TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets can be bought at Riksscenen, in the door 45 minutes before the arrangement or directly here.
TICKETS:
Friday:
Festival opening:
150 NOK (100 NOK*)
Sufiirani:
150 NOK (100 NOK*)
Saturday day pass:
300 NOK (250 NOK*)
Sunday day pass:
250 NOK (200 NOK*)
*DISCOUNT TICKETS:
Students  (only with a valid student ID)
Children under the age of 18
Seniors
Members of the Norsk Fortellerforum - NoFF (Eng: The Norwegian Storytelling Forum)
Members of OsloFOLK
Groups of 6 or more people

19:00

Festival opening - East meets North
This year's festival opening will be a true meeting between the East and the North. This May singer Kritin Groven Holmboe, saxophonist Rolf Erik Nystrøm and the great master Dolatmand did great success in Tajikistan with a concert where Norwegian and Persian traditional music found each other in a captivating interaction. We are very happy to be able to show the best numbers here in Oslo, together with a little taste of the other great artists who will perform at Rumifestivalen. There will be classical Persian music, reciation of Rumi's poetry in both Persian and Norwegian, Sama-dancing from Tajikistan and electronic music by DJ Mashdi in collaboration with Persian song. A festival opening in the juncture between East and North - between the traditional and the contemporary.
With: Dolatmand w/band, DJ Mashti, Ole Theill, Rolf Erik Nystrøm, Abdumimin Sharipov, Kurbanalii Sobir, Dzhandzholov Sukhrab and Abdulvahab Dustov, Maryam Zondhi, Kristin Groven Holmboe. Directed by Øystein U. Brager.
Ticket: 150 NOK/100 NOK*
Where: Riksscenen, Storsalen
When: Friday 19th November, 7:00 PM
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Concert - Sufiirani
World music - folk/electronica: Mads Norheim aka DJ Mashti with Ole Theill (Dk) on tabla and the singer Maryam Zodhi (Ir).
DJ Mashti (Mads Nordheim) builds a musical crossover landscape where electronic music meets Perisan folk music.

Tickets: 150 NOK/100 NOK*
Where: Riksscenen, Prøvesalen
When: Friday 19th November, 9:00 PM
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13:00 –15:30

Rumi seminar - Rumi's authorship meets modern litterature
Mavlana Jalal-ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, as famous in the Middle-East and Central-Asia as Shakespeare, has had great influence on the region's music, litterature, storytelling, dancing and philosophy. In this year's seminar, we will take a look at Rumi's authorship in the light of modern litterature, both from Central Asia and Europe. We will look after similarities and connections that will reveal new sides both of Rumi and of our own litterature. For those who do not know Rumi that well, this will also be a short presentation.
With: Shekoufeh Taghi (Ir), Munira Shahidi (Tj), Ashk Peter Dahlén (Ir/Sv/No) and Janike Kampevold (No).
Ticket type: FREE (there will served coffee, tea and fruit)
Where: Riksscenen, Prøvesalen
When: Saturday 20th November, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

17:00

Matinée concert
With Rolf Erik Nystrøm, Per Oddvar Johansen, Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen and Bodil Cappelen.

Ticket type: Satursday day pass 300 NOK/250 NOK*
Where: Riksscenen, Prøvesalen
When: Saturday 20th November, 5:00 PM

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King Lire and Sheikh Sanan - Theatre performance
One of the most famous Sufi stories by Attar, Rumi's master. The perspective of this story varies, but in this story the perspective of love is the strongest - how far you can go for love.
With: Abdumimin Sharipov, Kurbanalii Sobir, Dzhandzholov Sukhrab and Abdulvahab Dustov.

Tickets: Day pass Saturday 300 NOK/250 NOK*
Where: Riksscenen, Storssalen
When: Saturday 20th November, 7:00 P
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RUMI-ENSEMBLE – KONSERT

The Iranian-Norwegian musician Javid Afsari Rad brings Rumi's thoughts and words into a musical meeting among first rate musicians from Iran and a brilliant string quintet from Norway. With the strings, percussion, flute, lute, santur and Perisian classical chant, The Rumiensemble creates music that takes you to hidden depths, yet at the same time brings you outwards to the very edge. It has connotations of both the Sufi tradition and the western classical music in its alternation between the tranquil and meditative as well as the seductive and ecstativ moods.

With: Javid Afsari Rad, Ghorbani Alireza, Samani Behnam, Gholami Shahram, Cora Lunny, Samani Reza, Varzideh Davood, Berit Cardas, Elisabeth S. Lie, Gro Lovdahl, Emery Cardas and Marius Knudsen Flatby.

Tickets: Day pass Saturday 300 NOK/250 NOK*
Where: Riksscenen, Storssalen
When: Saturday 20th November, 9:30 PM
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Family show (children age 4 and up)
With: Shekoufeh Taghi telling persian classic childstorys in persian.
Ticket type: FREE
Where: Riksscenen, Prøvesalen
When: Sunday 21st November, 2:00 PM

Family show (children age 4 and up)
With: Ranghild Mørch
Ticket type: FREE
Where: Riksscenen, Prøvesalen
When: Sunday 21st November, 3:00 PM

Concert - Falak, a separate genre from the mountains of Central Asia.
Both resounding and powerful it is supposed to reach from mountain to mountain. With instruments as the gheishak, setar, dotar, tombak and ghanon, Dolatmand and his three sons from Tajikistan plays a repertoire with roots from all of Central Asia. Dolatmand is one of the world's grandmasters within folk music, a living legend and a bearer of traditions who has contributed to holding the falak music alive. Many of Rumi's texts survive with the falak music. Dolatmand is a multiinstrumentalist, masters more than 50 instruments and he sings with a rare strength that few can match. Together with his band, he invites to an adventurous journey into the folk music of Central Asia. The female dancer Vatanova completes this concert with unique traditional dance.
With: Dolatmand Khalo
Ticket type: Sunday day pass 250 NOK/200 NOK*
Where: Riksscenen, Storsalen
When: Sunday 21st November, 4:00 PM
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Multilingual show
With: Torgrim Mellum Stene, Abdumumin Sharipov
Ticket type: Sunday day pass 250 NOK/200 NOK*
Where: Riksscenen, Prøvesalen
When: Sunday 21st, 5:30 PM

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Final concert - East meets North
Every year Rumifestivalen works as a meeting place. The audience, organizators, musicians, scientists, authors and performance artists meet, exchange traditions, experiences and thoughts. Because we invite both new and old performers for our festival every year, new synergy and dynamics are created on the background of continuity. During the final concert, we will show the result of new musical meetings and the result of the exchange that has taken place during the weekend. Between the battles, the artists have practiced and planned together, and what we will hear tonight is brand new music, and we can guarantee a unique concert experience.
With: Rolf Erik Nystrøm, Øyoon Groven Myhren, Dolatmand and DJ Mashti, Kristin Groven Holmboe, Vatanova, Ruzimad, Sangimad and Loikshoh.

Ticket type: Sunday day pass 250 NOK/200 NOK*
Where: Riksscenen, Prøvesalen
When: Sunday 21st November, 8:00 PM

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