Tore Renberg og Christian Ihle Hadland
en kveld i regi av kunstens intelligens
In 2026, Tore Renberg and Christian Ihle Hadland will set out on the kingdom’s country roads, guided by the intelligence of art.
At the top of their travel trunk lie Renberg’s poems and a stack of piano pieces. Music and poetry will come together in vastly different ways. They will hold each other in a mutual iron grip, dance gently, or ramble off into lighthearted 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. All in natural harmony with Domenico Scarlatti and Harald Sæverud.
Welcome to a laid-back, wide-ranging, and delightfully skilled evening, spiced with anecdotes and dialogue between the artists.
The tour will cross municipal boundaries throughout 2026, and we’re thrilled to open our doors to Tore Renberg and Christian Ihle Hadland, two of our foremost figures in their respective fields. You won’t want to miss this.
About Tore Renberg:
Tore Renberg (b. 1972) is one of the most prominent authors 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 poetry collection, *Øie=Viise, 1720*, was released. Renberg’s body of work is known for its extraordinary breadth, polyphonic sense of language, and deep insight into the human mind. The Stavanger-based author has received numerous literary awards, and several of his novels have been adapted for film and reworked for the stage. His books are published in 26 countries. In the spring of 2025, Renberg was named festival poet for the Literary Festival in Bergen.
About Christian Ihle Hadland:
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 New Generation Artist by the BBC and capped off the engagement with 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—something he revels in 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 feels most at home with the great classics: Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, and Bach.
