Festspelen – the music festival with young adults and learning i focus

Festspelen in Piteå started back in 1982 and has been attracting audiences with a high-quality and original programme of concerts around midsummer for over four decades. The beauty of nature, the bright summer nights and the city’s well-adapted premises and natural performance venues contribute to the overall experience.

As an integral part of the fesitival, advanced international masterclasses are offered in co-operation with Framnäs Folkhögskola. The courses attract young music students from all over the world and the course participants and teachers make up a large part of the festival’s concert programme.

Thanks to the support of Signatur Foundation Sweden, Festspelen is able to organise three masterclasses this year: a brass course with Stockholm Chamber Brass, a clarinet course with Martin Fröst and Hermann Stefansson, and a vocal course with Miah Persson and Magnus Svensson.

About the foundation

The purpose of the foundation Festspelen i Piteå is to organise the music festival ”Festspelen i Piteå”. The emphasis should, according to the organisation’s mission statement, be on classical music and masterclasses. The principals of the foundation are Framnäs Folkhögskola, Luleå University of Technology/School of Music in Piteå, Nolia AB, Norr Media, the association Folkets Hus and Piteå Municipality.

For more on Festspelen, visit the organisation’s own channels:

Website: www.festspelen.se

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/festspelen/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/festspelen/

Lessons from role models

”One of the cornerstones of Festspelen in Piteå is the masterclasses that attract participants from all over the world. It is extremely satisfying to be able to offer young musicians both lessons from their role models and equal space on the stages of the festival”

Roger Norén and Annacarin Johansson, artistic directors