Silent Fires at Det Italianske Institutt (istituto Italiano Di Cultura)

Silent Fires reunites four young emerging talents from the European improvised music scene: Karoline Wallace (Øra Fonogram), Hilde Marie Holsen (Hubro Records — 12Points-Festival winner), Håkon Aase (ECM Records) and bandleader Alessandro Sgobbio (AMP Records — UmbriaJazz Contest winner). Their repertoire merges acoustic & electronic fragments with spiritual lyrics — into both written and improvised soundscapes. Silent Fires regularly tours Norway & Europe — thanks to the financial support of Norsk Jazzforum and Music Norway — often improvising on stage with Norwegian dancer Synne Garvik...

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Silent Fires reunites four young emerging talents from the European improvised music scene: Karoline Wallace (Øra Fonogram), Hilde Marie Holsen (Hubro Records — 12Points-Festival winner), Håkon Aase (ECM Records) and bandleader Alessandro Sgobbio (AMP Records — UmbriaJazz Contest winner). Their repertoire merges acoustic & electronic fragments with spiritual lyrics — into both written and improvised soundscapes. Silent Fires regularly tours Norway & Europe — thanks to the financial support of Norsk Jazzforum and Music Norway — often improvising on stage with Norwegian dancer Synne Garvik. Their new album “Forests” will be released in December 2019 on AMP Records.

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