During the Olavsfestdagene Festival in Trondheim, EnEnEn with pianist Oscar Grönberg and the choir Aurum, played a version of the John Coltrane album A Love Supreme completed with the song Alabama, in Vår Frue Kirke. We are going to play Coltranes work also in Inderøy 07.12, before Christmas. It is a pleasure to work with Coltranes compositions played by these wonderful musicians.
EnEnEn, pianist Oscar Grönberg and the choir Aurum plays the iconic album A love supreme at Olavsfestdagene in Trondheim 2017. The choir arrangement is by saxophonist Eirik Hegdal.
A new trio playing modern experimental jazz coming up. Consisting of: Nils-Olav Johansen – guitar, Bjørn Marius Hegge – double bass and Tor Haugerud – drums
A play with an actor, a dancer, a yoiker and a musician. About south-sami internat children from the 90´s. Premiere at Olavsfestdagene in Trondheim with further touring in Norway. Regi: Ane Aas, dance choreography: Mia Habib, acting: Marja Lisa Thomasson, dance: Erlend Danielsen, yoik: Charlotta Kappfjell, percussion, vibraphone and music: Tor Haugerud.
Verken fugl eller fisk, a new play for toddlers has its premiere at Olavsfestdagene in Trondheim. It is about strange creatures which is nor fish nor fowl, and relates to the affects in humans. Personnel: Rohey Taalah and Siri Gjaere – vocals, Tor Haugerud – drums, Gunnhild Hjertaas and Siri Schnell Juvik – actors, Lise Hovik – director.
EnEnEn recently released their new album Grønn & Gul on the label Particular Recordings Collective. Yet, it is so far a digital album release, but the vinyl will be released at Olavsfestdagene in Trondheim in august. The trio will play several concerts this spring and autumn around Norway and visit Trondheim, Oslo and Inderøy among other places.
Trio Åpen play mostly a combination of modern classical music and free-improvised music, which contain composers like Arne Nordheim, Øistein Sommerfeldt and Sparre Olsen. The trio consists of Catharina Chen – violin, Frida Wærvågen – violincello and Tor Haugerud – percussion. We play both solos, duos and trios and the concert is for children from 1. 7. level at the primery school.
Recently BOL&SNAH toured Italy (24.-27.nov) and visited Bergamo, San Salvo and Napels (Napoli). The tour was a great success with a lot of people on the concerts and the vinyl records were sold out. We tried out some new tunes and they worked perfectly in the set. Italy is real fun!
The Alpaca Ensemble “Mekatonia project”, which was first played at KamFest in 2013, is now being set up at Dokkhuset, Tr.h, 29th of october 2016. The music, composed by Eirik Hegdal, is based on the music-theatre from 2013 along with some older compositions from previous projects. There will be spectacular costumes and scenography at the event.
Recently I played a rather long solo concert at Galleri Vanntårnet at Nesodden outside Oslo. I used low-tuned drums, cymbals, gongs and some small percussion and let the sound inspire to the free improvised concert. Here is a rewiev of the concert. http://www.nesoddguiden.no/en-reise-gjennom-perkusjonsverdenen/
And here is a YouTube video recorded by a listener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqQgBGy9LtE&feature=youtu.be
