Florin Harp Trio brings together oboe, cello and harp in an unusual chamber music ensemble. The harp's colors, the oboe's lyrical tone and the depth of the cello allow the ensemble to alternate between rich sonority and delicate, virtuosic interplay. The repertoire spans from the Baroque and Classical periods through the Romantic and Impressionist eras to contemporary music.

Florin Harp Trio

Kirsten Kjærs Museum

Classical chamber music, new works and improvisation come together at Kirsten Kjær's Museum in Thisted Municipality. The festival invites audiences to concerts and an open rehearsal, where they can get close to the music and the work between composers and musicians. This year's program focuses on Erik Højsgaard, with world premieres of a new string quartet and Haugtussa for the Florin Harp Trio, inspired by the tale of Veslemöy. Bach Perspective brings Bach's cello music together with new intermezzi for cello and saxophone, while Van der Pals Quartet performs works by Højsgaard and Schubert.

The Traveling Chamber Music Festival 2026

The Thy Chamber Music Festival hosts two concerts at Kirsten Kjær's Museum in August.

Thy Chamber Music Festival

Traces of sleeping mountains, the dance of birds, songs from distant lands… A collective work by Tatiana Zuccolotto, Pierina Lategola, Maria Caixés and Kaú Lim, combining Butoh dance, sound, drawing and performance. Developed during a month-long residency at Kirsten Kjærs Museum.

Hierophanies

Under the direction of conductor Mads Risum Waade, the choir presents a varied program with the theme of women's lives and summer life. Crescendo is an ambitious women's choir from Horsens with a broad repertoire that ranges from classical church music to rhythmic songs. The audience can look forward to a sensual musical experience where community, atmosphere and musicality merge into a higher unity.

Concert with Crescendo

After playing live music and touring for some 50 years with, among others, Jan Toftlund, Paul Banks, Kim Larsen and Benny Holst, and appearing on countless recordings with major Danish artists, Martin is now going solo and performing a duet with himself on stage – through his guitar playing recorded on a large looper.

Concert – Martin Andersen Goes Solo!

String quartet concert with the Van der Pal Quartet: Hans Abrahamsen: 10 Preludes; L. van Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132. Price: 100 kr, 50 kr with the 2026 Annual Pass, purchased at the door.

Concert with Van der Pal Quartet

A storytelling afternoon in the museum's parlor, with a guided tour, a coffee table, a musical interlude and a fire in the mass oven, held in connection with the exhibition "Vandrende Hjerte". The stories take as their starting point the short story "Karens Jul" by Amalie Skram, a vivid account of Alvilda Andersen's life and her work as chairwoman of the Women's Workers' Union (Kvindelig Arbejderforbund) from 1023 to 1937, and Selma Lagerlöf's short story "Gravskriften".

Living Stories with Connie Anette Nordholt

A morning of cozy fun with natural materials, a concert with Synne-Louise Tomeriksdatter (Lucy Mardou), a presentation of the catalog for the exhibition “Wandering Heart,” and a lecture and guided tour at Kirsten Kjær's Museum. Free admission all day.

Wandering Heart – Concert and Catalog Launch

Their repertoire includes original compositions written by Petrache within modern jazz, influenced by contemporary Nordic jazz and infused with Balkan-oriental nuances as well as elements of heavy rock and electronic music.

What Freedom Sounds Like – Amphitrio Jazz

We look forward to presenting this unique musical experience with Marius Ungureanu (viola and voice). Marius will lead us through the museum's various exhibition rooms and perform a collage of the following musical pieces: Igor Stravinsky: Elegie for Viola Solo – J.S. Bach: Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011, for Viola Solo – Butch Lacy: "US" for viola solo – Violeta Dinescu: "Din Cimpoiu" ("From a bagpipe") in three parts, for Viola Solo – Dan Dediu: "Prelude à l'après-midi d'un (grif)faune" Instrumental MikrOper in five imaginary pictures for Viola Solo.

“Songlines across space and time” – en musikalsk vandring med Marius Ungerau

Summer is ending, and we celebrate it at Kirsten Kjær's Museum with a warm, lively concert by Orfeo. This well-established Latin/jazz orchestra, with roots in Thy, plays music that gets the whole body swinging and keeps the summer mood alive, so we are ready for a long winter.

JAZZ koncert med ORFEO

Fifty years ago, in August 1974, Kristian Blak gathered a fiddle group at the grammar school in Tórshavn. The group was named Spælimenninir, and before long they were playing for dances and entertainment all over the Faroe Islands. Today, Spælimenninir consists, besides Kristian Blak, of musicians from the Nordic countries, Scotland and the United States, all of whom share a common passion for folk music.

Concert with Spælimenninír

A unique and unconventional musical marionette theatre production for the whole family, featuring puppeteer Viola Hipponette and violinist Francois Grimaud.

"THINGS WITH STRINGS" – Marionette Theatre

The Musikforeningen at Kirsten Kjær's Museum has invited the renowned pianist Jesper René to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's masterpiece, the Goldberg Variations.

The Goldberg Variations

Audience-involving performance walk by and with video and performance artist Marika Seidler, one of the exhibiting artists in the project "Nordjyske Fortællinger om Kvindelige Kunstnere" (North Jutland Stories of Women Artists). Maximum 25 participants. Price: 50 DKK (museum admission is included).

DROJ JORD

A film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective. The screening is a collaboration between THY:DOX and Kirsten Kjær's Museum; the entire ticket price is donated to Children in Gaza. Introduction by Sofie Bervild.

No Other Land

Afternoon concert with Nordvestjysk Pigekor and musician, composer and singer Lucy Mardou. Lucy Mardou writes her own songs with harmonies and lyrics and this year is working together with Nordvestjysk Pigekor.

Concert with Nordvestjysk Pigekor and Lucy Mardou

Dance theatre and solo concert with Andi Otto: an evening in three parts with dance theatre, solo concert and improvisation between cello and dance.

Kirsten Kjær Museum

Dec 12, 2026

do we pray enough

Nov 6, 2026

Florin Harp Trio

Nov 6, 2026

The Traveling Chamber Music Festival 2026

Kirsten Kjær Museum