Three special projects at Moldejazz!

Recently incorporated in Rockheim Hall of Fame, he plays at jazzfestivals all around the world and has just wrapped up his work on a new symphony.

During last years Moldejazz he presented his idea of a new project, "The Sound of Dreams". Now it's all set for a first performance during this years festival.

While his last big project, "Crime Scenes", was built like a crime-story with samples from crime-movies, he this time around asked drummer Paolo Vinaccia produce sound-collages from the movie "Cinema Paradiso" and the concert opens with a quote from a italian hit of the late 1950s. Rypdal never ceases to surprise!

Terje has composed a new and exciting band consisting of both old and new collaborators to realize the sound of (his) dreams.

Terje Rypdal - Guitar

Marius Rypdal - Assorted electronics

Ståle Storløkken - Keyboards

James Lassen - Fagott

Sveinung Hovensjø - Bass

Jon Christensen - Drums and percussion

Paolo Vinaccia - Drums and percussion

Maria Kannegaard has chosen to thread new paths in relation to anything she has done earlier. This results in an emotionally loaded and captivating melodic  music which will bring the listener on a journey. The music moves from the very concrete to the spherical, quite happily at the same time.

All with its own sound and a strong nerve - being Maria's trademark.

Maria's personal compositional characteristics is as strong as before, but this time in a different landscape. Maria has, through the years, listened to all kinds of genres in the world of music, and with her commissioned work woven together heaps of inspiration to an expression that is truly her own. The result is a mix of electrical and acoustic instruments. And the musicians are all hand-picked from the top shelf in Norway. The concert is yours. The journey will be exciting. Come along!

Maria Kannegaard - Tangentes

Ole Morten Vågan - bass

Thomas Strønen - Drums & Samples

Per Jørgensen - Trumpet, Vokal and Perc

Ola Kvernberg - Violins

Ståle Storløkken - Syntheseizers

Paal Nilssen-Love has hand-picked some of the young musicians he finds the most interesting. They are musicians from a wide span; some have played together before, and some have never met before. The music will, to some extent, consist of compositions and graphic works, but with focus on improvisation, energy and sound. This band has been born in cooperation with Eldbjørg Raknes' Sjøbygda Kunstarhus. Directly before the concert in Molde they will meet there, in the depths of the forest, for a two days intensive rehearsal before jumping on the tour bus to Molde where they will present this music for the first time ever.

Jon Rune Strøm - Bass

Andreas Wildhagen - Drums

Paal Nilssen-Love - Drums

Mats Äleklint - Trombone 

Christian Meås Svendsen - Bass 

Klaus Holm - Alt Saxophone

Kasper Værnes - Alt Saxophone

Thomas Johansson - Trumpet

Børre Mølstad - Tuba

Ketil Gutvik - Guitar

Lasse Marhaug - Electronics