The Arts Festival of North Norway 2012 opens this year with a concert in which regional, national and international performers meet. Henning Kraggerud, leading the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra, brings with him a promising young international talent. In addition to being artistic leader for the orchestra, Kraggerud is a jury member for the Menuhin Competition Bejing 2012. In 2010 the international competition for young violinists was arranged for the first time in Norway. Kraggerud gave master classes for the young aspirants, and in April 2012 he will be a member of the jury in China. In June, he brings a number of prize winners to Harstad! The competition was established in 1983 by the legendary violin virtuoso, teacher and humanist Yehudi Menuhin, the idol and inspiration for an entire generation of musicians throughout the world, with a vision encapsulated in the famous words "Everybody has the right to music"!