Bergen kirkeautunnale and BIT20 Ensemble invites you to Skjold Church for an interactive day of concerts and workshops celebrating the majestic pipe organ.
Suitable for children aged 5 and up when accompanied by an adult.
Kom og nyt ein trerettars på Marinehagen når Bjarni Frímann losar oss gjennom ein ny minifestival.
BIT20 Ensemble and Bergen International Festival invites you to our yearly Creative Summer school
Delve into art metal for sinfonietta when composer Bára Gísladóttir brings the piece The moon is an eye is a pond and so on and so forth to Håkonshallen at Bergen International Festival
Exploratory cellist, composer and improviser Okkyung Lee meets the BIT20 Ensemble in a new commission for Borealis 2025.
For the final concert in BIT20 Ensemble’s critically acclaimed concert series Norden we will delve into the contemporary music scene of Denmark
Soloist Tora Augestad and BIT20 Ensemble performs new piece by Andreas Gundersen.
Ørjan Matre and Erlend Apneseth has written the new peice, Terra Incognita, which will be performed by BIT20 Ensemble and Erlend Apneseth Trio.
Ørjan Matre and Erlend Apneseth has written the new piece Terra Incognita that will premiere on the festival Ultima. This will also be the first time Erlend Apneseth Trio and BIT20 Ensemble will perform together.
BITWaves are headed for the festival Ultima to make compositions created by the sound of water.
Use the sounds around you to create your own compositions at BIT20 and Ultima’s workshop.
Are you interested in music or visual art? Join Bergen International Festival and BIT20’s summer school!
In five days we will experiment and challenge our own creativity. How can different sounds come together and form a musical expression? How can we create visual art expressions as pictures and sculptures with different materials and objects?
This school is for you who sing, play an instrument, are interested in music technology or want to make visual art! Go to the registration form to rank which group you prefer to be a part of.
group leader håkon skjæret
We will experiment with different ways of creating new sounds and how to combine these
This group requires some experience in playing instruments or singing (Notion: Bring your own instrument)
group leader yngvill hopen
We will learn how to think creatively and learn how to tell stories without words
We will learn about visual compositions and colors, and how our surroundings are effecting us
We will spend one day outside photographing and collecting materials
No previous experience with art is needed
group leader trond madsen
We will use the app BITWaves to record sounds and manipulate them into different art expressions
The summer school will provide iPads
No previous experience with music or music technology is needed
Download the app BITWaves here: BITWaves
Venue: Fana Kulturhus
When: The first summer school will take place the 24th of June – 28th of June with a closing ceremony 28th of August 2PM
When: The second summer school will take place the 1st of July - 5th of July with a closing ceremony 5th of July 2PM
Time: 10AM – 3PM every day
Specify in the registration form if you want to participate the first or the second week.
A reserved spot will be confirmed by mail.
The summer school will end with a closing ceremony for family and friends at Fana Kulturhus.
The summer school will provide a meal each day
-You’re born between 2009 and 2014
-You can participate all five days
-You’re able to work both independently and in groups
Fee: Kr. 449,-*
*Children from families with economical challenges can participate without paying the fee.
Contact hakon@bit20.no for a free pass or if you have any questions
BIT20 Ensemble will play a collection of compositions by Ole Bull and Edvard Grieg, based on Balkan-inspired folk music at Bergen International Festival
Fredrik Saroea and BIT20 Ensemble back in Bergen
Norwegian pemiere of Norwegian, Polish, and Iranian works.
Bergen International Festival and BIT20 are arranging summer school for you who are interested in sound, music and art!
Composer and vocalist Agnes Hvizdalek with new piece for BIT20 Ensemble
It’s time for a new round of GLIMT! – Skape. Sign up and learn how to compose or come to the concert 14th of June!
Flutist Ingela Øien is bringing two pieces by Knut Vaage to the flute festival in Førde
Norwegian premiere by composer and saxophonist Marius Neset on Bergen International Festival
Berit Opheim & BIT20 Ensemble on the festival KODY in Poland, Lublin
World premiere on new piece by Alwynne Pritchard on the festival Borealis
Knut Vaage premieres two new pieces
Fredrik Saroea and BIT20 Ensemble performs the live-album Rona Diaries at BLÅ in Oslo
Through the concert series #NORDEN BIT20 desires to present composers from all the nordic countries and explore the widht and quality that exists in new nordic contemporary music.
The world premiere of composer Ruth Bakke’s aSPIRartions. The composer will be in attendance.
The BIT20 Ensemble travels to Warsaw! Olga Neuwirth silent film music Die Stadt ohne Juden directed by Hans Karl Breslauer for amplified ensemble and tape
Club night with music in every nook and cranny. Featuring a diverse cast of artists and composers, all performed by the BIT20 Ensemble.
Join us for this Opening Night across the three floors of the freshly minted Kulturhuset i Bergen, in a cascade of new music and sound that heralds the opening of Borealis 2022!
Our next concert in the #NORDEN series features world class cellist Amalie Stalheim. This unique concert introduces the audience to five exciting Swedish composers.
A very special presentation of our “Lyden av»-concept during the ILIOS 2022 festival in Harstad.
A silent movie concert with BIT20 Ensemble of a disturbingly prophetic film from 1924.
Edvard Griegs Plass 1
5015 Bergen
Norge
Org.nr. 971 349 670
