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.
13.11.25, Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway
Premiere of Anna Berg’s «Nuances of Water» for The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
Commissioned by Kode.
27.06.25 at 7 pm, Leksands Kammarmusikfestival, Leksands Kyrka, Sweden
Berg: «Earthward, Ever Circling» (2023) performed by Anders Kjellberg Nilsson (violin), Daniel Eklund (viola) and Kristina Winiarski (cello)
25.06.25 at 7 pm, Leksands Kammarmusikfestival, Hildasholm, Leksand, Sweden
Swedish Premiere of «Earthward, Ever Circling» (2023) performed by Anders Kjellberg Nilsson (violin), Daniel Eklund (viola) and Kristina Winiarski (cello)
22.06.25 at 7 pm, Church of St. Mary Magdalene, 477 Manning Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Canadian premiere of ZERRISS for choir. Performed by Toronto Vocal Ensemble and Victor Cheng (cond.)
01.06.25, Festspillene i Bergen/Bergen International Festival, Norway
Premiere of «Å flyte, sveve» by Anna Berg for the trio POING.
With a program curated by POING & Berg, with works by Grieg, Mahler, Valen alongside Berg’s premiere.
28.-31.05.25, Wonderful World Festival, Stavanger, Norway
Panel discussions and film screenings of Dag Johan Haugerud’s «Drømmer» with a score by Anna Berg, and «Love» where Anna Berg plays herself. Screening of the music documentary «What We Talk About When We Talk About Music» featuring Anna Berg.
Panel discussions featuring Anna Berg and composers Eivind Buene and Nils Henrik Asheim, and directors Dag Johan Haugerud and Mats Andersen.
28.05.25 – more info
30.05.25 – more info
31.05.25 – more info
24.05.25, Festspillene i Bergen/Bergen International Festival, Norway
Berg: «Earthward, Ever Circling» (2023) performed by Alexandra Peral, Andreas Grimstad and Alejandro Gomez at the concert «Amalie Stalheim with young string players»
16.05.25 at 6 pm, Levinsalen, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo Norway
Berg: «Twirling» (2024), premiere of version for solo violin performed by Will Crock
11.05.25 at 2 pm, Telegrafen, Gjøvik Kulturskole, Norway
Berg: «Different Truths» (2024) performed by TRAKTOR Ensemble
07.05.25 at 5:30 pm, AnJazz, Hamar, Norway
Berg: «Different Truths» (2024) performed by TRAKTOR Ensemble
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.
21.03.25 at 7:30 pm, Mikaelkirken, Oslo
Berg: “ZERRISS” performed by Ensemble GAEA
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