http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/779167e6-1889-4485-b017-2cca78114f71http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Kaizers-Orchestras-Grand-Finale-at-The-Met/Kaizers Orchestra is a six piece, theatrical alternative rock band and the one of the most groundbreaking bands to come out of the recent Norwegian music scene. The band draws inspiration from a broad range of musical genres, and their live performances have gained them a reputation for being both thrilling and unpredictable. Their music flows through ever changing moods, smooth grooves, disharmonic noises, gypsy songs, catchy rock songs and just plain beautiful tunes. This concert will be performed in Norwegian. Wed, 08 May 2013 18:02:48 GMT66471284-6f69-4fff-826e-1e36fde6f794http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Turbonegro-playing-in-Manhattan-NYC-/Make sure to catch the famous Norwegian rock’n’roll band Turbonegro, when they play at Irving Plaza the 18th of May. The band just released their new album Sexual Harrasment and will start their tour all over the United States with their performance in New York City. Thu, 02 May 2013 20:52:16 GMT5c048b9e-c038-469a-bbb8-21450bca3610http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Per-Brevig-conducting-at-Church-of-Saint-Joseph-NYU/Tuesday May 21 Per Brevig conducts Strathmere Festival Orchestra in an all haydn program. The performance will be held in Church of Saint Joseph at 8 PM. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:54:00 GMTf5aa393c-b1f0-4ae2-9ac8-66952031333ehttp://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Nordic-Jazz-2013/Nordic Jazz kicks off on Friday June 20th with the Norwegian band Christian Wallumrød Ensemble.Twins Jazz will host 5 concerts featuring some of the best jazzmusicians from the Nordic region.Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:50:28 GMT2e2c7cb9-b46a-4806-b814-e5ef52bad119http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Kjersti-Kveli-and-the-KK-GROUP-Annual-Concert--Special-Event-at-the-Norwegian-Church-/Norwegian and New York based singer/songwriter Kjersti Kveli together with her band the KK GROUP, will joyfully give their annual concert at the Norwegian Seamen’s Church on Wednesday April 24th – at 7pm. There will be gifts, surprises and very importantly: very special guests – The Bell Cycle! Consisting of cellist Isabel Castellvi and guitarist and vocalist Rob Chamberlain. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:56:36 GMT5bcea6d4-7668-43d2-99f7-231daf7900efhttp://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Song-of-Norway/A grand operetta in the truest sense, Song of Norway pays homage to the music and story of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg with the perfect combination of thrilling melodies, brilliant lyrics, humor and romance. The Collegiate Chorale will give Wright and Forrest's 1944 classic a fresh and festive presentation on April 30, 6:30 pm at Carnegie Hall, featuring Broadway talents Jason Danieley, Alexandra Silber, Santino Fontana, Walter Charles, Marni Nixon, David Garrison, and Judy Kaye, with Tom Gold Dance, the American Symphony Orchestra, and Conductor/Director Ted Sperling. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:43:10 GMT42062181-bde7-469a-a07e-5950f076a25bhttp://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Trio-of-Norwegian-artists-performing-at-Well-Recital-Hall-in-NYC/“Camilla Ediassen and Friends” come together in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on April 4 at 8 PM. They will perform a varied program of music by Russian, Norwegian, American, and Scottish composers. Soprano Camilla Ediassen, flutist Ingrid Holmen and pianist Erling Erikson makes the Norwegian Trio. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:54:30 GMT853873e8-245b-4b87-80e8-c33053928464http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Kvelertak-is-playing-in-NYC-on-the-National-Day-of-Norway-March-17/The hardcore favorites of Kvelertak will be playing in NYC at Webster Hall on the National Day of Norway, on May 17. The band is going on an extended U.S. tour this spring, joined by the metal bands Cancer Bats and Black tusk. Equally loved by fans and critics, Kvelertak is known for their high energy shows and performing with Norwegian lyrics. Kvelertak (meaning stranglehold or chokehold) is a six-piece black n roll band from Stavanger, Norway, formed in 2007. All lyrics are written in Norwegian, the band’s native language, and concerning Norse mythology/Viking folklore.Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:17:11 GMT4533d9ca-d3ea-4ccb-97a3-6421242e1335http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Eivind-Opsvik-performing-at-Nublu-in-NYC-/Eivind Opsvik is a Norwegian musician who has been based in New York over the last 15 years. Opsvik just released a fourth album with his band “Overseas” and will perform in NYC every Thursday in March at Nublu, located in the East Village on Manhattan. Two of the nights the show will feature his band “Overseas”, while the other two will show a new project called “empty lights”. All nights music starts at 9 PM.Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:26:30 GMT787384d9-044b-46f3-9680-95c8b0d6a80bhttp://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Pianist-Tor-Espen-Aspaas-at-Carnegie-Hall/Tor Espen Aspaas is one of the most outstanding pianists and music communicators of his generation in Norway. In 2006 he was appointed university professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NAoM). He will give his US debut Recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall March 19th at 8pm. He has chosen a program that presents gems of Norwegian piano music, with works by Edvard Grieg and Egil Hovland, combined and contrasted with works by Debussy and Szymanowski. Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:40:49 GMT3c35e6d3-8525-4922-a431-e80a5837f6fchttp://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Nils-Bech-performs-at-SculptureCenter/Renowned Norwegian singer and performance artist Nils Bech will perform songs from and launch his new album Look Inside as part of SculptureCenter’s SC Evenings event-based public program series. For his performance at SculptureCenter, Bech will incorporate sculptural objects as props and stage elements developed by fellow artist Eirik Sæther. In addition, the composer and musician Julian Skar will perform the music. Bech uses objects, environments, movement and music to develop minimal performances that support his haunting songs. This will be the U.S. premier of this new album. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:14:10 GMTc256877f-a0e7-4440-82e6-a8ab3b7f7e58http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Highasakite-playing-in-NYC/Critically acclaimed Highasakite is playing two shows in NYC on March 20 and 21. The Norwegian Indie Pop band is quite busy these days, as they are ready to launch "The In and Out of Weeks EP", their first international release March 5, as well as they are playing at the SXSW Festival in Houston Texas. The two shows in NYC will be in both Brooklyn (Glasslands Gallery) and Manhattan (Mercury Lounge), and you don't want to miss out on these, as Highasakite very mell might be the most interesting Norwegian up and coming band right now. Highasakite just got their first Norwegian Grammy nomination for Best New Act, as they have already seduced the Norwegian music scene. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:54:41 GMT179490d3-0c5d-46f9-8403-c266899ac8a5http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Norwegian-acts-to-SXSW-2013/Bernhoft, Marit Larsen and Karpe Diem are just some of the Norwegian acts scheduled to perform at the world’s largest industry festival in Austin, TX, March 8-12, 2013. Norwegian bands have for several years made a strong showing at the South By Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. With more than 13,000 industry representatives in attendance, the festival is a great opportunity to promote Norwegian music abroad. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:25:10 GMTcef972ba-c699-463a-910b-9bdffb3a51d7http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Jarle-Bernhoft-plays-at-SXSW-and-in-New-York-City/Norwegian number one-selling singing sensation Bernhoft brings his one-man band to the US to perform at SXSW as well as Joe’s Pub in Manhattan and Glasslands in Brooklyn. Bernhoft is taking the world by storm. He has already performed on major international TVs like French Taratata, US Ellen De Generes, German Harald Schmidt Show and many more.Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:13:03 GMTb42ff151-afcb-42fa-bf15-4fa27a88814fhttp://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Munch-Reflection--a-concert-in-NYC/For the very first time pianist and composer Aksel Kolstad will perform one his small Edvard Munch concert-reflections through a musical and creative perspective in NYC. The concert reflects his interpretation of Edvard Munch's art and paintings. Kolstad makes music that accompanies Munch`s art and tells stories inspired from the parts of Munch`s life seldom told. The material is based on stories written by Christine Munch, a decendant from Edvard himself.Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:55:50 GMT080e4ac7-658a-4dfa-8636-81f1d0171f80http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Sondre-Lerche-to-perform-at-American-Songbook/Sondre Lerche will play a special concert as a part of the American Songbook series of concerts. The performance will feature a string quartet, band and songs from his entire songbook. Lerche is one of the most intriguing young singer-songwriters working today, melding jazzy folk and punchy pop sounds with an engaging melodic instinct, and vivid lyricism. After early success in his native Norway (named Best New Artist at the Norwegian Grammys), Lerche moved to New York in 2005 and quickly built on his reputation for beautifully crafted songs delivered in an outgoing, immediate style.Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:45:00 GMTf39229ca-a356-4fc5-9312-f2056ef5c605http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Ingebrigt-Haker-Flaten---Jazz-in-New-york-and-Chicago/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten is a Norwegian bassist active in the jazz and free jazz genres. This January he will be playing several concerts in New York City and Chicago. Check out dates and venues below.Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:30:52 GMTa3b267b7-a3e9-4e30-9f80-067163a7b7b1http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Music-Suite-Music-at-the-NGA/A packed house attended the world premiere of Kjell Habbestads “The Munch Suite” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. sunday. The concert was the official kick-off for The International Munch Year 2013 – in celebration of the 150 anniversary of the birth of the famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:49:46 GMT72c49ffb-aa60-4a91-b52b-3759142a2e6ehttp://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Todd-Terje-in-New-York/As his only appearance during his early spring tour of 2013, the disco-inspired Todd Terje will be playing in New York on January 31. He is one of Norway's leading DJs and producers within the field of electronic dance music. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:31:44 GMT189db5a8-6426-4fcc-b3cc-15c481225ffahttp://www.norway.org/News_and_events/Culture/Music/Enslaved-US-Tour1/The progressive black metal band Enslaved heads out on an extensive North American tour in January 2013. The will round up this tour in New York February 22. at Bowery Ballroom. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:57:11 GMT