tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 7.30 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CEST
Norwegian piano player and composer Norvald Dahl (*1978) is now making his way into the international jazz scene with his solo piano- project Flying High.
Dahl grew up in a family surrounded by folk music. His grandfather was a blacksmith and a fiddler, and also a composer. At the age of five Norvald started improvising on the piano, discovering both white and black keys. He soon took up classical training, but after a few years he found blues, jazz, and improvisation more to his liking. After musical studies in High School, he studied jazz piano intensively at the music conservatory in both Stavanger and Trondheim, and later performed his Master ́s degree at the highly acclaimed Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo....
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tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 7.30 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CEST
Norwegian piano player and composer Norvald Dahl (*1978) is now making his way into the international jazz scene with his solo piano- project Flying High.
Dahl grew up in a family surrounded by folk music. His grandfather was a blacksmith and a fiddler, and also a composer. At the age of five Norvald started improvising on the piano, discovering both white and black keys. He soon took up classical training, but after a few years he found blues, jazz, and improvisation more to his liking. After musical studies in High School, he studied jazz piano intensively at the music conservatory in both Stavanger and Trondheim, and later performed his Master ́s degree at the highly acclaimed Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Over the years Dahl has been involved in many international projects; like his own quartet; Norvald Dahl trio with Jon Irabagon, the sextet Space Riders (with Kike Perdomo), Wayne Brasel Quartet, and Organic Chamber (with Mats Eilertsen & Jon Irabagon).
He also did a duo recording called „The Vision“, together with American drummer Colin Stranahan.
His latest project is the piano trio „Pandemic Solution“, with bass player Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen, whom he recently toured with in Norway and recorded their first album (January 2023).
During his masters at the academy in Oslo, Dahl started working on a solo piano-project that resulted in the recording Flying High which he released on his own record label Blåmann Records.
In 2020 he did a solo piano- tour in Norway, and he has since been developing the project further. His latest performance was in Auditorio de Tenerife during the International jazz day 2022.
The music is influenced by contemporary composers and is both experimental and melodic, expressive and at times hypnotic. There will also be influences from Norwegian folk music, pop and jazz, all carefully blended by Dahl into a captivating performance.
„With Flying High, pianist Norvald Dahl has recorded a set of beautiful and highly personal piano improvisations. At times, the crystalline and patient statements sound like could be an homage to the unique meeting of mountains and sea that takes place in his native region of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Fans of creative solo piano and audiophile recordings will surely add this to their list of favorites.!
Jonathan Kreisberg, Guitarist and composer
NOTE: In 2024, the concerts at the LOFT will start round 8pm - the LOFT opens approx. 30min before the concerts begin.
Exceptions (until Eastern): Sunday Concerts (start approx at 6pm, if not noted otherwise).
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