| Kongsberg Jazz Festival Kongsberg Jazzfestival | |
|---|---|
 Kongsberg Jazzfestival logo. | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Jazz Festival |
| Date(s) | Early July |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Kongsberg |
| Country | Norway |
| Years active | 1964 – present |
| Inaugurated | Founded 1963 |
| Website | kongsbergjazz |
Kongsberg Jazz Festival or Kongsberg Jazzfestival is an international jazz festival that has been held annually in Kongsberg, Norway, since 1964.
Several worldwide great artists have visited Kongsberg during this festival; international stars including Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Nigel Kennedy, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, McCoy Tyner, Radka Toneff, Bobby McFerrin, John Butcher, Anthony Braxton, Diana Krall and Pat Metheny have played in Kongsberg several times. [1] [2]
The festival is also an opportunity for young talented musicians to perform, and many now well-known Norwegian jazz-artists have begun their career in Kongsberg. [3]
The Kongsberg Jazz Award (also called the DNB award, established in 1996) is an award given to the most prominent Norwegian jazz artists of the year at the festival, given in cooperation with DNB. [4]
Until 2011, the prize was 100,000 Norwegian kroner, but from 2012 it was raised to 300,000 Norwegian kroner, which makes it the largest jazz price in Norway. [4] [5]
The award has previously been named DnB NOR-prisen, Vital-prisen and KlartSvar-prisen, for who has sponsored the prize over the years.
The ceremony takes place at the jazz festival's last day. As part of the prize, the winner gives a concert at the festival the following year. [6]
| Year | Award winners | Instruments |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Eirik Hegdal | saxophone |
| 2017 | Marius Neset | saxophone |
| 2016 | Susanna Wallumrød | vocals |
| 2015 | Ellen Andrea Wang | bass |
| 2014 | Mathias Eick | trumpet |
| 2013 | Håkon Mjåset Johansen [5] [7] | drums |
| 2012 | Ola Kvernberg [8] | violin |
| 2011 | Arve Henriksen [9] | trumpet |
| 2010 | Maria Kannegaard [10] | piano |
| 2009 | Ole Morten Vågan [11] | double bass |
| 2008 | Helge Lien [6] [12] | piano |
| 2007 | Morten Qvenild [13] | piano |
| 2006 | Håvard Wiik [14] | piano |
| 2005 | Solveig Slettahjell [15] | vocals |
| 2004 | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten [16] | double bass |
| 2003 | Live Maria Roggen [17] | vocals |
| 2002 | Håkon Kornstad Trio [18] Håkon Kornstad Paal Nilssen-Love Mats Eilertsen | saxophone drums upright-bass |
| 2001 | Christian Wallumrød [19] | piano |
| 2000 | Petter Wettre [20] | saxophone |
| 1999 | Audun Kleive [4] | drums |
| 1998 | Sidsel Endresen [4] | vocals |
| 1997 | Bugge Wesseltoft [4] | piano |
| 1996 | Nils Petter Molvær [4] | trumpet |
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