Applications for the summer course are now open open!
NNYO's summer course will be held in Elverum, Bergen, Kristiansand and Oslo from 23rd July - 16th August 2012. Highlights include Henning Kraggerud, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Josep Caballé Domenech, Peter Szilvay and Farmers Market amongst others! Please see our Course and Application pages for complete programme. Apply here! Application deadline is 20th February. [17th January 2012]

New orchestra producer! It is our great pleasure to welcome Lars Igesund to our orchestra administration. Lars has many years of production experience with a number of well-known professional ensembles, and we are extremely happy that he has chosen to work for us. Lars will take over the responsibilities of Astrid Bertelasen and will also work with the marketing of NNYO's activities. Welcome, Lars! [2nd May 2011]

Thanks to Astrid! NNYOs orchestra secretary through many years, Astrid Bertelsen is now retiring. Astrid has done exceptional work for the orchestra since 1991, and has been an important contact for students, administration, conductors, soloists and tutors. We wish her all the best and hope to see her at many concerts in the years to come! Thank you Astrid! [2nd May 2011]

Audition information including excerpts can be found here. Good luck! [14th February 2011]

Applications for 2011/12 are now open! This year the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra can offer amongst other things a tour to Oslo and Trondheim and a winter course in the first week of January 2012. The orchestra will work with such artists as Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Ingar Bergby, Martin Fröst, Ina Kringlebotn and Marianne Beate Kielland. See Course and Application for full information and application forms. Application deadline: 12th February! [14th January 2011]

10 days to the opening of Terningen Arena! NNYO will be performing at the opening of Elverums new concert hall Terningen Arena on the 7th January 2011, and Aftenpostens New Year's Concert on the 8th January in Oslo Concert Hall. The conductor will be the orchestras artistic director, Ole Kristian Ruud with soloists Håvard Gimse, Isa Gericke and Kjetil Støa.[28th December 2010]

Photos from a fantastic day in Berlin, have been published in this web album. All photos are by Kai Bienert. Our thanks to all contributors to what has been a wonderful summer for the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra[7th September 2010]

Our appologies for the lack of updates in English. We are having some problems with our operating system. [7th September 2010]

Ticket sales have now started! The final programme details are in place, and it is now possible to buy tickets for most of our concerts this summer. We hope to see you in Elverum, Oslo, Berlin, Wroclaw or Olesnica! [2nd June 2010]

Guro Kleven Hagen reached the finals in this year’s Menuhin Competition! We are happy to announce that she will play with Ungdomssymfonikerne on our tour in August. We congratulate Guro! [21th April 2010]

Menuhin Competition 2010: The world’s most prestigious competition for young violinists will take place in Oslo from 16 –25 April 2010. 42 competitors from 10 countries have been selected to participate. The best Norwegian violinist in the junior class will be offered the role of soloist with NNYO in August. Read more about the competition here. [16th April 2010]

Funding from Sibelius Society: Ungdomssymfonikerne are happy to announce that Sibelius Society in Norway will support our tour this summer. The Sibelius Society is sponsored by Fortum. [21th April 2010]

Merry Christmas! We would like to wish everyone involved in NNYO a merry Christams and a happy new year. The orchestra can look forward to TWO exciting courses in the 2010 season. Details of application and programme will be published here in the second week of January. [18th Desember 2009]

Photo gallery: We have published a selection of photographs from the summer session 2009. Click on the link to the right! [28th August 2009]

Thank you! The Norwegian National Youth Orchestra ended this year's session with a fantastic concert in Oslo Concert Hall on Wednesday. This concert rounded off a great tour, and a successfull stay in Elverum. We would like to send special thanks to our partners and sponsors, employees at the concert venues, and all our conductors, soloists, instructors and course leaders. Welcome back in 2010! [21st August 2009]

Change of program: We have added a piece to our tour program. The concerts in Elverum, Copenhagen, Sandefjord and Oslo will finish with excerpts from Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite'. [31st July 2009]

NNYO is now in session! The orchestra course started in Elverum today, and we are looking forward to three eventful weeks. A full list of this year's orchestra members is here. [28th July 2009]

Tickets for this year's tour concerts arer now on sale! NNYO can be heard on 18th August at 19:30 in Hjertnes Kulturhus, Sandefjord. On the 19th August this concert will be repeated in the Oslo Concert Hall. Tickets to the concert in Oslo can also be purchased through Ticketmaster. The concert in Tivoli in Copenhagen on the 17th August is a free concert for all season ticket holders. Everyone else can purchase tickets for kr 50 at the door. Start planning your summer concerts now to be garanteed tickets! [6th May 2009]

Chamber Music Concerts! The dates for NNYO's free chamber music concerts are now here. Musicians from the orchestra will perform on on outdoor stage in Elverum on the 8th of August, and in Gallari Oro on the 12th. Both concerts start at 13:30. [6th May 2009]

