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Tue, 2015-04-21 14:22
Tue, 2015-04-21 14:18
Testing, fingers ok and good to go!!
Had a traditional local band warming up for me (how COOL isn´t THAT)
Gametime!
Afterparty! Everybody dresses up like this during the MARVELLLOUS Vinterfestuka in Narvik! DON´T miss it next March!!
Tue, 2015-04-21 14:13
Photo text: look at all the celebrities doing funny celebrity-faces at the same time, lol!
Producers from TV2 wanted me to do a showcase for them not too long ago, so I invited them all to Café de Concert to show them what I was made of!
Crossing fingers! Maybe I´ll end up updating you through TV also, hehe!
Was a blast!
Photo text: "like a boss"
Awesome crew!
Sat, 2015-03-07 12:09
Thank´s to the magnificent Trond Hellstrøm I now go bananas every day at Café de Concert on a HEAVENLY Bechstein concert grand. I pretty much exclusively perform on Bechstein instruments from Hellstrøm Piano & Flygel AS in Norway if a grand piano needs to be rented at the concert venue.
My old basketball coach Pål Berg gave me my old jersey I played with when I was a teenager. MAN that made my day!!!!
Sat, 2015-03-07 12:01
Excited crowd in Tallinn two weeks a go where I enjoyed my self 110 % on stage! Always loving performing in Tallinn, here at the Tallinn Chamber Music Festival, organised by the Pille Lill Music Foundation.
Met up with wonderful friends after the concert!!
Had an absolutely unforgettable time performing at the Hemsing festival last week!! Ragnhild and Eldbjørg are top notch musicians and great fun to work with...Finally, I got to perform with them - haha! (Photos from the festival by Cathrine Dokken, awesome photographer!)
This morning I just came back from Riga, performing for Visma!, something I´d gladly do over again!!!!!
SWAG!!!!
Sat, 2015-03-07 11:47
Press release of "Around the World in 4 weekends" was a success at Støtvig Hotel 3 weeks ago. Today I am having my first concert at the hotel where the theme is "France". I have chosen and written music to today´s menu (and the remaining three), and after dinner the concert will start and the audience will experience how the different taste sounds like. Pretty much like this.
Fri, 2015-02-13 09:51
Til Erna Solberg
Fra Nordic Harmony og Aksel Kolstad.
"Dette gjør faktisk en stor forskjell i hverdagen til de som har bygget landet du regjerer. Jeg inviterer deg herved til et møte på Café de Concert på Tjuvholmen for å snakke litt om kulturelle verdier i landet vårt, og for hvem vi bør gi det til, subsidiert av staten. I dag spanderte vi." Fri, 2015-02-13 09:49
Pretty cool that Deutche Welle came to do an interview with me at Café de Concert on Tuesday, talking about Beethoven and ... me!! Oh yeah - they were also very much interested in Igor!! (He loved that....) Stay tuned, it´s being broadcasted in Germany, Spain and also in English somewhere I believe!
Mon, 2015-02-09 10:15
When I was a student I organized a chamber music festival on St.Vincent and the Grenadines in 2005, 2006 and 2007. 8 years later I was now finally back, looking out over Port Elizabeth in Bequia, where so much history lies within the palm trees! Was great to be back! Visited St.Vincent, Bequia, Tobago Keys, Union Island and Barbados. Surfing in Bequia, Union Island and in Barbados. All places had great surfing spots!! Was a great two week break with a lot of inspiration and new energy!
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