ULTIMA Oslo Contemporary Music Festival is a
Norwegian music festival
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for
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Genres or audiences
* Adult contemporary music
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Background
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
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, and 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 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.
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, in 2011 ULTIMA is the largest contemporary music festival in the Nordic countries
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History
The first festival was held in the autumn of 1991.
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Music festivals in Oslo
Music festivals in Norway
Contemporary classical music festivals
Music in Oslo
1991 establishments in Norway
Recurring events established in 1991
Culture in Oslo
Summer in Norway
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