Borealis Ung Komponist is a mentor programme that each year takes on four budding composers at the beginning of their career, who want to develop their skills. Together with an ensemble based in the Western part of Norway, the participants get to work with four internationally renowned composers over a period of 8 months. The end result is four new pieces of music that are premiered at the festival. The call for participants goes out in May each year.
Previous iterations of Borealis Ung Komponist
2022/23
Composers: Eline Rafteseth, Guste Tamulynaite, Luke Drozd & Susanne Xin
Ensemble: YrrY
Mari Garcés, Håkon Skjæret, Owen Weaver & Carmen Bovéda
Mentors: Lo Kristenson, Camille Norment & Øyvind Torvund
2021/22
Composers: Mirsaeed Hosseiny Panah, Astrid Solberg, Peder Niilas Tårnesvik & Karoline Wallace
Ensemble: TABULA RASA (vokalensemble)
Sigrun Jørdre (Soprano I), Elise Varne (Soprano II), Zsuzsa Zseni (Alto), Tord Kalvenes (Tenor I), Arild Rohde (Tenor II), Jakub Adam Niedziela (bass)
Mentors: Harpreet Bansal, Camille Norment, Johan Sara Jr & Øyvind Torvund
2021/22
Composers: Agnes Hvizdalek, Mirte Bogaert, Tord Kalvenes & Vegar Guleng.
Ensemble: Currentes (early music)
Bodil Rørtveit, Hans Knut Sveen, Jostein Gundersen & Siri Hilmen
Mentors: Alwynne Pritchard, Raven Chacon & Øyvind Torvund
2019/20
Composers: Aslak Bjørge Hermstad, Eva Pfitzenmaier, Hilde Annine Hasselberg & Steinar Yggeseth.
Ensemble: YrrY (percussion- & vocal trio): Mari Galambos Grue, Håkon Skjæret & Owen Weaver.
Mentors: Carmina Escobar, Elaine Mitchener, Therese B. Ulvo & Øvyind Torvund.
2018/19
Composers: Alexander Fiske Fosse, Harald Jordal Johannessen, Rakel Nystabakk & Stephan Meidell.
Ensemble: Saxifraga (saxophone quartet): Lene Myhre Strand, Bjørn Strand, Roger Andreas Holme & Sjasmin Reitehaug.
Mentors: Juliana Hodkinson, Jessie Marino, Maja S.K. Ratkje & Øyvind Torvund.
2017/18
Composers: Alan Ó Ragallaigh, Kristin Bolstad, Tine Grieg Viig & Øyvind Skarbø.
Ensemble: Rosella (string quartet): Johanne Skaansar, Carmen Boveda, Vladimíra Ščigulinská, Claudia Cox.
Mentors: Christian Wallumrød, Øyvind Torvund, Natacha Diels & Joanna Bailie.