ULTIMA Oslo Contemporary Music Festival is a Norwegian music festival for contemporary music .
7-520: Ultima is Scandinavia's largest contemporary music festival, and since 1991 it has been a key arena for contemporary music and related art forms. The festival became a designated “knutepunkt” (cultural hub) in 2006 and is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs and Oslo City Council. Ultima was founded in 1990 by Helge Skansen, Geir Johnson, Knut Høyland, Jostein Simble and John Persen , and
14-485: Is a foundation with 17 members, all of them professional cultural institutions or organisations. The festival takes place during September and is staged at venues all around Oslo. Throughout its twenty-year history, all kinds of locations have served as Ultima concert venues. The events are staged both in large, established venues such as the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Oslo Concert Hall and
21-453: Is the largest contemporary music festival in the Nordic countries . The first festival was held in the autumn of 1991. This music festival-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Norway -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Persen John Andreas Persen (9 November 1941 – 12 December 2014)
28-588: The UNM music festival (1970-1973) and leader for Ny Musikk (1973-1976). He was a key player involved in Kunstneraksjonen 74 (an artist' right pressure group) and important advocate for the New Music. Together with Olav Anton Thomessen, he was a key initiator for the establishment of Norsk Musikkinformasjon in the early 1970s, which he was a board member of several times in the 1970s and 1980s. Furthermore, he
35-470: The University of Oslo's Great Hall as well as in small clubs, shop premises, industrial premises, museums, schools and outdoors. The Ultima Festival aims to promote artistic distinctiveness, trends and innovation and to make music of a high artistic standard accessible by everyone. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is the patron of Ultima. According to Arbeiderbladet , in 2011 ULTIMA
42-602: Was a Norwegian composer. John Persen grew up in a laestadian , Sami family in Ráigeadja in Porsanger Municipality and was a son-in-law of Finn Strømsted . In 1968, John Persen moved to Oslo to study music and initiated the establishment of the Norwegian Academy of Music at the same time. He was the student representative for the creation of the Norwegian Academy of Music (1969-1971), leader for
49-676: Was the initiator and first leader of the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival (1990-1994). Among his compositions are the opera Under kors og krone from 1985, and the orchestral work Over kors og krone . Both these works are based upon the Kautokeino rebellion in 1852. He was awarded Lindemanprisen in 1999, and Edvardprisen twice, and was awarded honorary membership of the Norwegian Society of Composers . This article about
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