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Post published:13 June, 2022

Intensive Birgit Nilsson-days with international star line-up

An opera gala presenting over one hundred performers, including international star soloists and guest speaker, Mark Levengood, will be the highlight and finale of this year’s Birgit Nilsson Days. The 13 August concert takes place on a large outdoor stage at the Birgit Nilsson Museum, in the meadow adjacent to Birgit’s family home. Eight soloists will participate, including two young stars who perform for the first time in Scandinavia: soprano Joyce El-Khoury and tenor Jonathan Tetelman. “Joyce El-Khoury is miraculous,…

Post published:17 May, 2022

Yo-Yo Ma to recieve The Birgit Nilsson Prize 2022

The birthday celebration took place in a sunny Svenstad. Flag raising, birthday cake and singing gilded the day! Today, President of Birgit Nilsson Stiftelsen Susanne Rydén, also announced that the Birgit Nilsson Prize 2022 will be awarded to the cellist Yo-Yo Ma. With 1 million US dollars, the prize is the largest award in classical music and is awarded to artists or institutions that are of great importance to international music life. Yo-Yo Ma is the first instrumentalist to be…

Post published:25 March, 2022

2022 Birgit Nilsson Days, ticket release on March 28!

Birgit Nilsson Days 2022 on 8-13 August, kicks off for the fifth year in a row in the big opera star's home area in Västra Karup. This year, the concerts take place at three venues. In the Birgit Nilsson hall at Ravinen, in Västra Karup's church and at Birgit Nilsson Museum. The Birgit Nilsson Days open with four days of Master Class for talented young singers ( 7 -11 August) led by court singer, Hillevi Martinpelto, and pianists Elisabeth Boström…

Post published:17 March, 2022

Birthday celebration and the Prize announcement

In keeping with tradition, the next Birgit Nilsson Prize recipient will be revealed on Birgit’s birthday and, for the first time, the press meeting will take place at the Birgit Nilsson Museum. By bringing the Prize announcement back to Birgit’s very own roots in South Sweden we have the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate her complete legacy. Today Birgit Nilsson's legacy includes masterclasses for young singers, an annual Stipendium supporting professional singers at the start of their careers and the much coveted Prize, awarded to artists or institutions…

Post published:Press - 2 November, 2021

Wonderful feature about Birgit Nilsson in Opernwelt

This summer Opernwelt visited the Birgit Nilsson Museum and hiked around the Bjare Penninsula in Birgit’s footsteps. The resulting feature entitled “Brünnhilde from Båstad” is a wonderful portrait of both La Nilsson’s roots and legacy. The barn is divided into three parts: At the two ends are the brick boxes for the pigs, while in the middle there is enough space and feeding troughs for the cattle. During the day, they graze on the green meadows that stretch across the…

Post published:3 October, 2021

Inauguration of the Birgit Nilsson Hall at Kulturhuset Ravinen

Bjärebygden's first concert hall was inaugurated today with a grand performance in a packed auditorium. Opera singer Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, also chairman of the Birgit Nilsson Society, opened the inauguration commenting:- A wonderful room! Art and culture are a necessity of life, both for the individual and society at large. Congratulations Båstad! Congratulations Sweden!It was also announced that the new performance venue will be name the "Birgit Nilsson Hall", after the region’s very own opera star.For the inauguration, the audience was…

Post published:9 August, 2021

Birgit Nilsson-days has started!

The week begins with Master Class and on Tuesday and Wednesday you can follow parts of the teaching via live streaming. All live streaming throughout the week is free and all links can be found at www.birgitnilssondagarna.se

Post published:17 June, 2021

Ticket release Birgit Nilsson-Days 1/7

The Birgit Nilsson Days 2021, 9-14 August, will be held for the fourth year in a row in the big opera star's home region in Västra Karup. Limited number of tickets for the concerts in Västra Karup's church. The week begins on 9–12 August, with Birgit Nilsson Master Class for new promising opera singers and led by soprano Miah Persson. The work culminates in a concert in Västra Karup's church on 12 August. Soprano Johanna Wallroth will be presented with…

Post published:17 May, 2021

Live-stream Events and videos

Here we collect all our streamed events and happenings so you can experience them exactly when you want, all year round and how many times you want! Birgit Nilsson-Dagarna 2024 4-7 August Master Class training Birgit Nilsson-hall, Ravinen, Båstad 8 August Master Class concert Birgit Nilsson-hall, Ravinen, Båstad 9 August Birgit Nilsson-stipendium concert in Västra Karup Church 2024 17 May Birthday celebration Birgit Nilsson Museum 2023 11 August Birgit Nilsson-stipendium concert in Västra Karup church 202217 May Birthday celebration Birgit…

Post published:16 May, 2021

New trail opening: “Hiking in Birgit Nilsson’s footsteps”

It is with great pleasure today that we inaugurate the new trail - "Hiking in Birgit Nilsson's footsteps” The trail is a collaboration between the Birgit Nilsson Museum, Västra Karups Byaråd and Båstad municipality. The round tour of 9 km on begins and ends at the museum and follows the path that Birgit Nilsson regularly walked and cycled around her childhood home. At selected places along the trail are featured stories about her life in the Bjäre Peninsula.