Improbasen is a nationwide center in Norway, where children learn to play jazz.
Improbasen is a nationwide center in Norway, where children learn to play jazz.
Improbasens methods for teaching even small children to play complex music, has attracted attention all over Norway and abroad. Since 2008, some of the most progressive jazz musicians in Norway, including Thomas Strønen, Ole Morten Vågan, Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen, Mats Eilertsen, Hanna Paulsberg and Tore Brunborg, have conducted workshops at the center. [1] [2]
Improbasen has engaged in comprehensive educational projects in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Japan. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
The center also helped develop the jazz club Barnas Jazzhus, and the international festival Kids in Jazz. In August 2014, the founder of Improbasen, Odd André Elveland, received the award Ella-prisen for his work with children and jazz. [12] [13] [14]
Montreux is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud, having a population of approximately 26,500, with about 85,000 in the Vevey-Montreux agglomeration as of 2019.
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Frode Fjellheim is a Southern Saami yoiker and musician from Norway. He is best known for his band Transjoik and as the composer of the 2002 song "Eatnemen Vuelie", which was later adapted to become the opening musical number of Frozen. Fjellheim was raised in Gausdal Municipality and Karasjok Municipality, and is South Sámi.
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Oslo International Jazz Festival is a Norwegian music event, held in August, with a focus on music form the jazz genre, performed on stages in Oslo.
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2012 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2014 in Norwegian music.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2012.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2014.
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