2012 in Norwegian music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2012 in Norwegian music.

Events

January

• 25 – Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø (January 25–28).^[1]
• 27
  • Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 27 – February 4).^[2]
  • Inga Juuso (vocals) was awarded the Nordlysprisen 2012 at Nordlysfestivalen.^[3]

February

• 1 – The Polarjazz Festival 2012 started in Longyearbyen (February 1 – 5).
• 2 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (February 2 – 18).^[4]

March

• 9 – Narvik Winter Festival started (March 9 – 18).^[5]
• 30 – Vossajazz started in Voss (March 30 – April 2).^[6]
• 31
  • Sigrid Moldestad was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2012.^[7]
  • Karl Seglem performs the commissioned work Som Spor at Vossajazz.^[8]

April

• 25 – SoddJazz 2012 started in Inderøy Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag (April 25–29).^[9]

May

• 5 – Mathias Eick Quintet was recipient of the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2012.^[10]
• 23
  • Festspillene i Bergen starts (May 23 – June 6)^[11]
  • Nattjazz starts in Bergen (May 23 – June 2)^[12]

June

• 14 – Norwegian Wood 2012 started in Oslo (June 14 – 17).
• 21 – Bergenfest 2012 started in Bergen (June 21–24).^[13]

July

• 4 – Kongsberg Jazzfestival started at Kongsberg (July 4–7).^[14]
• 7 – Ola Kvernberg was recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award or DNB.prisen 2012 at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.^[15]
• 16 – Moldejazz started in Molde with Jon Balke as artist in residence (July 16–21).^[16]
• 17
  • Mopti was awarded the JazzIntro 2012.^[17]
  • Anja Eline Skybakmoen was awarded the Jazztalent 2012.^[17]
  • Albatrosh was awarded the JazZtipendiat 2012.^[17]

August

• 13
  • Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 13–18).^[18]
  • Bugge Wesseltoft was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2012 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.^[18]

September

• 6 – Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 6 – 8).^[19]

October

• 22 – The Ekkofestival started in Bergen (October 22 – November 3).^[20]
• 25 – The Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 25 – 27).^[21]
• 30 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (October 30 – November 4).^[22]

November

• 14 – The Vardø Blues Festival (Blues i Vintermørket) started (November 14 – 18).^[23]
• 15 – The 7th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (November 15 – 18).^[24]

December

• 11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena.^[25]

Albums released

January

• 27
  • The Well by Tord Gustavsen Quartet (ECM Records).^[26]
  • Klangkammer 1 by Stian Omenås.^[27]

February

• 10 – The Death Defying Unicorn by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken (Rune Grammofon).^[28]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Numb, Number	BOL, with Westerhus / Snah	Gigafon		^[29]
16	Wild Dog	Susanna	Rune Grammofon	Produced by Deathprod and Susanna	^[30]

April

• 27 – Andrea Kvintett by Andrea Rydin Berge.^[31]

May

• 8 – Reminder by Pixel (Cuneiform Records).^[32]
• 11
  • Cabin Music by Ballrogg^[33]
  • Northern Arc by Northern Arc^[34]

August

• 27 – Neck of the Woods by Marius Neset and Daniel Herskedal (Edition Records).^[35]

September

• 7 – Atlantis by Elephant9, with Reine Fiske (Rune Grammofon).^[36]
• 14 – Möya Og Myten by Eplemøya Songlag (Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Liv Ulvik, Wenche Losnegård)^[37]

October

• 14 – Her Name and Mine – The Oslo Recordings by Fredrik Mikkelsen and Pernille Koch (Little Blue Records).^[38]

November

• 9 – Dream Logic by Eivind Aarset (ECM Records).^[39]
• 16 – Noctilucent by Espen Berg (Atterklang – AKLANG306).^[40]

Unknown date

A

• Andrea Kvintett by Andrea Kvintett.^[41]

B

• Mari Kvien Brunvoll by Mari Kvien Brunvoll.^[42]

W

• Spinnaker by Winther – Storm.^[43]

New Artists

• LidoLido received the Spellemannprisen award, as 'Best newcomer of the year 2012', for the album Pretty Girls & Grey Sweaters and was with that also recipient of the Gramo grant.^[44]
• Mopti was awarded the 2012 'JazzIntro' by the Norwegian Jazz Associations at the Moldejazz, July 17, 2012.^[45]

