Bad dreams and good nightmares / Guro von Germeten

The next performance was a concert with Guro Von Germeten. We were to listen to the accordion for 45 minutes, and we from SUS must honestly say we were a little skeptical. We entered a hall filled with lamps, a desk and some pictures. There was a good atmosphere right from the first step in. I could actually feel myself starting to get a little excited.

Duration: 45 min
Target group: From 15 years

We sit down at the back of the hall and the first part of the concert starts with a video of strangers on the street. They are asked what they dream about. It's both fun and interesting to watch. I feel that such a start gets the audience involved and I thought it was very creative. Then we hear a cozy song played by Guro Von Germeten on the accordion. She is joined by Erlend Barrat-Due on clarinet and Lars Tormod Jenset on bass. "We thought listening to accordion, clarinet and bass was a really nice combination. Together it sounded really cool. We then get to know Guro's childhood and her funny memories. It was really fun and cozy to listen to. Personally, I thought it was incredibly creative to mix in her own life during a concert. I think she got the audience involved, because there was a lot of laughter in the hall. We got to hear a lot of great songs and it was simply great to be there. We think the main action in the concert was dreaming. Guro told us that she actually had more dreams than memories.Guro was a wonderful person with a lot of energy and humor. She behaved 100% like herself. With her talented musicians on either side, together they created a great concert.

We at SUS have mixed thoughts about the concert. Personally, I think it was an interesting concert with great music and good entertainment. What I would give it a big plus for is the creativity of pulling in events from her life. It made me much more interested right from the start. Some of us in SUS weren't as satisfied because we thought the music was too one-sided. Discussions about the target group lead to some disagreements. Some of us think that 15+ is a good age group, but others think it was a bit boring for 15-year-olds. I would say that the target group depends very much on taste. I'd love to see the concert again, because I really enjoyed myself during my stay. We thought the concert was well done and that it was a great experience.
Because we at SUS have mixed thoughts and opinions, we had to agree on a rating. We therefore choose to give the concert an almost top score.
Photo, show box written by Martine Sofie Næss