It is with great sadness that NNYO this Easter learned of the death of former board director, Leif Værum Larsen. Leif Værum Larsen has meant much to the orchestra's development and for recruitment to the professional Norwegian music scene over many years. He was a member of the orchestra board for 14 years, and was director from 2002 - 2009. During his time as director, the orchestra experienced an economic and artistic success that can can be seen as a tribute to his work for the education of young musicians. His death came abruptly and unexpectedly, and our thoughts go to his wife and two children at this difficult time. [15th April 2009]

Instructors A list of this year's instructors has been published on our Course & Application pages. [30th March 2009]

Soloists on tour! It is a pleasure to announce the soloists for the summer tour and closing concert of Elverum Music Festival. Randi Stene will sing in Elverum and Copenhagen, and Monica Groop will sing in Sandefjord and Oslo. Both of these reknowned mezzosopranos will perform Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. [9th March 2009]

Orchestra excerpts for this year's auditions are now available for download.
Good luck! [2nd March 2009]

Juries 2009: A list of jury members for this year's auditions is now available. Exact times for all auditions will be available shortly. [17th February 2009]

Highlights of the summer course 2009 are Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Schostokovich: Violin Concerto no. 1, Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2, Josep Caballé-Domenech, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Torodd Wigum, with concerts in Elverum, Copenhagen, Oslo and Sandefjord. More details can be found on our Course & Application pages. Deadline for application is 15th February!

NNYO 2009: Next year's course will be held from 28th July - 19th August, and includes concerts in Elverum, Copenhagen, Sandefjord and Oslo. Full application details will be published on these pages at the beginning of January. In the meantime we wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year. [1st December 2008]

The Norwegian National Youth Orchestra can now look back on another fantastic summer full of great concerts in Elverum, Oslo and Stavanger. Pictures from this year's course will be published here soon. In the meantime, a huge thank you to all involved! [9th September 2008]

Welcome to our concerts 2008! It is a pleasure to be able to invite you to the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra's summer concerts 2008! We are looking forward to three full weeks of music making in Elverum, Oslo and Stavanger. Tickets for all concerts can be bought from billettservice. You can also read about our concerts and order tickets from Elverum Music Festival, Stavanger2008, and Stavanger Concert Hall. [18th July 2008]

Orchestra members 2008! A list of this year's participants is now available on our webpages. [18th July 2008]

Change of conductor! We are sorry to announce that Ingar Bergby will not be able to conduct NNYO in 2008. We are on the other hand very happy that Eivind Gullberg Jensen has agreed to conduct our Mahler / Hummel programme in Elverum and Stavanger. Eivind was recently appointed Chief Conductor of NDR Radiofilharmonie in Hannover. We are very pleased to be able to welcome him to Elverum this summer. We are just as pleased to announce that Terje Boye Hansen returns to the NNYO as conductor of this year's 'pop' concerts in Elverum and Oslo. [28th May 2008]

Instructors A list of this year's instructors has been published on our Course & Application pages. The Norwegian National Youth Orchestra will this year also offer group tuition thoughout the course period. Names of these instructors will be published at a later date. [5th April 2008]

New application deadline for string players! There are still available places for string players on this year's course. The new application deadline is Tuesday 18th March! [10th March 2008]

Highlights of the summer course 2008 are Mahler: Symphony no. 7,  Brahms: Symphony no. 3,  Bjarte Engeset, Ingar Bergby, Lars Anders Tomter, Tine Thing Helseth, Isa Gericke, with concerts in Elverum, Oslo and Stavanger. More details can be found at Course & Application. Deadline for application is 22nd February!

Press quotes 2007 A selection of press quotes from this summer's concerts have been published on our press pages. [19th September 2007]

Increased annual support! The Norwegian Minister of Culture, Trond Giske, has announced that the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra will now receive kr 2 000 000 in annual support directly from the National budget: an increase of kr 300 000 per year. NNYO has previously applied yearly for support from the Norwegian Arts Council. The extra grant will be used for increased tour activity. [16th August 2007]

Thank you! The Norwegian National Youth Orchestra has completed a very successful summer of tuition and concerts. The orchestra has performed five concerts for full houses in Elverum, Oslo and Stavanger and has received high praise from audiences and media. We wish to thank everyone involved, especially the conductors, soloists and tutors, Elverum Music Festival and Elverum Folk High School, and all our partners. [16th August 2007]

Participants: We are very much looking forward to meeting all the new musicians, and of course to welcoming back our old members to Elverum next month. A list of this year's orchestra members has now been published. [25th June 2007]

