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Oslo Early
12. okt. - 19. okt.
Oslo
Oslo Early is Oslo's own early music festival, with music from the Middle Ages to Romanticism and related genres. Until 2016 Oslo lacked a major festival dedicated to historically informed performance practice of older classical music. It has become an important addition to the diversity of the capital's cultural offering, not only by providing a dedicated arena for music and musicians that can otherwise rarely be experienced, but also through the lively approach to the music and the presentation that characterises the community.
Oslo Early collaborates closely with important institutions such as Norges Musikkhøgskole, the churches of Oslo, Oslo Kulturskole and NOR59, and has become an important resource in the early music field and in classical music in recent years. Oslo Early aims to bring early music forward and let ever new audience members have the joy of meeting the world's leading early music performers and the best that Norway has to offer in early music specialists, in a blend of new and familiar repertoire from the Middle Ages to Classicism.
The early music movement is one of the most profound musical movements of modern times. Playing the music on the instruments it was written for, based on contemporary sources, makes it easier to let the music take shape organically, and it can then become a language that all the musicians speak fluently. The love and enthusiasm that early musicians have for the repertoire is important for discovering and performing ever new finds from forgotten music archives. The early music movement has set off a very positive spiral, in which ever-increasing knowledge and higher technical playing standards make a larger part of the old repertoire relevant and alive, which in turn increases interest in this way of relating to the music. The music is outward-looking and popular with audiences, but deserves even more attention.
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Past concerts
- 19. Oct 2025AVSLUTNINGSKONSERT: UNGBAROKKANERNEUniversitetets Aula, Oslo
- 18. Oct 2025GIULIA SEMENZATO OG EMIL DUNCUMB: ALBUM ITALIANOGamle Aker kirke, Oslo
- 17. Oct 2025SELDOM SENE: GOLDBERG VARIASJONENEGamle Aker kirke, Oslo
- 16. Oct 2025ÅPNINGSKONSERT: “THE MEANING OF LIFE” MED BAROKKANERNEUniversitetets Aula, Oslo
- 12. Oct 2025FESTIVALGUDSTJENESTE: “LITEN OG HØYTIDELIG” MESSE AV ROSSINIOslo Domkirke, Oslo
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