Bergen Festival Academy

Signatur supports the Bergen Festival Academy 2026, the Bergen International Festival’s initiative for the next generation of musicians and composers. Through concerts, artistic mentoring, and professional meeting places, young artists are given the opportunity to develop their artistry in collaboration with established musicians and audiences.

This year’s Bergen Festival Academy program includes a concert at the opening ceremony featuring musicians from the Youth Symphony Orchestra and the sensational sibling duo Alma and Franz Serafin Kraggerud, masterclasses with world-class mentors such as Thomas Hampson and Esa-Pekka Salonen, major concerts with outstanding young musicians in Ungdomssymfonikerne Kammer and the Nordic Wind Orchestra, performances by the Swedish Monbijou Quartet at Bullahuset, as well as concerts at Gamlehaugen featuring young performers. Read more and explore this year’s Bergen Festival Academy program here.

Why it matters

"We are very happy and grateful that support for the Bergen Festival Academy extends across national borders, and for Signatur’s forward-looking contribution to strengthening Nordic musical life."

- Festival Director Lars Petter Hagen.