Piano Success on Top of the World!

29/05/2009 :: 23-year old Alexander Rybak charmed the whole of Europe and won the Eurovision Song Contest with his performance of Fairytale. “I had a story I wanted to tell, and it seems to have hit home,” an extremely happy Alexander commented. + 

19/05/2009 :: On 20 May, the largest arts festival in the Nordic countries opens in Bergen. Politicians are encouraged to let themselves be inspired. + 

19/05/2009 :: During the Bergen International Festival, one can enjoy cultural events in everything from an old trolley-bus to the extravagant home of deceased violinist Ole Bull. In 13 days there will be 165 cultural events at the annual festival, and both international and Norwegian artists will perform throughout the city. + 

19/05/2009 :: In 2009, it is 150 years since the birth of the Norwegian Nobel winning author Knut Hamsun. The anniversary was launched with a street theatre performance that offered hundreds of passers-by a taste of Hamsun’s Oslo novel Hunger. +