At the top of the travel chest lie Renberg’s poems and a stack of piano pieces. The music and the poetry are set to come together in very different ways. They will hold each other in a mutual iron grip, dance gently, or ramble off into light-hearted silliness. Here comes the ode to the unborn grandchild, the ballad of the light-fingered youths and the eulogy for the man from Trøndelag who was granted a passport to hell. In natural harmony with Domenico Scarlatti and Harald Sæverud.
Welcome to a laid-back, wide-ranging and delightfully skilful evening, spiced with anecdotes and dialogue between the artists.
The tour will cross municipal boundaries throughout 2026, and we are delighted to open our doors here at the concert hall to Tore Renberg and Christian Ihle Hadland, two of our foremost figures in their respective fields. You won’t want to miss this!
Tore Renberg (b. 1972) is one of the most important writers of our time. A wide readership is familiar with his iconic novels about Jarle Klepp, the outrageous ‘Teksas’ series and the psychological mystery novels *Du er så lys*, *Tollak til Ingeborg* and *Lorden*. In 2023, he published the historical novel *Lungeflyteprøven*, and in 2025 his first collection of poems, *Øie=Viise, 1720*, was released. Renberg’s body of work is renowned for its extraordinary breadth, his multi-voiced sense of language and his profound insight into the human mind. The Stavanger-based author has received a number of literary awards, and several of his novels have been adapted for the screen and reworked for the stage. His books are published in 26 countries. In the spring of 2025, Renberg was appointed festival poet for the Bergen Literary Festival.
Christian Ihle Hadland first sat down at the piano at the age of eight, and has since earned a reputation as an outstanding soloist and chamber musician. His international breakthrough came in 2011 when he was selected as a BBC New Generation Artist, culminating in a highly acclaimed concert at The Proms in London. He has performed with several of Europe’s leading orchestras and conductors, but is captivated by the grandeur of music’s intimate format, which he relishes in his role as artistic director of the chamber music festival in his hometown of Stavanger. Hadland’s repertoire ranges from the English Renaissance to Norwegian contemporary music, but he is most at home with the great classics: Mozart, Schubert, Chopin and Bach.
Duration:
Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, without an interval
Organiser: Stavanger Concert Hall
Photo: Nino Felbab
