2004 in Norwegian music

Ketil Bjornstad at the Moers Festival.

Kristin Asbjørnsen at the Moers Festival.

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2004 in Norwegian music .

Events

Kurt Nilsen wins the World Idol competition on 1 January.

January

• 1 – The pop/country singer Kurt Nilsen, whom won the first season of the Norwegian version of the reality television show Pop Idol in May 2003, wins the World Idol competition which was a one-off international version of Pop Idol featuring winners of the various national Idol shows.
• 22 – The 7th Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 22 – 25). ^[1]
• 30 – The 23rd annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo (January 30 – 31). ^[2]

February

• 5 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (February 5 – 21). ^[3]

March

• 6 – The election of the participant for Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
• 12 – The annual By:Larm started in Oslo (March 12 – 15). ^[4]

April

• 2
  • The 31st Vossajazz started at Voss (April 2 – 4). ^[5]
  • Magne Thormodsæter was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2004. ^[6]
• 3 – Svein Folkvord performs the commissioned work Across for Vossajazz 2004. ^[7]
• 23 – Ole Blues started in Bergen (April 23 – May 1). ^[8]

May

• 11 – The 15th MaiJazz started in Stavanger (May 11 – 15). ^[9]
• 19
  • The start of Bergen International Music Festival Festspillene i Bergen (May 19 – 30). ^[10]
  • The 32nd Nattjazz started in Bergen (May 19 – 29). ^[11]

June

• 16 – The Norwegian Wood started in Oslo (June 16 – 19). ^[12]
• 30 – The 40th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg (June 30 – July 3). ^[13]

July

• 12 – The 44th Moldejazz started in Molde (July 12 – 17). ^[14]
• 20 – Maria Mena performs "You're the Only One" on Late Show with David Letterman. ^[15]

August

• 5 – The 17th Notodden Blues Festival started in Notodden (August 5 – 8). ^[16]
• 9 – The 19th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 9 – 15). ^[17]
• 11 – The 18th Sildajazz started in Haugesund (August 11 – 15). ^[18]

September

• 1 – The Trondheim Jazz Festival started in Trondheim (September 1 – 5). ^[19]
• 14 – The DølaJazz started in Lillehammer (September 14 – 17). ^[20]
• 30 – The 2nd Ekkofestival started in Bergen (September 30 – Oktober 3. ^[21]

Oktober

• 3 – The Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival started in Oslo (Oktober 3 – 17). ^[22]
• 26 – The 3rd Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 26 – 28). ^[23]

November

• 2 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (November 2 – 7). ^[24]

December

• 11– The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held in Oslo Spektrum. ^[25]

Albums released

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
30	Diverted Travels	Jon Balke & Magnetic North Orchestra	ECM Records	Produced by Jon Balke, Manfred Eicher	[26]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	In Praise of Dreams	Jan Garbarek	ECM Records	Produced by Jan Garbarek, Manfred Eicher	[27]

Unknown date

A

Eivind Aarset

• Connected (Jazzland Recordings) ^[28]

S

Karl Seglem

• New North (NorCD) ^[29]

Deaths

January

• 14 – Terje Bakken, rock singer known as "Valfar", Windir (born 1978). ^[30]

February

• 20 – Ørnulf Gulbransen, classical flautist (born 1916). ^[31]

May

• 13 – Kjell Bækkelund, classical pianist (born 1930). ^[32]

July

• 2 – Carsten Klouman, jazz pianist and band leader (born 1923). ^[33]

October

• 2 – Bjørnar Andresen, jazz bassist (born 1945). ^[34]
• 13 – Erik Bye, journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality (born 1926). ^[35]
• 16 – Jon Bratt Otnes, opera singer and diplomat (born 1919).^{[ citation needed ]}

December

• 21 – Arild Nyquist, singer, author, and visual artist (born 1937). ^[36]
• 26 – Sigurd Køhn, jazz saxophonist, tsunami (born 1959). ^[37]

See also

• 2004 in Norway
• Music of Norway
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

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