Avanthagen 2022
In Avanthagen on Saturday afternoons, new constellations of musicians are often - but not always - presented.
Avanthagen was originally located in one of Kongsberg's finest and oldest courtyards, but since it was either sweltering hot there or splashing rain, the festival found it best and safest to move indoors. And it turns out that Smeltehytta is the perfect place for Avanthagen. This year we are also collaborating with nyMusikk on Avanthagen, and together we have come up with a powerful programme:
– Ingrid Laubrock (sax) & Pat Thomas (piano). This surprising meeting is sure to result in surprising music! Ingrid Laubrock is German, but created a career for herself in London before establishing herself in the USA. There she is now in the front row and plays with musicians such as Myra Melford, Mary Halvorson and Tom Rainey. The Englishman Pat Thomas is of course well known to anyone with an interest in contemporary jazz and improvised music. He has played with people such as Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley, but has also collaborated with Norwegian musicians, such as Ståle Liavik Solberg and Per Zanussi.
- Klaus Ellerhusen Holm (sax and clarinet) solo. The jazz writer Peter Margasak writes in Downbeat that Klaus Ellerhusen Holm is "one of the most curious and exploratory improvisational musicians on Norway's vital and creative music scene". He is probably best known from the band Honest John. There you notice a pull towards Dutch free jazz, but also impulses from contemporary composers such as Webern and Sciarrino. These impulses probably also appear in Holm's solo playing, but here there is reason to expect exciting surprises.
– Tøyen Fil & Klafferi. The ensemble consisting of Hanne Rekdal (flute and bassoon), Kristine Tjøgersen (clarinet), Eira Bjørnstad Foss (violin) and Tove Margrete Erikstad (cello) has distinguished itself as an important mediator of contemporary music in Norway. With performances at, among others, Ultima and Only Connect, they have thrilled the audience with their many debut performances. They come to Avanthagen with two works by Klaus Holm; Chinese Telephone from 2019 and a brand new work, the title of which we will learn at the concert.
Concert start 14:30
The doors open at 14:00
