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Anniversary concert

24 August 2023 19:30–21:30

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In all our 25 years as a festival, we have worked to promote folk music from Agder, and we will mark this in a grand way in this year's opening concert! We offer two departments and a star team of musicians, and Agder music is the focus throughout the evening.

First department - Agder musicians meet again!

We gather folk musicians from Agder who have been part of the festival in various ways throughout our 25 years. Ever since we organized our first festival in 1999, we have also organized courses in folk music and folk dance. Many young hopefuls have been able to learn, try and flourish under the expert guidance of, among others, Vegar Vårdal. Many who have attended our courses throughout have now grown up to become professional athletes! You will experience some of these in the first part of the opening concert. Maybe we'll also get a visit from some budding young dancers?

Cast:

Torhild Larsen Nygård (song)
Ådne Svalastog (keyboards)
Lisa Haugeland (fiddle)
Johanne Flottorp (harding fiddle)
Vegar Vårdal (foils)
Ånon Egeland (harding fiddle)
Frode Nyvold (vocals)
Birger Mistereggen (drums)
Lista accordion club
Farsund shanty choir
Nina Byttingsmyr (harding fiddle)
Dance students from Farsund cultural school: Mariell Sikveland, Oda Sudland, Alva Smesland Ringdal, Liyana Gabrielsen, Sofie Huseby Pedersen, Erika Frestad Eilertsen

Second department - Bestillingsverket Kystnært with Guro Kvifte Nesheim & Floating Sofa Quartet

In Kystnært, a star team of traditional musicians from four Nordic countries meet to dive deep into their shared musical traditions, and perform music from the coastal areas in their own, sparkling way. Farsund Folk Festival is proud to help realize this commissioned work, and not least to present the premiere at this year's festival!

 

Historically, folk music has been clearly influenced by international trade journeys, and there are many musical similarities between the neighboring countries in the Nordics. In 2021, the Norwegian harding fiddler Guro Kvifte Nesheim played in Farsund, and became aware that many of the beats she had grown up with were actually music from the coast. In the same year, she stepped in as a substitute in the Floating Sofa Quartet at Folkelarm in Oslo. During the concert, some of the leading traditional musicians from four Nordic countries met, and began to discuss the similarities between the music from the coastal areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. This is how the idea to create the commissioned piece Kystnært developed, and in August you will hear Nordic coastal music like you have never heard it before!

Floating Sofa Quartet has been working with Nordic folk music across national borders for ten years. Their vision is to bring together the cultural heritage of the Nordic countries, and create music that both preserves and renews tradition. Guro Kvifte Nesheim is one of our foremost Harding fiddle players, and has apprenticed with Salve Austenå in Agder. She has released a number of critically acclaimed albums with her own bands GKN5 and Skrekk og Guro, and is considered one of the foremost performers of Agder music. The Ordering Agency has received a grant from the Norwegian Directorate of Culture.

 

Cast:

Guro Kvifte Nesheim (NO) – Harding fiddle
Mads Kjøller Henningsen (DK) – flute, Swedish bagpipes
Clara Tesch (DK) – violin
Leija Lautamaija (FI) – major player, wood organ
Malte Zeberg (SE) – double bass

 

Before the concert starts, county mayor Arne Thomassen conducts the official opening of Farsund Folk Festival 2023.

Eilert Sundthallen

Eilert Sundthallen is located in Eilert Sund upper secondary school, right in the center of Farsund. We are converting the large sports hall into an exciting and intimate concert arena, where sound, light and artists come into their own. We have a pleasant bar area where food and drinks are served.
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