Tag: music
New conductor strikes sour note
UPDATED: Vasily Petrenko won rave reviews this week after conducting his first season openers of the Oslo Philharmonic, but he also caused offense off...
Russian wins queen’s music competition
Soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan from Russia won first prize in Norwegian Queen Sonja's International Music Competition over the weekend. The queen said she was proud...
Neil Young concerts cancelled
Rock legend Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse delivered a critically acclaimed concert in Oslo Wednesday evening, but something went wrong afterwards. His...
Petrenko takes on Philharmonic
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra is finally about to officially take on the young Russian, Vasily Petrenko, as its new conductor, and vice versa. After...
Orchestras losing money
Norway's philharmonic orchestras both in Oslo and Bergen have racked up losses and been forced to chip into their capital accounts. Both blame the...
Eurovision winner back home again
Margaret Berger, who represented Norway in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, was back on stage in Trondheim this week, not far from where she...
Music dies hard at Vestfold festival
For more than 20 years, the large Vestfoldfestspillene music festival has been a much-loved tradition for residents of Vestfold County and their many summer...
Röyksopp back to court
Electronica duo Röyksopp must head back to court for a second time, to face a former colleague who claims Röyksopp's two musicians neglected to...
Now it’s ‘Sir’ Pål, Morten and Magne
All three members of Norway's most internationally popular band ever, a-ha, were invited to meet King Harald V on Monday, seven months after the...
Singer Ole Paus ready for last verse
Ole Paus, a singer-songwriter whose career has spanned almost half a century, is kissing the record business goodbye with no less than a triple...
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