Deaths

January

• 4 – Totti Bergh, jazz saxophonist (born 1935).^[46]
• 31 – Anders Eikås, rock drummer, Honningbarna (car accident) (born 1992).^[47]

February

• 13 – Nils Grinde, classical organist, musicologist, and theatre historian (born 1927)^[48]
• 22 – Eivin One Pedersen, jazz accordionist and pianist (born 1956).^[49]

March

• 15 – Edvard Hagerup Bull, contemporary classical composer (born 1922).^[50]

April

• 30 – Finn Benestad, musicologist (born 1929)^[51]

May

• 13 – Trond Bråthen alias "Trondr Nefas", black metal singer and guitarist, Urgehal (born 1977).^[52]

June

• 26 – Harry W. Kvebæk, classical trumpeter and academic (born 1925).^[53]

November

• 3
  • Anne-Lise Berntsen, operatic soprano singer (born 1943).^[54]
  • Odd Børretzen, author and folk singer, pneumonia (born 1926).^[55]
• 15 – Frode Thingnæs, jazz trombonist and bandleader, complications from a heart attack (born 1940).^[56]
• 26 – Per Tveit, classical pianist and composer (born 1951)^[57]

See also

• 2012 in Norway
• Music of Norway
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marilyn Mazur til Bodø Jazz Open 2012 . Norwegian . BodoJazzOpen.no . 2015-04-24.
2. Web site: Nordlysfestivalen 2012 . Norwegian . TromsoBy.no . 2015-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112746/http://tromsoby.no/node/17039 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
3. Web site: Nordlyspris til spellemann Inga Juuso . Norwegian . Helge . Matland . FestivalMagasinet.com . 2012-01-30 . 2015-04-26 . 2016-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316045635/http://www.festivalmagasinet.com/2012/01/30/nordlyspris-til-spellemann-inga-juuso/ . dead .
4. Web site: Kristiansund Opera Festival 2012 . MIC.no . 2016-02-22.
5. Web site: Winter festival in Narvik . Norwegian . NorwayPost.no . 2016-02-22.
6. Web site: Månadleg arkiv: april 2011 . Norwegian . . 2015-04-19.
7. Web site: VOSSA JAZZ-PRISEN 2012 til Sigrid Moldestad . Norwegian . . 2015-04-21 . https://archive.today/20150422103013/http://www.hordaland.no/Hordaland-fylkeskommune/Kultur/Arkiv---kultur/2012/April/VOSSA-JAZZ-PRISEN-2012-til-Sigrid-Moldestad- . 2015-04-22 . dead .
8. News: "Verdensjazz" som bestilt . Norwegian . . 2015-04-21.
9. Web site: Soddjazz 2012 . Norwegian . Inderoy.no . 2015-04-30.
10. Web site: Mathias Eick Quintet wins the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2012 . Andreasen . Guttorm . ListenTo.no . 2012-05-07 . 2015-04-24.
11. Web site: Festspillene 2012: Omfangsrik 60-årsjubilant . https://archive.today/20150422004048/http://www.fib.no/no/Artikler-og-nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/Festspillene-2012-Omfangsrik-60-arsjubilant . dead . April 22, 2015 . Norwegian . . 2015-04-21 .
12. Web site: NATTJAZZ 2012 / 23. mai – 2. juni . Norwegian . UnderSkog.no . 2015-04-21.
13. News: BERGENFEST 2012 . Norwegian . MusicFestivalJunkies.com . 2015-04-22.
14. Web site: Kongsberg Jazzfestival: 4. –7. juli 2012 Kongsberg . Gaffa.com . 2015-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041645/http://gaffa.com/Festivalguide/festival/226 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
15. Web site: DNB-prisen til Ola Kvernberg . Norwegian . JazzINorge.no . 2014-07-05 . 2015-04-24.
16. Web site: 2012 Artists! . Norwegian . . 2015-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114406/http://www.moldejazz.no/2012/index.php?page_id=16622 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
17. Web site: Jazzprisfestivalen i Molde . Norwegian . MIC.no . 2015-04-22.
18. Web site: Bugge Wesseltoft priset . Norwegian . Ballade.no . 2012-08-14 . 2015-04-26.
19. Web site: Punkt Festival 2012 Artist: Brian Eno on the Punkt stage . Norwegian . . 2016-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306121402/http://punktfestival.no/punkt-festival-2012-artist-brian-eno-on-the-punkt-stage/ . 2016-03-06 . dead .
