Music Factory

Music Factory was a festival for avant garde music, dance and performance established by Geir Johnson and the American pianist Yvar Mikhashoff in Bergen in 1985.

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(Objekt ID 11451)
Object type Organization
Organization type Festival
Main focus Music, Dance, Performance
Established 1985 (closed 2004)

Contact information

Address Bergen, Norway

Other information

Legal entity Limited liability company/AS or ASA
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Music Factory's first event in 1987 took place in close collaboration with Bergen International Festival, and it gained a lot of attention because of its programming, so different from other Norwegian musical institution's programming.

The festival took place in USF in the period from 1987 to 1995, when the festival began to move around Bergen until it in 2004 merged with the Autunnale festival.

Music Factory emphasised international trends in contemporary music, perhaps American music in particular, and was significant for the growth of the new Norwegian composer generation, appearing from the middle of the 1980es.

Source:

Wikipedia, no.wikipedia.org, 21.03.2011, http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Factory

Co-productions (5)
Title Premiere
Virtual Winter – 2000 – Dansdesign
Virtual Winter – May 25, 1996 – Dansdesign
Film - Dance to be murdered by – July 11, 1990 – Dansdesign
Futuristisk natt* (Futurist Night) – May 23, 1990 – Baktruppen
Film - Dance to be murdered by – June 2, 1988 – Dansdesign
Performance dates
Title Premiere
Virtual Winter – May 25, 1996 – Dansdesign
Virtual Winter – May 25, 1996 – Dansdesign
Come thunder and red light – June 1995 – Dansdesign
Come thunder and red light – June 1995 – Dansdesign
Arien Album – 1994 – Passage Nord Project
Back to front – 1994 – Dansdesign
Siden sist – May 31, 1991 – Riss Dansekompani
Seks kryptiske danser – May 31, 1991 – Riss Dansekompani
Siden sist – May 30, 1991 – Riss Dansekompani
Seks kryptiske danser – May 30, 1991 – Riss Dansekompani
Dame med bil – 1991
Something to do with birds – May 29, 1990 – Riss Dansekompani
Parafraser over Kurt Schwitters «Ursonaten» – 1990
Couvade – 1990 – Dansdesign
Suite i stjålen tid – June 16, 1989 – Riss Dansekompani
Duell – June 9, 1989 – Riss Dansekompani
Nobiskro – June 1989 – Prosjektteateret
Film - Dance to be murdered by – June 2, 1988 – Dansdesign
Film - Dance to be murdered by – June 2, 1988 – Dansdesign
Contributors (6)
Nicholas Møllerhaug – Artistic director (fra January 1, 2003 til December 31, 2004)
Øyvind Torvund – Artistic director (fra January 1, 2003 til December 31, 2004)
James Clapperton – Artistic director (fra January 1, 1999 til December 31, 2002)
Geirr Johnson – Artistic director (fra January 1, 1990 til December 31, 1998)
Øyvind Hånes – Artistic director (fra January 1, 1989 til December 31, 1989)
Geirr Johnson – Artistic director (fra January 1, 1987 til December 31, 1988)