Ensembly

European classical artists on Latin American stages.

Ensembly is a small agency. We take Norwegian concert musicians to halls, festivals and orchestras across Latin America, and handle the programme, the travel and the local partnerships that get them there.

Birgitte Stærnes, violin Michael Thomas Haug, piano

28°28′ N — Las Palmas

Three things, done properly.

Programme

We build the programme with the presenter, not for them. Repertoire that suits the hall, the audience and the occasion, with room for Nordic composers the region rarely hears live.

Tour production

Flights, instruments, visas, rehearsal schedules, piano technicians. One point of contact from the first email to the last encore.

Local partners

We work through embassies, universities and cultural foundations already established in the region, so the concert arrives with an audience attached.

00°00′ — Equator

Two artists on the roster.

We keep it small on purpose. We know their repertoire, we know how they sound in a big hall, and we can vouch for them.

Birgitte Stærnes

VIOLIN

Norwegian violinist. Her recording of Johan Halvorsen's chamber music with pianist Helge Kjekshus drew outstanding reviews in Gramophone, The Strad and Musical Opinion, and she has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Norway, Italy and Brazil.

In 2023 she released Fading Time with the Trondheim Soloists; in 2024 she premiered a Double Concerto for violin, cello and strings with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. She founded Duo A Corda with guitarist Martin Haug in 1997, made her Wigmore Hall debut in 2003, and is artistic director of both the Johan Halvorsen Music Festival and the Tingstua Chamber Music Festival.

  • INSTRUMENTLorenzo & Tomasso Carcassi violin, 1748
  • AWARDSYamaha Prize for Strings (1992), Ticon Prize (1997), Norwegian Arts Council artist grants
  • HAS PLAYEDBrazil, Norway, Italy, France, Spain, the Canary Islands, Denmark, Estonia, Czechia, Svalbard

Michael Thomas Haug

PIANO

Norwegian pianist, from Drammen. Winner of the Midgard Competition and a semi-finalist on Norway's Got Talent, he studied with Helge Kjekshus and Vitaly Pisarenko while reading physics at Imperial College London.

In March 2026 he played Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor at Teatro CorpArtes in Santiago with Camerata UNAB, a concert presented with Fundación CorpArtes and the Norwegian Embassy in Chile.

  • STUDIED WITHHelge Kjekshus, Vitaly Pisarenko
  • AWARDSWinner, Midgard Competition; semi-finalist, Norway's Got Talent
  • REPERTOIREViennese classical and romantic; concerto and recital

23°33′ S — São Paulo

We have made the trip already.

33°27′ S — Santiago

Programming a season?

Write to us with the dates you are holding and the hall. You will get repertoire, fees and a realistic travel plan back, in Spanish or English.

hola@ensembly.no

Ensembly, Drammen, Norway. We work with presenters, orchestras, festivals, universities and embassies across Latin America.