Mission Statement
The Bergen Medieval Music Days (BMMD) aims to present the foremost artistic and academic research on medieval music – to a general audience no less than to specialists. BMMD will also highlight the medieval city of Bergen while showcasing Bergen as a Scandinavian centre of artistic and academic research on, and high-class performance of, Medieval music. The program therefore consists of concerts, lectures, exhibitions and walks through Bergen´s medieval sites. Drawing on contributions by a range of excellent local and international performers and academics, BMMD will establish a meeting point for research in and performance ofall lovers of medieval music.
The BMMD takes place in September each year, and is a collaboration under the auspices of the ensemble Currentes, the University of Bergen (throughand its Centre for Medieval Studies and the the Grieg Academy), and the Bergen city Museum.
Contact details:
- Graduated Artistic Research Fellow Jostein Gundersen, artistic director of Currentes and Assistant Prof. at the Grieg Academy
- PhD Åslaug Ommundsen, post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Medieval Studies
- Anne Ågotnes, Senior Counsellor at the Bergen city Museum
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