Calendar 2025
Anna Berg is Composer in Residence for Kode Bergen 2025
The film Dreams (NO. Drømmer) by Dag Johan Haugerud won the Golden Bear at the 75th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale) 2025.
Anna Berg has composed the score.
01.06.25, Festspillene i Bergen/Bergen International Festival, Norway
Premiere of new commissioned work by Anna Berg for the trio POING. With a program curated by POING & Berg, with works by Grieg, Mahler, Valen alongside Berg’s premiere.
05.04.25, Sapphic Passion, Montreal, Canada
Project by Sapphonix Collective
Three pieces by Anna Berg and lyrics by Maria Gajraj with fragments of Sappho:
Remember Us (2024), for 2 soprano, mezzo soprano and tenor
Hiddenmost Desire (2024), for three choirs
Equal To The Gods (2024), for mezzo soprano and string quartet
More information coming soon.
18.03.25 at 3:30 pm, Høgskolen Kristiania, Oslo
Berg: “Twirling” performed by Christian Stene in his lecture “(Re)phrasing - Shaping Music with Modern Instruments”
16.03.25 at 2 pm, Hehku Trio and Anna Berg, Permanenten, Exhibition: Harriet Backer, Bergen, Norway
Composer in Residence Kode 2025
Concert with Hehku Trio, curated by Christina Herresthal and Anna Berg
World Premiere of «Evigt» (2024) by Anna Berg with text by Pär Lagerkvist.
«Evigt» was commissioned by Hehku Trio and financed by The Audio Visual Fund.
13.03.25 and 14.03.25 at Vega and Cinemateket, Oslo
Documentary “What We Talk About When We Talk About Music” at HUMAN International Documentary Festival. Oslo Premiere.
12.03.25, Bergen Cinema at 17:30
Screening of Drømmer (Dreams) and discussion about the music in the film.
With director Dag Johan Haugerud, Kristian Fyllingsnes (BIFF) and Anna Berg.
03.03.25 at 7 pm, Illuminations, Caféteatret, Nordic Black Theatre, Oslo, Norway
Performance of «Earthward, Ever Circling» (2023) by Valerie Gahl,
Inger Margrethe Thommesen and Sophie Kauer.
23.02.25 at 3 pm, Ensemble 3030, Magisk Musikk i Colletgården, Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, Norway
Performance of Anna Berg’s «Twirling» (2024) for solo clarinet by Pierre Xhonneux in Ensemble 3030.
Anna Berg founded Ensemble 3030 in 2019. For this concert, the ensemble will perform music by Martin Korssletten, Marie Lillesand Høgestøl, Therese Birkelund Ulvo, Sven Lyder Kahrs and Berg.
Musicians: Pierre Xhonneux, Maria Ose and Phelan Nyvoll Walker
19.02.25, Internationale Festspiele Berlin (Berlinale), Berlin, Germany
International premiere of Dreams (NO. Drømmer) at the Berlinale.
31.01.25 at 1 pm, Trondheim Calling, Clarion Hotell Trondheim, Norway
«Composer and Sound Designer: A Musical Collaboration»
Sound designer Gisle Tveito and composer Anna Berg in conversation about their collaboration on the feature film Dreams (NO. Drømmer) by Dag Johan Haugerud. Moderator: Kristoffer Lo.
Screening of Dreams at Trondheim kino at 4:30 pm is sold out.
31.01.25 at 1 pm, Opening Ceremony, Vinterfestspill på Agder, Grimstad Kulturhus, Norway
«Twirling» (2024) for solo clarinet
Performed by Christian Stene
18.01.25, Kvarteret, Bergen, Norway
Anna Berg’s Twirling (2024) for solo clarinet performed by Christian Stene
Panel discussion: «Are female composers still unfairly overlooked?»
with Christian Grøvlen, director of the composer homes in Kode Bergen
Sara Aimée Smiseth, pianist
Peter Meanwell, artistic director of Borealis
Dr. Karina Valnumsen Hansen, PhD in Musicology
Anna Berg, composer