Gösta Berlings saga Live in Turkey 2026

In 2026, YoJuliet joins forces with Jonas Jonasson (bob hund) for a special live performance of Gösta Berlings saga in the Turkish cities of Izmir and Gaziantep.

The performance in Gaziantep will take place at the city’s renowned Mosaic Museum — an evocative setting where early Swedish cinema meets ancient history in a unique cultural encounter.

Originally directed by Mauritz Stiller and based on Selma Lagerlöf’s celebrated novel, Gösta Berlings saga is one of the great masterpieces of Swedish silent cinema. The story — a sweeping tale of passion, redemption, longing, and rebellion — remains strikingly relevant more than a century after its creation.

With newly composed music performed live, YoJuliet reimagines the film for contemporary audiences. Strings, vocals, and percussion create an immersive sound world where the wind whistles, horses gallop, and human vulnerability resonates with raw intensity.

The collaboration with Jonas Jonasson adds new sonic dimensions — expanding the emotional landscape of the film and deepening the dialogue between image and sounds.

Acclaimed by Audiences and Critics

YoJuliet’s interpretation of Swedish silent film has received wide acclaim. Following their celebrated performance at the Värnamo Filmhistoriska Festival, audiences and critics alike praised the ensemble’s ability to breathe new life into early cinema.

“It was absolutely fantastic! Completely unique! And with the live music — I was totally knocked out! I never thought I would attend a silent film screening, but it was completely incredible!” — Pernilla August

”The performance was phenomenal, dynamic, and unmistakably bold — marked by the same spirit of artistic freedom that Mauritz Stiller demonstrated in his approach to Selma Lagerlöf’s storytelling. With a distance of one hundred years, the film team and composers engaged with the mysticism surrounding the story of Gösta Berling through independent interpretations. The composers sought to reflect Stiller’s vision through their own aesthetic language, resulting in a work that, taken as a whole, emerges as truly innovative art.” — Mats Hallberg, Kulturbloggen

Through live performance, YoJuliet continues to explore the meeting point between early cinema and contemporary sound — creating film concerts that are at once historically rooted and urgently present.