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05-Feb-2010
by Rob Howard
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 The Portland Jazz Festival takes place from February 25th to 28th at venues in Portland, Oregon. One of the main features this year is ‘New Music’ from Norway, and amongst the artistes involved are the saxophone/accordion due of Trygve Seim and Frode Halti. Their concerts take place, as follows:February 26th, 5.30pm - Art Bar 27th, 3pm - Norse Hall Key figures in Norwegian ‘New Music’, Trygve Seim and Frode Haltli have played together since 2001. Accordionist Frode Haltli plays contemporary music, but also has a background of playing folk dance music. Both Seim and Haltli are prize-winning artistes. Seim’s CD ‘Different Rivers’ won the annual prize of the German Record Critics (Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2001). Similarly, Haltli’s solo album ‘Looking on Darkness’ won the French Prix Gus Viseur in 2004 as well as the Norwegian Spellemannprisen for Best Contemporary Music Album. |