# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ACMF 26: Violin Stories
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: In this concert-lecture at Artica Svalbard, we explore the violin’s journey—how the instrument and its music have transformed through time. Live performers illustrate these transitions with musical examples while Clara Arnaud, artist in residence at Artica Svalbard weaves in a story about change and shifting perspectives on Svalbard. 

Artists:

Peter Herresthal (ACMF’s artistic director, lecturer and violinist)
Clara Arnaud (writer and narrator)
Johan Dalene (violin)
Maya Broman (violin)
Amanda Noor Vatn (violin)
Philippe Jayer (violin)
Torje Råbu (violin)


◆ ACMF 2026: Transitions ◆ 19-22 February 2026 ◆

This year’s festival theme highlights how music shifts between eras, styles and sounds, mirroring Longyearbyen’s own changing landscapes and histories after 100 years as Norwegian territory. The festival invites audiences to experience how transformation becomes a source of creativity, renewal, and connection.

www.acmf.no
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hammerfest/acmf-26-violin-stories/200029534171432
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, art, festivals, concerts, performances, literary-art, live-music, music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 35

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://checkout.ebillett.no/189/events/8388/purchase/setup?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hammerfest-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hammerfest
- **state**: FI
- **country**: Norway
- **location**: Artica Svalbard
- **lat**: 78.224924682044
- **long**: 15.637471675873
- **full address**: Artica Svalbard, Vei 608 4, 9170 Svalbard, Svalbard, Hammerfest, Norway

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Arctic Chamber Music Festival (https://allevents.in/org/arctic-chamber-music-festival/27379740)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Artica Svalbard, Vei 608 4, 9170 Svalbard, Svalbard, Hammerfest, Norway
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Arctic Chamber Music Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, art, festivals, concerts, performances, literary-art, live-music, music-festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about ACMF 26: Violin Stories ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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