20. Web site: Ekko Festival 2012 . Songkick.com . 2018-03-06.
21. Web site: Insomnia Festival 2012 . Songkick.com . 2018-03-06.
22. Web site: Oslo World Music Festival 2012 . MIC.no . 2018-03-06.
23. Web site: Blues i Vintermørket 2012 . MIC.no . 2018-03-06.
24. Web site: Barents Jazz 2012 . MIC.no. 2018-03-06.
25. Web site: Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2012 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2018-03-05.
26. Web site: Tord Gustavsen / Tord Gustavsen Quartet – The Well . . 2016-02-22.
27. Web site: Stian Omenås – Klangkammer 1 . . 2015-04-22.
28. Web site: Motorpsycho And Stale Storlokken Present: The Death Defying Unicorn . John . Kelman . . 2012-03-18 . 2015-05-02.
29. Web site: Bol (2) . Discography . . 2015-05-21.
30. Web site: Susanna – Wild Dog . . 2018-02-08.
31. Web site: Andrea Kvintett – Russian Dream / Andrea – Andrea Kvintett . Norwegian . RadioLudo.no . 2015-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103137/http://www.radioludo.no/index.php/669-andrea-andrea-kvintett . 2016-03-04 . dead .
32. Web site: Pixel: Reminder (2012) Track Review . Bruce . Lindsay . . 2012-06-11 . 2016-02-22.
33. Web site: Ballrogg – Cabin Music . . 2015-04-22.
34. Web site: Northern Arc – Northern Arc . ArtistXite.com . 2015-04-22.
35. Web site: A pristine production from the young Norwegian duo . Martin . Longley . . 2012 . 2015-02-23.
36. Web site: Elephant9 With Reine Fiske – Atlantis . Discography . . 2016-02-21.
37. Web site: Eplemöya Songlag – Möya Og Myten . . 2015-04-22.
38. Web site: The Oslo Recordings by Her Name and Mine . HerNameAndMine.bandcamp.com . 2015-05-09.
39. Web site: Eivind Aarset – Dream Logic . . 2015-04-21.
40. Web site: Espen Berg (2) – Noctilucent . . 2017-10-26.
41. Web site: Andrea Kvintett, Andrea Rydin Berge – Andrea Kvintett . . 2015-04-24.
42. Web site: Mari Kvien Brunvoll – Mari Kvien Brunvoll . . 2015-04-22.
43. Web site: Winther* – Storm* – Spinnaker . . 2015-04-24.
44. Web site: Vinnerne under Spellemannprisen 2011 . Norwegian . Hegnar.no . 2012-01-15 . 2015-04-21.
45. Web site: Mopti vant Jazzintro . Norwegian . Camilla Slaattun . Brauer . JazzINorge.no . 2012-07-17 . 2015-04-21.
46. News: Totti Bergh er død . Norwegian . Erling . Wicklund . Erling Wicklund . . 2012-01-04 . 2016-02-16.
47. News: Honningbarna-trommeslager er død . Norwegian . Ola Nymo . Trulsen . Daniel . Eriksen . . 2012-01-31 . 2016-02-16.
48. Encyclopedia: Nils Grinde . . Øyvind . Norheim . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2014-07-01 . 2017-04-29.
49. Web site: Eivin One Pedersen . Norwegian . MIC.no . 2017-03-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034004/http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2012031509315535981689 . 2016-03-04 .
50. News: Red. . Edvard Hagerup Bull er død . Norwegian . Ballade.no . 2012-03-19 . 2016-02-20.
51. Encyclopedia: Finn Benestad . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2012-05-09 . 2017-04-29.
52. Web site: Urgehal Frontman Trondr Nefas Dies at 35 . Loudwire.com . 2012-05-16 . 2016-02-21.
53. Encyclopedia: Harry William Kvebæk . . no . Askheim . Svein . 2014-11-21 . 2016-02-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151202205553/https://snl.no/Harry_William_Kveb%C3%A6k . 2015-12-02 .
54. News: Anne-Lise Berntsen er død . Norwegian . Thea . Steen . . 2012-11-03 . 2016-02-21.
55. News: Odd Børretzen er død . no . Maria . Mikkelsen . Øyvind . Gustavsen . Jorid . Nordmelan . . 2012-01-03 . 2016-02-21.
56. News: Tone . Staude . Oddvin . Aune . Frode Thingnæs er død . no . . 2012-11-15 . 2016-02-20.
57. News: Per Tveit er død . Tveitan . Flemming Hofmann . . no . 2012-11-27 . 2017-04-29.