This year's programme and ticket information can now be found on our Concerts & Artists pages. We are especially happy to be collaberating with some of Norway's best renowned artists this year: Leif Ove Andsnes will perform Brahms' 2nd Piano Concerto in Elverum, Oslo and Stavanger; Truls Mørk will open the Elverum Music Festival with Prokofiev's 'Sinfonia Concertante'; and The Brazz Brothers will perform alongside the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra in a fantastic outdoor concert in Elverum's High Street. Welcome! [4th June 2007]

Partners 2007: Every year the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra works closely with our partners and supporters. This year we are especially pleased to receive new support from Caveo and Odin Forvaltning. A full list of all our partners can be found here. [14th May 2007]

Tutors 2007: The Norwegian National Youth Orchestra have a tradition of using top class tutors for all instruments, and 2007 is no exception. All the names kan be found here. [21. March 2007]

Quotes from the press 2006 "One of the greatest opening concerts in the history of the festival" and "A tremendous performance" are just a couple of quotations from the papers in 2006. More can be found on our press pages. [1. March 2007]

Highlights of the summer course 2007 will be Leif Ove Andsnes, Truls Mørk, Brazz Brothers, Ole Kristian Ruud, Eivind Aadland, Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, Ravel; Suite no 2, Richard Strauss; Don Juan, and concerts in Elverum, Oslo and Stavanger. Auditions for wind, brass and percussion will be held in Oslo on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th March. More details can be found at Course & Application. [8th January 2007]

Successful concerts in Elverum and Berlin!The National Norwegian Youth Orchestra can once again look back on a fantastic summer session. They have played for full houses in Elverum and Berlin to the delight of all involved! The concert in the beautiful Konzerthaus am Gedarmenmarkt in Berlin marked the end of this year's course, and what a reception the orchestra recieved! The conductor Josep Cabelle-Domench who stepped in at short notice for Joseph Swensen was an inspiration, and Solveig Kringelborn shone as she presented Irgens-Jensens 'Japanische Frühling'. Ein Höhepunkt bei Young Euro Classic wrote Berliner Zeitung about the concert. And last but not least we are very pleased to announce that Magnar Åm won the European Composers Award for his new composition ''tisn't the snow falling, it's us leaving the ground' performed by the National Norwegian Youth Orchestra in Berlin after its premiere in Elverum on 13th August. Congratulations! [23rd August 06]

Clare Farr is the new General Manager of the National Norwegian Youth Orchestra. Clare is a freelance trombone player, and will start as general manager of NNYO from 1st March. You will find her contact info under Contact Us [5 March 06]

Summer academy 2006 includes programme highlights such as: Douglas Boyd returns to the orchestra as conductor for Mahler 5; popular concert with Norwegian jazz / pop singer Silje Nergaard & band and conductor Nick Davies; exciting new commission by Norwegian composer Magnar Åm; Joseph Swensen also returns and will lead Sibelius 5, as well as continue to explore Irgens-Jensen's music together with the orchestra and the acclaimed soprano Solveig Kringelborn; concert tour to the Young Euro Classic festival in BERLIN and their fantastic concert hall Schauspielhaus! For more information and application form - please see Course & Application.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 1st! [16 Jan 06]

Music critic's award to Hening Kraggerud for concert with Ungdomssymfonikerne! ...the result belongs in the category of rare moments of blissful meetings on stage... is how Dagbladet critic Ståle Wikshåland characterised the collaboration between Kraggerud, Ungdomssymfonikerne and conductor Terje Mikkelsen in performing Mozart's violin concerto no 5 at the Oslo Chamber Music Festival Aug 16th 2004. It is this particular concert event that has brought The Norwegian Critic's Association to award our renowned violinist the prize. With gratitude for the inspiring musical collaboration last year, we congratulate Henning! [29 Sept 05]

Collaboration with Håkan Hardenberger: Wind players from Ungdomssymfonikerne will perform Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Concertino for trumpet and 7 solo instruments together with the renowned trumpetist on one of Elverum music festival's chamber music concerts: Petter Langfeldt Carlsen (clarinet), Hilde Åbø Eeg (bass clarinet), Magnus Kvam (basoon), Margrete Christensen (c. basoon), Bente Rognsaa (horn), Hanne Marthe Grønneberg (trumpet), Berger Iver Færder (tuba). The concert takes place in the Hedmark Museum on August 10th at 19:00. [18. juli 05]

Full concert programme, press photos and background information are now available on our web pages - please check out Concerts & artists and Press! [9 June 05]

The soloist competition for percussionists was arranged in connection with the auditions for the orchestra in April. The four winners who will play solo parts in Rolf Wallin: Tides at our last concert programme, together with Anders Loguin and Eirik Raude, are: Vemund Bergland, Andrei Kassatkine, Heming Valebjørg, Hans Petter Vabog. [8 June 05]

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