This is what we do now.
Womex CDs! Maybe we'll find something exciting to present at the festival this summer?
We are entering the first month of winter, and believe it or not, this is also a hectic time for the festival staff in Førde ! For Per Idar Almås, the new festival director, it's a lot about finding artists for the next festival, which will take place from 3rd to 7th July. This will be his first, but it will be the 30th festival. In addition to creating a program for his own festival, both the director and others will be present at several events and conferences organized by others. Here is a small overview of our activities.
The new director has just completed his first Womex, the large international music fair that was held this year in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. It was no vacation, but rather long days with a full calendar of meetings, and evenings packed with concerts in a fantastic concert hall in the city. With us in our suitcase home, we have 100s of CDs that will now be checked out further, to see what goodies will be included on the poster for the summer.
Per Idar Almås in a 'speed meeting' at the Brazilian stand at Womex.
On Thursday, November 1st, we will be participating in the important language conference Do we need Norwegian? organized by Sogn og Fjordane County Council. The conference will be held at Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa in Førde , and will lead the future of the Norwegian language.
We are also present at Oslo World, which opened yesterday in Oslo, with a fantastic concert in memory of the Palestinian artist Rim Banna who died earlier this year. Tomorrow we will participate in the language conference Treng vi Nynorsk? It will be held at Scandic Sunnfjord Hotel & Spa.
Karl Seglem releases new album - NUNATAK - to public acclaim. Photo: Morten Lindberg.
Next week there will be another trip to Oslo, to participate in Folkelarm , the international industry meeting for Nordic folk music, which was first organized in 2005. Folkelarm is a meeting place for concert organizers and others who want to follow Nordic folk music, and will take place at Riksscenen from Thursday, November 8 to Saturday, November 10. HERE you can check out the program, and there is still time to register as a delegate.
See also: Folkelarmprisen - The Master Concert at the Opera
On November 13th and 14th, the festival will be present at the Norwegian Audience Development Association's annual conference in Hamar, a conference with more than 270 registered participants and this year entitled Audience Development 2.0.
November 17th is hosting Førdefestivalen Borna's World Days Førde for the 9th time in collaboration with Førde municipality, Førde Cultural School, Colorful Førde , NOREC, Sogn og Fjordane Theatre, Førde Library and Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality. Bornas World Days Førde has its own blog where you can read more about what happens on this wonderful day at Førdehuset .
Bergsveinn Birgisson, Berit Opheim and Gabriel Fliflet - you will meet this three-leaf clover in the literary concert GLIMESTEINAR in the Jakob Sande garden on Sunday 25 November. Photo: Øystein Haara
Our last event before Christmas will be on Sunday, November 25th. Together with Rom for ord , we invite you to the literary concert Glimesteinar , with Gabriel Fliflet, Berit Opheim and Bergsveinn Birgisson. The concert will be held in Jakob Sande-tunet in Dale. Here you will hear newly composed music by both Fliflet and Opheim in addition to Birgisson's lyrics, rewritten by Johannes Gjerdåker.