Application form

Welcome to the Application Form for Valdres international Academy 2026 (Valdres Sommersymfoni)!

Application deadline: January 15th, 2026.
Applications will be notified by February 15th, 2026.
Confirmation of participation and payment of the course fee must be completed by March 1st, 2026.

We offer two course periods, and you may apply for Period 1 (June 19th-24th), period 2 (June 24th-29th), or both periods.

A little guideline is that the first period is mainly targeted towards Scandinavian applicants, and the second period is more targeted towards international participants from all over the world.

Most important: Apply! And we will contact you regarding this guide you to the suitable course if needed.

Our jury will assess the applications based on the information provided in the form and submitted recording.

Before filling out the form, please prepare a link to a video recording that represents your current level well. The video should not be more than 12 months old. (We prefer a YouTube link, but other formats are accepted)

Please make sure to enable cookies in your browser, and ensure that all fields marked with a red star are filled out.

Note: You will receive an error message during payment if you have the application form open in multiple tabs in your web-browser at the same time.

Information about the applicant

First name

Please write the first name of the applicant

Middle name

Last name

Please write your last name

Adress

Please write the applicants address

Zip code

Please write the applicants zip code

City

Please write the applicants city

Country

Please write your email address

Please write the email address where you want all of the important information regarding your application and payment, to be sent. Note: The information is only sent to this address.

Phone number for the participant

Please write a phone number

Please remember to write the country code if you do not have a Norwegian number!

Date of birth

Please fill in your date of birth

Please fill in your month of birth

Please choose your year of birth

Gender

Please choose your gender, or if you have arranged private accommodation

We use this information to assign bedrooms. If you have arranged private lodging you do not have to choose a gender, and you can choose "Privat Accomodation". If you choose "other" we will be in contact with you in regard to accomodation.

Are you a student at a college or university?

Yes No

Please state if you are a student under higher education such as a bachelors degree

College/University name

Please write the name of your college/university

Study

Please write which study program you are taking

Write the name of your field of study

Choose course and instrument

Experience

Current teacher/professor

Please write the name of your current teacher

E-mail address for your teacher

Please write the e-mail address for your teacher

I study music at/or with this: Music school/private teacher or other:

Name of your orchestra if you play in one or several

Orkester

Talent program

State location

Please write a location

Write talent program and location

Please write what talent or educational program you are involved in, and the place for this

How many years have you played?

Please write how long you have been playing your instrument

The solo piece you are currently working with

Please state the last solo piece you performed

Last piece/movement you performed at a concert

Link to recording on YouTube/Vimeo or such

We encourage you to show the video to your teacher before submitting it.

Link to motivationvideo for application to a GNIST summer course

If you apply to the GNIST course for the first time, you have to send a short video where you present your motivation for attending the course. Maximum lengths is 2 minutes.

Link to recording of chamber music on YouTube/Vimeo or such

Information about the videolink (Password or such)

Scholarship

I am dependent on a scholarship to be able to participate

No, I do not need a scholarship Yes, I am applying for a scholarship of NOK 3000 Yes, I am applying for a scholarship of NOK 5000

Click HERE, for information on prices. Opens in a new window.

Accommodation

Do you wish us to provide your accommodation, or do you organize your own lodging?

I want accomodation organized by Valdres sommersymfoni I organize my own lodging

Please choose your accommodation

I was born in 2015 or later and must therefore have a parent with me during the course

Check this box if you were born in 2015 or later and therefor must be accompanied by a parent

All applicants born in 2015 or later must be accompanied by a parent. If you would like more than one parent and/or non-playing siblings to participate, fill in the form below and we will let you know if we have room for this.

Name of the parent with whom you wish to share a room.

Please write the name of your parent

Name of other parent if you want 2 parents to stay together with the participant.

Name of non-attending sibling

Yes, I have younger, non-attending siblings that I wish to join

I wish for you to provide lodging for my non-attending sibling (name and age). If you are applying for both periods, please write if the sibling is also staying for both periods.

Contact information for parent or emergency contact

Parent/emergency contact name

Please write the name of your parent or emergency contact

Phone number for parent/ emergency contact

Write a phone number for your parent or emergency contact

Parent or emergency contact email

Please give us a email address for a parent or emergency contact

Siblings who are applying to the course

I have the following sibling(s) who are also applying

If you apply for both periods, please state if the sibling is applying for the first, second, or both periods

Terms

Do you approve that we take a picture or video of you during the course, and that we may use these for our marketing purposes?

Yes No

Please choose if you allow us to take, and use pictures of you, during the course, or not

May we share your email address with our partners/other courses if they want to contact you?

Yes No

Choose if we can share your email with our partners

Do you approve that we save the information you have given us for later correspondence?

Yes No

You need to choose if we can save the information for later invitations.

Please accept the terms

Yes, I accept the regulations as written at the course website

Accept terms and regulations

Click here to view the terms

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