fauré & Mélanie Bonis
— Powerful tones from Romantic France.
Includes conversation from the stage between Ivo de Figueiredo and Anders Danielsen Lie at 2 pm, on the occasion of the launch of volume 2 of the new Munch biography.
Eileen Siegel violin
Catherine Bullock viola
Kari Ravnan cello
Marina Kan Selvik piano
The Oslo Philharmonic's chamber series: Beethoven & Paul Pabst
— Romantic masterpieces for piano trio.
Aleksandre Khatiskatsi violin
Katharina Hager-Saltnes cello
Alex Taylor piano
The Oslo Philharmonic's chamber series: Beethoven & Paul Pabst
— Romantic masterpieces for piano trio.
Aleksandre Khatiskatsi violin
Katharina Hager-Saltnes cello
Alex Taylor piano
Johannes Weisser sings Schumann & Grieg
— The era of the great poets.
Johannes Weisser baritone
Soren Rastogi piano
Johannes Weisser sings Schumann & Grieg
— The era of the great poets.
Johannes Weisser baritone
Soren Rastogi piano
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg: 80 years old
— Celebrating a national pianist icon.
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg piano
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg: 80 years old
— Celebrating a national pianist icon.
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg piano
Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Series: Mozart, Hovland & Schumann
— The longing sound of the oboe.
David Friedemann Strunck oboe
Arve Moen Bergset violin
Daniel Dalnoki violin
Catherine Bullock viola
Hans Josef Groh cello
TrondheimSolistene & Ragnhild Hemsing: PEER GYNT
— A unique, new adaptation of Grieg's musical epic.
TrondheimThe Soloists
Ragnhild Hemsing Hardanger fiddle & violin
Geir Inge Lotsberg artistic director
Grieg & Garborg's Haugtussa
— A unique combination of Garborg's original texts and Grieg's musical settings.
Eir Inderhaug soprano
Ola B. Johannessen recitation
Thormod Rønning Kvam piano
The Oslo Philharmonic's chamber series: Janáček & Mendelssohn
— Intimate letters and searching notes.
Leah Tagami Andonov violin
Ingeborg Fimreite violin
Bénédicte Royer viola & viola d'amore
Andrés Maurette O'Brien viola
Katharina Hager-Saltnes cello
Love Songs by Brahms & Kverndokk
— Songs of true longing.
Isa Katharina Gericke soprano
Melis Jaatinen mezzo-soprano
Thorbjørn Gulbrandsøy tenor
Halvor Festervoll Melien baritone
Thormod Rønning Kvam & Juho Alakärppä piano
Season opening with Schubert & Brahms
— Great emotions on the hike.
Joachim Carr piano
Thormod Rønning Kvam piano
Opus 13 string quartet
Ola B. Johannessen actor
Season opening with Schubert & Brahms
— Great emotions on the hike.
The concert ticket includes an artist talk at 11:30 AM between author Ivo de Figueiredo and actor Mattis Herman Nyquist.
Joachim Carr piano
Thormod Rønning Kvam piano
Opus 13 string quartet
Mattis Herman Nyquist actor
Fall 2025 — coming for sale
September 5–7
Trondheim Soloists & Ola Kvernberg
Bergen—Ramme—Oslo
September 21, 2pm
Debut series: Sibelius, Fagerlund & Grieg
Ramme , Hvitsten
September 23, 7pm
Liv Glaser: 90th Anniversary. Gala Concert
University Aula, Oslo
October 3rd, 7pm
Ørjan Matre: Lyrical Pieces
University Aula, Bergen
October 5th, 3pm
In the spirit of Lars Hertervig. Artistic encounters in 1850s Düsseldorf
University Aula, Oslo
November 1st, 7pm
Charlie Siem & Håvard Gimse
Ramme, Hvitsten
November 7–9
Rilian Trio. Canadian prizewinner trio perform Schubert, Shostakovich & Friesen
Bergen—Oslo
November 19th, 7pm
Norway-America 200 years. Gala Concert in collaboration with the Norwegian Jazz Orchestra
University Aula, Oslo
November 28th, 7pm
50th Anniversary: Shostakovich, Sæverud and more
University Aula, Bergen
December 6th, 7pm
Jul på Ramme: Bugge Wesseltoft — It's Snowing on my Piano
Ramme, Hvitsten
December 13th, 7 pm
Jul på Ramme: Tord Gustavsen & The Norwegian Girls' Choir
Ramme, Hvitsten
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