Per Idar Almås from Stord becomes new director of Førdefestivalen

Press release from Førdefestivalen May 2, 2018

Per Idar Almås has been appointed as the new director and artistic director at Førdefestivalen from October 2018. Almås is 37 years old and grew up in Stord in Sunnhordland. He comes from a shared position, where he has been festival director for the chamber music festival Gloppen Musikkfest in Sandane, and project manager at the Bergen International Festival, where he has largely worked with the children and youth program, as well as the Nordvegen concert tour.

Almås has previously been on the staff behind The Tall Ships Races 2014 Bergen. He has long been involved in Bergen's cultural life, especially through work with concerts and festivals, and also has work experience from the Arna and Åsane cultural offices in Bergen municipality and TV2. - It is with great pleasure and humility that I look forward to working with Førdefestivalen , and I consider it an honor to be able to help develop the festival further into the future, together with all the brilliant people who are involved and committed to the festival, says Almås.

 – In the new director, Per Idar Almås, we get a guy who is positive, hardworking and solution-oriented, with a flair for good programming. He has a warm sense of humor and also gets the best compliments when it comes to collaboration skills, and he is passionate about communicating music and culture to both adults and children. We on the board are very pleased and look forward to following Almås, says board chair Tone Winje.