Thank you for coming!
This year’s festival has come to an end and as the embers go out in the listening hut Jiennagoahti and the music turns into silence in the floating sauna Laugaren, we can look back on five days of sound and music from Hong Kong to Sápmi, Indonesia to Palestine, which touched our hearts, shocked our ears, made us laugh and brought tears to our eyes – reminding us that the world is on fire, but also the power of coming together to listen. Thank you to our unique audience who meet everything with openness and respect – to all of you who seek us out again and again, and to those who were here for the first time. With sold-out concerts across the board, the sound of all the experiments still resonate in the walls of the 14 venues we used during this year’s festival. Now we’re rolling up our sleeves and heading for 2026 – hope to see you then!
Introduction to Nara
Composer Tze Yeung Ho gives an insight in to the story, motivation and process of the making of his new opera Nara! Imperial decline, belonging, and composing in a «third space» all feature in this behind the scenes conversation with artistic director Peter Meanwell.
Borealis Ung Komponist 24/25
Since September, the participants of our mentoring programme Borealis Ung Komponist have been working on four brand new works ready for Borealis 2025, interpreted by Ensemble Obsidian. This year’s participants are Daiyen Jone Castro, Eira Sjaastad Huse, Evelin Lindberg and Jakob Thonander Glans.
Okkyung Lee in Bergen
Okkyung Lee visited Bergen in November to prepare her new commission for Borealis, get to know the concert venue and to share music she loves in a late night Borealis Listening Club session. We loved having her here, and loved experiencing the premiere of her piece, brought to life by BIT20 Ensemble in the majestic 13th Century Håkonshallen!
Feel the vibes!
Maybe you’ve been to Borealis a hundred times before, maybe you’re brand new. Enjoy some throwbacks from 2024 through your screen!
