Under the direction of Lars Anders Tomter, the Risør Festival Strings have made their mark internationally. At the 1993 Gidon Kremer chamber music festival in Lockenhaus they impressed the Vienna newspaper's discerning music critics. In 1994 they played again with Kremer in his concert series in Cologne. The orchestra has previously presented Norwegian music in London with great success. It has been invited several times to the music festival in Bergen where in 1991 it received the prestigious Shell award.…
Under the direction of Lars Anders Tomter, the Risør Festival Strings have made their mark internationally. At the 1993 Gidon Kremer chamber music festival in Lockenhaus they impressed the Vienna newspaper’s discerning music critics. In 1994 they played again with Kremer in his concert series in Cologne. The orchestra has previously presented Norwegian music in London with great success. It has been invited several times to the music festival in Bergen where in 1991 it received the prestigious Shell award. 1994