Audience Program
We offer a broad program for the audience the whole competition week.
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AUDIENCE PROGRAM 27 Aug - 3 Sept
SATURDAY 27 AUGUST
Troldhaugen, Troldsalen, 1st round, day 1
1000-1040: Cand. 1: JongHo Won
1040-1120: Cand. 2: Qi Kong
1120-1200: Cand. 3: Xianfei Liu
1200-1240: Cand. 4: Guillaume Sigier
1240-1340: Lunch
1310-1340: Listeners’ forum by Maike Aarebrot Flick
Guest: Pianist Signe Bakke
1340-1420: Cand. 5: Julian Jaeyoung Kim
1420-1500: Cand. 6: Aleksandra Świgut
1500-1540: Cand. 7: Xuehong Chen
1540-1600: Fruits / Snacks
1600-1640: Cand. 8: Fuko Ishii
1640-1720: Cand. 9: Hoyel Lee
1720-1800: Cand. 10: Ido Zeev
Free entrance
SUNDAY 28 AUGUST
Troldhaugen, Troldsalen, 1st round, day 2
1000-1040: Cand. 11: David Aladashvili
1040-1120: Cand. 12: Gabrielė Sutkutė
1120-1200: Cand. 13: Mohammed Alshaikh
1200-1240: Cand. 14: Jacopo Giovannini
1240-1340: Lunch
1310-1340: Listeners’ forum by Maike Aarebrot Flick
Guest: Pianist Audun Kayser
1340-1420: Cand. 15: Jan Wachowski
1420-1500: Cand. 16: Shigetoshi Ezawa
1500-1540: Cand. 17: Elia Cecino
1540-1600: Fruits / Snacks
1600-1640: Cand. 18: Kieun An
1640-1720: Cand. 19: Hripsime Aghakaryan
1720-1800: Cand. 20: Dohyun Lee
Free entrance. Lunch is available to purchase. Free shuttle transport between Hop station on “Bybanen” and Troldhaugen.
MONDAY 29 AUGUST
Troldhaugen, Troldsalen, 1st round, day 3
1000-1040: Cand. 21: Da Young Kim
1040-1120: Cand. 22: Jiyoung Kim
1120-1200: Cand. 23: Dina Ivanova
1200-1240: Cand. 24: Janos Palojtay
1240-1340: Lunch
1310-1340: Listeners’ forum by Maike Aarebrot Flick
Guest: Pianist Rune Alver
1340-1420: Cand. 25: Yoonji Kim
1420-1500: Cand. 26: Zifan Ye
1500-1545: Listeners’ forum (continues)
1600-1615: Announcement of results
Free entrance. Lunch is available to purchase. Free shuttle transport between Hop station on “Bybanen” and Troldhaugen.
TUESDAY 30 AUGUST
Troldhaugen, Troldsalen, 2nd round
0930-1010: Cand. A: Guillaume Sigier
1010-1050: Cand. B: Aleksandra Świgut
1050-1130: Cand. C: Fuko Ishii
1130-1210: Cand. D: Gabrielė Sutkutė
1210-1310: Lunch
1240-1310: Listeners’ forum by Maike Aarebrot Flick
Guest: Composer Ørjan Matre (download Matre's piece for the competition)
1310-1350: Cand. E: Jacopo Giovannini
1350-1430: Cand. F: Elia Cecino
1430-1510: Cand. G: Hripsime Aghakaryan
1510-1550: Cand. H: Dohyun Lee
1550-1620: Fruits / Snacks
1620-1700: Cand. I: Dina Ivanova
1700-1740: Cand. J: Janos Palojtay
1740-1820: Cand. K: Yoonji Kim
1820-1900: Cand. L: Zifan Ye
1900-1930: Listeners’ forum by Maike Aarebrot Flick
Guest: Arnulf Mattes, Centre for Grieg Research
1945-2000: Announcement of results
Free entrance. Lunch is available to purchase. Free shuttle transport between Hop station on “Bybanen” and Troldhaugen.
Concerts in Vestland county with participants from the competition:
1900: Erdal Church in Askøy municipality
1900: "Knarren" (concert scene at Knarvik Secondary School) in Alver municipality
1900: Oseana Art and Cultural Center in Bjørnafjorden municipality
1900: Kabuso Art Center in Kvam municipality
1900: Valestrand Cultural Church in Sveio municipality
WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST
Troldhaugen, Troldsalen, Semi-final
1100-1200: Cand. a: Guillaume Sigier
1200-1300: Cand. b: Aleksandra Świgut
1300-1400: Cand. c: Fuko Ishii
1400-1600: Lunch
1500-1545: Listeners’ forum by Maike Aarebrot Flick
Guest: Pianist Torleif Torgersen
1600-1700: Cand. d: Gabrielė Sutkutė
1700-1800: Cand. e: Elia Cecino
1800-1900: Cand. f: Zifan Ye
1900-1930: Listeners’ forum by Maike Aarebrot Flick
Guest: Violinist Ludvig Gudim
1945-2000: Announcement of results
Free entrance. Lunch is available to purchase. Free shuttle transport between Hop station on “Bybanen” and Troldhaugen.
The University Aula, Bergen
1130-1300: Concert with participants from the competition
Free entrance
THURSDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
Ole Bull Academy, Voss
1500: “The Roots of Edvard Grieg: Ole Bull and Norwegian Folk Music”
Concert by Ellen Marie Selland Geithung, vocal, Håkon Asheim, Hardanger fiddle, and Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, piano
Free entrance. The train between Bergen and Voss takes about 1h 15m.
FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
Troldhaugen
1000-1100: Guided tour at Troldhaugen by Curator Monica Jangaard
1100-1200: “Grieg going baroque”
Pianist Liv Glaser sharing experiences on the Holberg Suite with an eye on performance practice of the past (Troldsalen).
In cooperation with The International Edvard Grieg Society and Centre for Grieg Research.
1200-1330: Lunch for sale at the café at Troldhaugen
1330: Bus coach from Troldhaugen to the Grieg Academy
Free entrance. Free shuttle transport between Hop station on “Bybanen” and Troldhaugen.
Grieg Academy
1400-1700: Master class with pianist and jury member Lilya Zilberstein.
Free entrance
Håkonshallen
1930: Solo recital with Bruce Liu, winner of the Chopin Piano Competition 2021.
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SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
Grieghallen
1800-2000: Final with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Finalist 1: Fuko Ishii (Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16)
Finalist 2: Aleksandra Świgut (Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11)
Finalist 3: Zifan Ye (Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
2000-2030: Voting for the Audience Prize
2030-2100: Announcement of winners, Prize Ceremony
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