News
News about the anniversary year 2010
Oleana exhibition
Wednesday, 12 May 2010, at 3pm, an exhibition about Ole Bull and American immigration will open at Bergen Maritime Museum.
Bull Prize for Bull Biography
Author and music professor Harald Herresthal has been awarded the 2010 Bull Prize.
Violin-Fest at Permanenten
A exhibition of world-class musical instruments is the highpoint of this spring’s violin fest at Permanenten.
Førde Festival celebrates Bull
A new concert-and-stage production about Ole Bull premiers at Førde Folk Music Festival in 2010.
Lysøen Rejuvenated
Preparations for Ole Bull’s bicentennial celebrations are well underway at Lysøen. Bull’s villa and the small island upon which it is built are undergoing restoration.
Hunting for Tones
In a new documentary from Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), a television crew hunts for Ole Bull’s elusive sound.
conference: Ole Bull Celebration
Specialists on string instruments from all over the world will gather in the city for the Festival and our instrument exhibition will feature lectures by renowned violin experts.
Celebration of Ole Bull - ‘the Nordic Paganini’
In 2010 we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Ole Bull's birth by presenting a comprehensive intstrument exhibition with many concerts.
Ole Bull Celebrations Excite Strad Readers
In honour of Bull’s 200th birthday, the international magazine The Strad has devoted 17 pages to ‘Focus on Norway’.
Ole Bull in Burnaby
Ole Bull´s bicentennial is to be commemorated in Canada too, a bit after his birthday and the Winter Olympics.
Bull on Postage Stamp
A postage stamp featuring Ole Bull will be issued on Bull’s birthday, 5 February 2010, in combination with a stamp featuring P.A. Munch.
Commemorative Coin
Friday, 5 February 2010, Norges Bank issued a special edition coin to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ole Bull.
Patron for Ole Bull 2010
HM Queen Sonja has agreed to be official patron for Ole Bull’s 200th birthday celebrations. The announcement was made yesterday during the launching of the bicentenary program at Permanenten, West Norway Museum of Decorative Art.
Menuhin Competition 2010
In 2010, the world’s most prestigious competition for young violinists will take place in Oslo, and the city will be filled with music for ten days.
Digital Collections on Internet
Throughout the Ole Bull bicentennial year, Bergen Public Library will continue documenting Bull’s artistic life.
Bull Collection Launched on Flickr Commons
Bergen Public Library is the first Norwegian institution to launch material on Flickr Commons. Here you can find photographs from the library’s Ole Bull Collection.
Ole Bull – “an enthusiastic partisan of liberty and free institutions”
Until the end of the 18th century, artists generally had to make their living in the service of the Church or the Court. However, after the French Revolution and the rise of the Romantic school, their status rose from obidient servants of the establishment to being exaltet for their genius.
