2013 in Norwegian music

Jorun Marie Kvernberg
at the Gdansk Tindra Kroke concert.

Knut Reiersrud at Notodden Blues Festival.

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2013 in Norwegian music .

Events

January

• 23 Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø (January 23–27). ^[1]
• 25
  • Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 25 – February 2). ^[2]
  • Nils Anders Mortensen (piano) was awarded the Nordlysprisen 2013 at Nordlysfestivalen. ^[3]
• 31
  • The Polarjazz Festival 2013 started in Longyearbyen (January 31 – February 7). ^[4]
  • 31 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (January 31 – February 16). ^[5]

March

• 8 – Narvik Winter Festival started (March 8–17). ^[6]
• 22 – Vossajazz started in Voss Municipality (March 22–24). ^[7]
• 23
  • Tore Brunborg was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2013 as well as the Buddyprisen 2012 at Vossajazz. ^[8]
  • Stian Carstensen performed the commissioned work Flipp for Vossajazz 2013. ^[9]
• 27 – Inferno Metal Festival 2014 started in Oslo (March 27–30). ^[10]

April

• 24 – SoddJazz 2013 started in Inderøy Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag (April 24–28). ^[11]

May

• 22 Festspillene i Bergen starts (May 22 – June 5) ^[12]
• 22 Nattjazz starts in Bergen (May 23 – June 1) ^[13]

June

• 12 – Bergenfest 2013 started in Bergen (June 12–15). ^[14]
• 13 – Norwegian Wood 2013 started in Oslo (June 13–16). ^[15]

July

• 3 – Kongsberg Jazzfestival started (July 3 – 6). ^[16]
• 7 – Lofoten Piano Festival started in Lofoten (July 7–12). ^[17]
• 15 Moldejazz starts in Molde with Jason Moran as artist in residence (July 15–20). ^[18]

August

• 1 – The 26th Notodden Blues Festival started in Notodden (August 1 – 4). ^[19]
• 12 – Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 12–17). ^[20]
• 13 – Erlend Skomsvoll was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2013 at the Oslo Jazzfestival. ^[21]

September

• 5 – Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival 2014 starts in Oslo (September 5–14). ^[22]
• 6 – Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 6–8). ^[23]

October

• 24 – The 12th Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 24–26). ^[24]
• 25 – The 10th Ekkofestival started in Bergen (October 25 – November 3). ^[25]
• 29 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (October 29 – November 3). ^[26]

November

• 13 – The Vardø Blues Festival (Blues i Vintermørket) started (November 13 – 17). ^[27]
• 21 – The 8th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (November 21 – 24). ^[28]

December

• 11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena. ^[29]

Albums released

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Verden Er Enkel	Honningbarna	Virgin		[30]

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
4	There's A Hole In The Mountain	Atomic	Losen Records		[31]
12	La Notte	Ketil Bjørnstad	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[32]
	Still Life with Eggplant	Motorpsycho and Reine Fiske	Rune Grammofon	Produced by Bent Sæther	[33]
	Map Of The World – Music For Guitar	Gjermund Titlestad	Ponca Jazz Records		[34]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
14	Melodic Warrior	Terje Rypdal with The Hilliard Ensemble	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[35]
25	OWL Trio	Lage Lund, Orlando le Fleming, Will Vinson	Losen		[36]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Ville Ord	Frida Ånnevik	Grappa	Recipient of the Spellemannprisen lyricist award	[37] [38]
9	Duolia	Duplex	NorCD		[39]
	Sketches of ...	Duplex	NorCD		[40]
11	Logic	Mopti	Ocean Sound Recordings		[41]
20	Russian Dream	Andrea Kvintett	NorCD		[42]
	The Forester	Susanna and Ensemble neoN	SusannaSonata	Produced by Deathprod and Susanna	[43]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Places of Worship	Arve Henriksen	Rune Grammofon		[44]
8	We Are All Small Pixels	Pixel	Cuneiform Records		[45]
18	NyeSongar.no	Karl Seglem	NorCD		[46]
25	New Circle	Geir Lysne	ACT Music		[47]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
29	Dagane	Daniel Herskedal	NorCD		[48]

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New Artists

• Monica Heldal received the Spellemannprisen award, as 'Best newcomer of the year 2013', for the album Boy From The North and was with that also recipient of the Gramo grant. ^[49]

Deaths

January

• 14 – Morten Mølster, rock guitarist, The September When (born 1962). ^[50]
• 25 – Aase Nordmo Løvberg, opera singer (born 1923). ^[51]

February

• 1 – Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, musicologist, contemporary classical composer, music critic and biographer (born 1926). ^[52]
• 5 – Egil Hovland, contemporary classical composer (born 1924). ^[53]
• 8 – Knut Nesbø, rock and folk guitarist, Di Derre (born 1961). ^[54]

March

• 18 – Eivind Rølles, guitarist and pop singer, The Monroes, cancer (born 1959). ^[55]

April

• 17 – Yngve Moe, jazz and rock bass guitarist, Dance with a Stranger, fell in coma, after drowning in Tenerife, Spain (born 1957). ^[56]

May

• 19 – Anders Vangen, operatic singer (born 1960). ^[57]

July

• 1 – Rolf Graf, jazz-rock bass guitarist, Lava, cancer (born 1960). ^[58]
• 29 – Ole Henrik Moe, classical pianist, art historian and critic (born 1920). ^[59]

August

• 18 – Rolv Wesenlund, comedian, singer, jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, writer, and actor (born 1936). ^[60]
• 29 – Kjell Lund, architect, songwriter and singer (born 1927). ^[61]

September

• 17 – Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-born artist, songwriter and record producer (born 1949). ^[62]
• 24 – Sverre Bruland, classical conductor and trumpeter (born 1923). ^[63]
• 26 – Arnstein Johansen, accordionist (born 1925). ^[64]

October

• 2 – Kaare Ørnung, classical pianist, entertainer and music teacher (born 1931). ^[65]
• 19 – Lage Fosheim, pop singer, The Monroes, cancer (born 1958). ^[66]

See also

• 2013 in Norway
• Music of Norway
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

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