This summer, Kode is filled with art, music and experiences.

Experience Grieg where Grieg composed his music

Edvard Grieg’s music is, of course, a wonderful experience in itself, but it takes on new dimensions when you hear it where it was composed.

Experiencing a concert at Edvard Grieg’s home makes it even easier to understand why this place still feels like a key to encountering his music.

Concerts in Troldsalen

Three concerts a day, Tuesday to Sunday, all summer

Experience Piano Works by Edvard Grieg

Concert
9 June – 13 September
Tuesday to Sunday every week
10:15 and 12:00
Troldhaugen

In these concerts, young award winning pianists perform and speak about their personal favourites from Edvard Grieg’s piano music. Each concert is unique and personal, offering insight into different sides of Grieg’s artistry.

From Troldsalen, the concert hall at Troldhaugen, the music is experienced alongside what may be the finest view in Bergen: the idyllic Nordåsvannet and Edvard Grieg’s composer’s hut, where several of Norway’s greatest musical treasures were created.

The concert lasts 30 minutes.

Experience Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite

Concert
9 June – 13 September
Tuesday to Sunday every week
14:00
Troldhaugen

Edvard Grieg wrote From Holberg’s Time (Op. 40) in 1884. Popularly known as the Holberg Suite, Grieg described the work as a “suite in olden style”.

As a tribute to Ludvig Holberg, he drew inspiration from the French Baroque dance suite, with movements such as prelude, sarabande and gavotte. He combined these forms with a Romantic musical language and his own distinctive lyrical voice. The result is an elegant and graceful homage to Holberg’s era, seen through Grieg’s national romantic lens.

Grieg himself performed the suite at many of his concerts right up until his death. The piano on which he most likely composed it, a Brothers Hals piano, is on display in the composer’s hut just below Troldsalen.

Here, you can enjoy intimate and vivid concert experiences performed by young award winning pianists.

The concert lasts 30 minutes.

Take the bus to where Grieg created his magical music

From 9 June to 13 September, Tuesday to Sunday between 10:00 and 16:00, a shuttle bus runs between the museums in the city centre and the composers’ homes. Departure is from outside the Rasmus Meyer Building.

With a single bus ticket, it is easy to experience everything Kode has to offer. Whether you want to fill an entire day or create an itinerary with several shorter stops, you can easily combine a visit to the museums in the city centre with a trip to one of our composers’ homes.

Experience Edvard Munch in the world’s third largest Munch collection.

Guided tours of the Munch collection

Guided tour
19 May – 13 September
Tuesday to Friday every week
12:00, 14:00 and 17:00
Saturday to Sunday
12:00 and 14:00
Rasmus Meyer Collection

The guided tours of the Munch collection offer deeper insight and make the experience of the art even richer. You will meet knowledgeable guides who open up new interpretations, share the stories behind the works, explain the context of the paintings and highlight the small details in the master’s art.

These tours will give you new connections between the works and a deeper understanding of Munch and his life. Experience Munch, learn more about the works and discover why they remain relevant more than 100 years after they were painted.

The guided tour lasts 30 minutes and is included in the admission ticket.

Møt opp i resepsjonen i Rasmus Meyer for påmelding.

Experience Debussy concert in the Frits Thaulow exhibition

Concert
10 June – 21 August
Every Wednesday and Friday
16:00
Permanenten

Concerts in the Thaulow exhibition explore impressionist music from both Norway and abroad.

At the end of the nineteenth century, a new direction in music emerged. Instead of clear forms and a purposeful dramatic development, as often found in Romantic music, sound itself was given priority.

This music focuses on tone colour, atmosphere and fleeting moments, distancing itself from a more language-like or descriptive quality. It does not aim to depict the sea, but to suggest the experience of being by the sea. In this way, it shares affinities with both the symbolism of poetry and the impressionism of painting.

This musical direction is particularly associated with the French composer Claude Debussy. Debussy used whole-tone scales, church modes and unusual harmonies, creating music with a sensuous and ambiguous expression.

We also find many examples of this direction in Norway. Edvard Grieg wrote pieces in which sound and harmonic colour are given pride of place. Similar examples can also be found in the music of Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and later in the works of Alf Hurum, Geirr Tveitt, Pauline Hall and David Monrad Johansen.

The concert lasts 30 minutes.

Guided tour of the Frits Thaulow exhibition

Guided tour
10 June – 21 August
Every Wednesday and Friday
15:00
Permanenten

Join our knowledgeable guides in the Frits Thaulow exhibition and get more out of your visit to Kode. The tour gives you a deeper understanding of what to look for, how Thaulow builds light in water and snow, and why he chooses particular viewpoints. It offers insight into Thaulow’s techniques and compositions, which create both movement and stillness. In this way, the works become more than beautiful motifs, they become an encounter with the artist’s conscious choices that you can begin to recognise.

The guides place the paintings in context, point out details that are easy to miss, and give you a language for what you see. You may even feel inspired to return to the exhibition more than once. It is about discovering new layers in the art for yourself, whether you want to immerse yourself in a single work or experience the entire exhibition with a sharper eye.

The guided tour lasts 30 minutes and is included in the admission ticket.

Please sign up at the reception desk in Permanenten.

Discover Sæverud where Sæverud composed his music

Concert
14 June – 13 September
Every Sunday
14:00
Siljustøl

Harald Sæverud was a distinctive and powerful voice in twentieth century Norwegian music.

His music is characterised by strong contrasts, clear rhythm and a personal, often dramatic, expression. Many of his works have a wilful force and character, ranging from the lyrical and delicate to the burlesque and satirical.

Sæverud was inspired by the nature surrounding his home, Siljustøl. In these concerts, audiences can experience his music in the very setting that inspired him to compose it.

The concerts take place in the composer’s own home, close to his composing room, and are performed by young award winning pianists.

The summer concerts at Siljustøl offer a special sense of closeness to both the music and the place that inspired it.

Want a little more time?

During the summer, there is so much to experience at Kode that you may want to give yourself a little more time, or linger a little longer with something that catches your interest, and feel that one day is simply not enough.

With the +1 Day ticket for NOK 100, you can experience art, concerts and composers’ homes at your own pace and on your own terms. If you do not have time to see everything you want, you can easily add one extra day for half the price of a regular admission ticket.

The +1 Day ticket is valid on the next opening day after your original visit.

Museum opening hours:

19 May – 13 September

Tuesday–Friday: 10:00–18:00 (Troldhaugen until 16:00)
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00–16:00

The villa at Troldhaugen is closed for necessary restoration.

The exhibition, concert hall, café and outdoor areas remain open and welcome you.