Performers from the annual Risør Chamber Music Festival in Norway—including the festival’s co-artistic directors, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and violist Lars Anders Tomter— bring four programs to Carnegie Hall in the coming season. Highlights include performances of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A Major; Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor; Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arranged by Schoenberg), among other songs, performed by soprano Measha Brueggergosman; and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 14 with Mr. Andsnes as soloist. Marc-André-Hamelin and Mr. Andsnes will also perform the two-piano version of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Other featured artists include clarinetist Martin Fröst, violinists Henning Kraggerud and Øyvind Bjorå, cellist Torleif Thedéen, and the Risør Festival Strings.

The Risør Chamber Music Festival, held annually for one week every summer in the small coastal fishing village of Risør, Norway, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2011. In addition to its dedicated core of Norwegian artists, top international artists have traveled to Risør to participate every summer throughout the history of the festival. The festival’s repertoire covers a broad range of music from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, with a focus on Norwegian and contemporary music. Musicians stay in the tiny village of Risør throughout the festival week, creating a special atmosphere for musicians and audiences alike.