Concerts and Performances

Employees and students at the Faculty of Performing Arts host up to 200 concerts and performances per year. Here is an overview over upcoming events.

Published 26. Oct. 2020. Updated on 19. Sep. 2023

Overview over planned concerts and performances, 2023/2024

All events that takes place at campus Bjergsted have free entrance

August

Friday 11th at 7:30pm in Eikenes-salen – Closing concert of Conductors Week 2023
Tuesday 15th, 2pm in Eikenes-salen – Opening ceremony for UiS Faculty of Performing Arts
Thursday 31st at 10 am and 12 in Eikene-salen – Disputas for Ph.D.-student Kristoffer Alberts and his "What's the point (of reference)"

September

Week 38 – Bjergsted Brass Festival
Tueday 19th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Opening concert with international soloists
Wednesday 20th at 7:30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Solo- and chamber concert
Thursday 21st at 7:30 in Fartein Valen, Stavanger concert house – Orchestra concert with Stavanger Brass Band and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Friday 22st at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Chamber concert with high-school students
Saturday 23rd at 5pm in St. Petri Church – Chamber- and soloist concert
Sunday 24th at 3 pm in Eikenes-salen – Finale concert with chamber ensemble and guest artists
Wednesday 27th at 7 pm at The Garden – Classical Wednesday, Mozart

October

Sunday 8th at 11 am in St. Petri Church – Service with Bjergsted Brass Ensemble
Thursday 12th at 6 pm in Eikenes-salen – Concert with Bjergsted Wind Ensemble and students from conducting
Thursday 12th at 7.30 pm in Hetland-salen – Concert with Nils Olav Johansen and the facultys jazz students
Friday 13th at 10 am and 12 in Eikenes-salen – Disputation for Ph.d-student Vidar Schanche and his The E(c)lect(r)ic Guitar
Saturday 14th in Fartein Valen, Stavanger Concert House – Organ night with the flute students
Tuesday 17th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Vakkert og Virtuost 1 with the wind students
Saturday 21st at 6 pm in Eikenes-salen – Ensemble concert with the cello students
Tuesday 24th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Concert with the cello students
Wednesday 25th of October at 10 am and 12 in Eikenes-salen – Disputation for Ph.d.-student Kristoffer Alberts and his What´s the point (of reference)?
Wednesday 25th at 7 pm at The Garden – Classical Wednesday, Chopin
Tuesday 31st at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Chamber music concert 1 with multiple student ensemble

November

Thursday 2nd at 7.30 pm and Friday 3rd at 6 pm in Eikenes-salen – Opera, Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas. With singers from both UiS and UiB
Tursday 7th at 7. 30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Trombone night with the facultys trombone students
Thursday 9th from 10 am to 3.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Bjergsted-conference 2023 (in Norwegian)
Tuesday 14th at 7.30 pm in Hetland-salen – Ph.D- concert by Héloïse Baldelli (soprano) together with Friedrike Wildshütz at the piano
Tueday 28th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Vakkert og Virtuost 2 with the wind students
Wedneday 29th at 7 pm at The Garden – Classical Wednesday, Bhrams
Thursday 30th at 7.30 pm in Storækre-salen – Concert with Bjergsted vocal ensemble (jazz)

December

Friday 1st at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Concert with the percussion students
Tuesday 5th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Piano concert
Sunday 10th at 2 pm at Skur 2 – Christmas concert with the vocal students
Monday 11th at 12.30 pm at Skipper Worse – Christmas concert with the brass students
Wednesday 13th at 8 pm at Spor 5 – Christmas concert with Bjergsted Jazz Ensemble and Bjergsted Vocal Ensemble
Saturday 16th at 6 pm in St. Petri Church – The University's Christmas Concert with both students and employees participating

February

Tuesday 20th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Vakkert og virtuost 3 with the wind students
Tuesday 27th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Concert with the cello students

March

Tuesday 12th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Concert with Jaako Pulakka at cello and Cruz Robledillo at piano
Thursday March 14th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Chamber music concert 2 with multiple student ensembles

Week 12 – Chamber music exams (all in Eikenes-salen)
Monday 18th at 6 pm or 7.30 pm – Percussion
Tuesday 19th at 6 pm – Wind students wood
Tuesday 19th at 7.30 pm – Brass students
Wednesday 20th at 6. pm – Stringe instruments
Wednesday 20th at 7.30 pm – Piano and vocal students
Friday 22nd at 1 pm - 6.30 pm – Chamber Music Competition with multiple ensembles

April

Thursday 4th at 7./7.30 pm in Nysæter Church at Stord – Gabrieli-concert with Bjergsted Brass Ensemble
Tuesday 9th at 7.30 pm in Sandnes culture house – Operacafé with the vocal students
Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th at Blyge Harry – Exam concerts jazz
Tuesday 16th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Vakkert og virtuost 4 with the wind students
Tuesday 23rd at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Concert with the cello students

May and June

Friday 3rd at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Concert project with prof. Are Sandbakken and the instrumental students
Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th – Summer performance with 1. and 2. class dance
Wednesday 15th at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Examination preparation concert with the wood- and wind students 1
Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd at Spor 5 – Exam concerts jazz
Wednesday 22nd at 7.30 pm in Eikenes-salen – Examination preparation concert with wood- and windstudents 2
Friday 24th at 1 pm in Eikenes-salen – The Faculty of Performing Arts' end of semester concert
Saturday 25th in Bjergsted-park – Bjergsted-festival with an open day and SuperLørdag in Bjergsted!

Week 22 and 23 – Exam concerts classical (all in Eikenes-salen)
Monday 27th and tuesday 28th – Wood and string students
Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th – Brass students
Friday 31st – Percussion students
Thursday 6th and Friday 7th of June – Vocal students