12–16 March 2025
Here they are!
It’s with great pleasure we can announce the chosen four for this year’s Borealis Ung Komponist mentor programme! Four magnificent young voices drawing on punk rock, opera, latin jazz and futuristic technology in their music-making. Congratulations:
Daiyen Jone Castro
Eira Sjaastad Huse
Evelin Lindberg
Jakob Thonander Glans
From autumn 2024 to March 2025 they will be developing four new pieces of music for Ensemble Obsidian, and receving mentoring from non less than Okkyung Lee, Camille Norment and Sigurd Fischer Olsen.
New season!
In the brand new season of Borealis Listening Club (BLC) in Studio 207 we’ll get the unique chance to get deeper insight into the process of creating music by reflecting with and listening to inspiration from the participants and mentors of this year’s Borealis Ung Komponist! Save the dates: 10 September, 22 October, 26 November & 21 January!
Let someone else decide
Let Elina Waage Mikalsen, Signe Emmeluth, Viktor Bomstad and Kim Myhr decide what you listen to! For Borealis 2024 they shared their favourite songs and sounds and made mixtapes for us to enjoy via the amazing community radio Vers Libre! Enjoy these beautiful collections of sounds containing anything from Wimme Saari and Roscoe Mitchell, to Tyler the Creator and Sissel Endresen.
GIITU / THANK YOU
Borealis 2024 celebrated innovative experimental sound and music, from the world, Norway and Sápmi.
We would like to thank all of you who came to the festival, listened and engaged in the programme, all the wonderful artists and composers who presented and performed their music and soundscapes. A special thanks goes to our Artist in Residence of the last two years, Elina Waage Mikalsen, who co-curated this year’s unique and in a Borealis context historic programme, focusing on Sámi experimental music, listening and sonic exploration. Thanks also to all of our collaborators and financial supporters. And last but not least our dedicated volunteers and employees!
Borealis 2024 in The Guardian, BBC Radio and The Wire Magazine ++
“Masterfully programmed”
“A sought-after space to try out new ideas”
“An intense and intimate experience”
“Again, Borealis challenges the ways we listen”
“A project so wild that only Borealis could to take it on“
Borealis webshop
We have a soft spot for nice merch and have for several years had a lot of fun making everything from gym bags and socks, to caps and bum bags. Get a hold of our beautiful range of merch in our webshop! Get yourself a Borealis bag, or make a friend happy with a pair of “experimental” socks.
