Sam Lee is a British folk singer, promoter and animateur who over the course of 7 years has gone from being a fairly inexperienced singer, to releasing his 2012 debut album ’Ground of its own’. The critically acclaimed album was nominated to several awards, amongst others BBC Radio 2’s Folk Award’s “Best Album”, a Mercury Prize nomination and won fRoots Magazine’s “Album of the Year”. The album consist of songs collected through years of travel and exploration into forgotten songs of the British Isles. Sam and his band apply contemporary ideas to traditional songs, both in terms of arrangement and instrumentation.
Javid Afsari Rad is an Iranian musician and composer, who plays and composes Persian music. He plays a range of instruments, his main instrument being the ancient stringed santur. Javid is a pioneer within the world music genre in Norway and has been honored for his commissioned work with the Norwegian Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra(KORK) in 2007, a piece of work which he also performed in. He is most known as orchestra-leader of the Norwegian-Persian chamber orchestra Rumi Ensemble.The National Broadcasting Orchestra award jury stated: ”meeting with this composer and musician was one of last years greatest experiences for the Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. His music, and his communicative skills, took the Orchestra on a journey that few other symphony orchestras have the good fortune to embark on. By means of dancing rhythms, the use of unusual musical scales and harmonies, the orchestra was brought to Iran, among Persian ornaments and Sufi poetry singing praises to Love”
Susanne Lundeng from Bodø, Norway, is one of the country´s most characteristic fiddle-players. Her music and playing is deeply rooted in the folk-music of Northern Norway. As well as being a solo-artist, she has collaborated widely with a vast range of musicians from several different genres and disciplines. She often favors the quartet-format during collaborations, giving he co-collaborators freedom to influence the expression. The arrangements are often built around Susanne´s tone, rhythm and dynamic. Several pieces of her´s has also been arranged for symphony-´and chamber-orchestras, with her as a solo performer.
Hans Hulbækmo has his musical backround from the creative environment at the Jazz-conservatoire in Trondheim, Norway. He has in the past made a name for himself as a member of the critically acclaimed rock-bands Your Headlights Are on and The Avalanche/Snøskred, as well as the jazz- group Moskus. In 2011, Moskus won Grappa's Debutant Award, a unique achievent for a jazzband.
Riksscenen 10 år
Et oversjøisk samarbeid
Sam Lee /Susanne Lundeng /Javid Afsari Rad/Hans Hulbækmo
fredag
12.
sep. 2014
- Dørene åpner
- 20.00
- Starter
- 21.00
- Billett
- 180 / 120
+ bill. avg.
Del dette arrangementet
Folk Conexion is a brand new initiative from Riksscenen, aiming both to promote British folk music in Norway and to initiate and encourage collaboration between the two countries.
Fiona Talkington, well-renowned producer and curator from amongst others the BBC, has assembled a collective of Norwegian and British musicians, who will part-take in the project. Each collaborative session will take place at Riksscenen over the course of 3 days, before culminating in a concert.
Our first Conexion-session will convene with an exciting mix of musicians and composers, all innovative and vastly experienced within their field. Amongst them are Sam Lee, Susanne Lundeng and Javid Afsari Rad.
