25/26 Season

We welcome music lovers of all ages to a concert hall filled with music, creativity, and joy! The foyer will be buzzing with life, with activities in every corner. Try out instruments, conduct an ensemble, compose your own music, meet the musicians, and get to know the instruments!

• George Kleinsinger  Pee-Wee the Piccolo

• Kolbjørn Holthe,  Conductor
• Mathias Luppichini,  Host

Mari Eriksmoen is the soloist in Ludvig Irgens-Jensen’s song cycle Japanischer Frühling, with texts drawn from a collection of Asian poetry. Honorary Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste also leads the Oslo Philharmonic in Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 8.

• Ludvig Irgens-Jensen  Japanischer Frühling
• Anton Bruckner  Symphony No. 8

• Jukka-Pekka Saraste,  Conductor
• Mari Eriksmoen,  Soprano

Roberto González-Monjas conducts music by two Vienna-based composers who excelled both as musicians and composers: Piano Concerto No. 21 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, featuring Mao Fujita as soloist, and Symphony No. 2 by Franz Schmidt.

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Piano Concerto No. 21
• Franz Schmidt  Symphony No. 2

• Roberto González-Monjas,  Conductor
• Mao Fujita,  Piano

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conducts Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7, a darker and more dramatic work than his sixth.

• Antonín Dvořák  Symphony No. 7

• Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider,  Conductor

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conducts music by two close friends and towering figures in music history: Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 and Johannes Brahms’ Tragic Overture. Amalie Stalheim is the soloist in Anders Hillborg’s Cello Concerto from 2020, which has been praised for its intimate soundscape and elegant references to Renaissance music.

• Johannes Brahms  Tragic Overture
• Anders Hillborg  Cello Concerto
• Antonín Dvořák  Symphony No. 7

• Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider,  Dirigent
• Amalie Stalheim,  Cello

A unique Norwegian compositional voice meets Norway’s leading piano star as Leif Ove Andsnes premieres Ørjan Matre’s Piano Concerto. Thomas Søndergård conducts Matre’s orchestral work Lyric Pieces, inspired by Edvard Grieg’s piano miniatures, along with Richard Strauss’ virtuosic and self-revealing symphonic poem Ein Heldenleben.

• Ørjan Matre  Lyric Pieces
• Ørjan Matre  Piano Concerto
• Richard Strauss  Ein Heldenleben

• Thomas Søndergård,  Conductor
• Leif Ove Andsnes,  Piano