1-2-3 Engegård Quartet!

We are celebrating playing quartet together for 20 years, and the 10th anniversary of our 1-2-3 festivals.

14th-16th November 2025
Sentralen, Oslo

Festival Programme

  • Opening Festival Concert

    Friday 14th November, 7pm

    Edvard Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in g minor, opus 27
    Nils Økland and the Engegård Quartet
    Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, opus 44

    The Engegård Quartet invite you to join them for performances of some of their most important works and collaborators over 20 years.

    With Nils Økland, Nils Anders Mortensen, Arvid Engegård, Atle Sponberg, Alex Robson, Amanda Horn, Juliet Jopling, Jan-Erik Gustafsson and Jan Clemens Carlsen.

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  • A conversation with the Engegård Quartet

    Saturday 15th November, 12.30pm

    An opportunity to get to know the Engegård Quartet and their closest collaboraters over 20 years!

    the engegård quartet will offer some musical surprises as well as the chance to ask questions about quartet life.

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  • Release Concert

    Saturday 15th November at 2pm

    The Engegård Quartet has completed their epic journey through Mozart’s 26 string quartets, which they have recorded on LAWO Classics. This concert will offer some insights into their journey, as well as a couple of the engegård quartet’s absolute favourites.

    KV 137 (Arvid, Sara, Juliet and Jan Clemens)

    KV 421 (Arvid, Alex, Juliet and Jan Clemens)

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  • Party concert!

    Saturday 15th November, 7pm

    J. S. Bach: Partita in B flat major
    Felix Mendelssohn: Octet op. 20
    Tangos and folk music

    The title says it all! The Engegård Quartet are joined by several of their ex-members in Mendelssohn’s legendary octet. Nils Anders Mortensen’s bach partita in b flat is the perfect concert opening, and to finish…

    some tangos, folk music and a lot of fun.

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  • Highlights from 10 years of 1-2-3

    Sunday 16th November, 12pm

    This concert will celebrate 10 years of involving children and teenagers in our 1-2-3 festivals.

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  • A Shining Darkness

    Sunday 16th November, 2pm

    Actress Gjertrud Jynge joins the engegård quartet in a concert performance inspired by jon fosse’s “septology”. powerful texts are reflected in a choice of music from Bach to Kurtág and with a healthy dose of norwegian folk music.

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  • Ibsen and Beethoven

    sunday 16th november, 7pm

    one of norway’s most legendary living actors, bjørn sundquist, will read terje vigen by henrik ibsen. offering a simple balance to this masterpiece, the engegård quartet will end this festival weekend with beethoven’s string quartet no. 15 in a minor, opus 132.

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FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Engegård quartet
GJERTRUD JYNGE - actress
BJØRN SUNDQUIST - actress
nILS ØKLAND - harding fiddle and composer
NILS ANDERS MORTENSEN - piano
ATLE SPONBERG - violin
jAN-ERIK GUSTAFSSON - CELLO
ALEX ROBSON - vIOLIN
SARA CHEN - vIOLIN
LAURA CUSTODIO SABAS - vIOLIN
CATHERINE BULLOCK - viola
Tore Linné Eriksen - conversations and articles
NORDBERG String orchestra
DEN MANGFALDIGE SCENEN

Come to the whole festival with a Festivalpass.

Friday 14th november 7pm: opening festival concert

Saturday 15th november 12:30pm: a conversation with the Engegård quartet, led by Tore Linné Eriksen

Saturday 15th november 2pm: release concert for the engegård quartet’s complete mozart quartet recording

Saturday 15th november 7pm: party concert

Sunday 16th november 12pm: highlights from 10 years of 1-2-3 festivals; a concert with children

Sunday 16th november 2pm: a shining darkness

Sunday 16th november 7pm: Ibsen and Beethoven

Festival hosts

The Engegård Quartet has been directing and hosting the classical minifestival “1-2-3…” since 2016 when they started with 1-2-3 Schumann. You can see them in this photo in their very first formation - with Arvid, Atle, Juliet and Atle.

Formed under the midnight sun in Lofoten in 2005, the Engegård Quartet has rapidly become one of Norway’s most sought after ensembles. Their bold, fresh interpretations of the classical repertoire combined with a deep attachment to their Scandinavian roots has attracted international acclaim, and inspired some innovative partnerships and programming.

Contact us.

we would love to hear from you, especially if you are planning a trip to oslo to visit our festival and would like more information!