FIRST 1982 FESTIVAL WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!

The 1982 Festival was a big success! Thank you to everyone who participated; artists, audience, volunteers. Special thanks to Bergen Kjøtt, and to Norwegian Arts Council and Norsk jazzforum for generous support.

Photos by Stig Anderson

1982 FESTIVAL AUG 27-31, 2015

Picture1982 Festival is held at Bergen Kjøtt


THURSDAY, AUG 27th
19:30

Opening performance: LUND/SKARBØ
ELISABETH FÆRØY LUND: performance. ØYVIND SKARBØ: drums

1982 feat. BJ COLE
BJ COLE (UK): pedal steel. NILS ØKLAND: Hardanger fiddles, violin. SIGBJØRN APELAND: harmonium. ØYVIND SKARBØ: drums.
FRIDAY, AUG 28th
19:30

1982 feat. KRISTIN BOLSTAD
KRISTIN BOLSTAD: electronics, samples. NILS ØKLAND: Hardanger fiddles, violin. SIGBJØRN APELAND: harmonium. ØYVIND SKARBØ: drums.

LUMEN DRONES
NILS ØKLAND: fiddles. PER STEINAR LIE: guitars. ØRJAN HAALAND: drums.
SATURDAY, AUG 29th
19:30

LYDEN AV AURORA
FREDRIK RYSJEDAL: animation, concept and direction. NILS ØKLAND: Hardanger fiddles, violin. SIGBJØRN APELAND: harmonium. ØYVIND SKARBØ: drums.

1982 feat. TRYGVE SEIM & STIAN OMENÅS
TRYGVE SEIM: soprano and tenor saxophone. STIAN OMENÅS: trumpet, percussion. NILS ØKLAND: fiddles. SIGBJØRN APELAND: harmonium. ØYVIND SKARBØ: drums.
SUNDAY, AUG 30th
19:30

SIGBJØRN APELAND SOLO
SIGBJØRN APELAND: harmonium, broken instruments

1982 feat. FREDRIK LJUNGKVIST
FREDRIK LJUNGKVIST (SE): clarinet, saxophones. NILS ØKLAND: Hardanger fiddles, violin. SIGBJØRN APELAND: harmonium. ØYVIND SKARBØ: drums.
MONDAY, AUG 31st
12:00
FREDRIK LJUNGKVIST MASTERCLASS
At Griegakademiet, entrance from Lars Hilles gate. Free, and open to everyone, including non-musicians.
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Five days of music, art and waffles.
For the first time, 1982 invites new and old friends to perform with us at the 1982 Festival. Held at the very special Bergen Kjøtt in Bergen, Norway, the former meat factory is now buzzing with creativity from the 300+ artists who now uses it for their studios. The first floor is a more or less untouched large room with great acoustics, where all the concerts will be held. Artist Elisabeth Færøy Lund, who has taken all the photographs for 1982's albums, will create a very special photo exhibition, showing for the first time the complete series the album covers are taken from. A very unique work of art, and worth the admission price alone.

The opening day brings out a rare perfomance from the same Lund, in collaboration with 1982's Øyvind Skarbø. Later, the audience can enjoy an almost just as rare concert with the trio plus pedal steel legend BJ Cole. His resumé is as long as a the law. Some of these names should ring a bell; Sting, Bjørk, Elton John, Arve Henriksen, Hanson Brothers... and 1982. The album 1982+BJ Cole (Hubro 2012) was considered one of the best albums that year, by as diverse sources as financial newspaper Dagens Næringsliv, hipster radio channel NRK P3, and American blog Jazzwrap.
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Friday opens with a commisioned work by composer and performer Kristin Bolstad. The piece was ordered by NOTAM and was premiéred in Oslo in January 2014. In the piece, the sound of 1982 gets electro-acoustic treatment, to bring out totally new sides of the group.

This is followed up by Lumen Drones, a trio consisting of Nils Økland along with members of indie/post-rock outfit Low Frequency in Stereo.  Their debut on ECM gathered a lot of praise, and was a somewhat surprising release from the label, in a new and a louder direction than usual.



On Saturday we'll see the refined work of graphic artist Fredrik Rysjedal. Currently doing a PhD at the National Academy of the Arts, Rysjedal is redefining what a comic book is and can be. Utilizing new technology, the result is a live comic book. Lyden av Aurora is a very touching story about his grandfather during the second World War. 1982 provides the live music.

The evening ends with 1982 as a quintet for the first time ever, featuring two of our favourite musicians; Trygve Seim and Stian Omenås. Seim has performed with 1982  in quartet twice before. Omenås was the composer and director for the first half of the much celebrated 1982 album A/B (Hubro 2014). This is the first time he is playing live with the band.
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Stian Omenås. Photo: Ingeborg Øien Thorsland.
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Trygve Seim
PictureFredrik Ljungkvist


The last day of concerts begins with a taste of Sigbjørn Apeland's much anticipated follow up to his debut album Glossolalia (Hubro 2011). In his new project he works with broken instruments. We are very excited to see what he's up to this time around.

Fredrik Ljungkvist is one of our absolute favourites. That's also why the Swedish saxophonist and clarinetist played a very important part on the A/B album. This will be the first time he performs live with 1982.

On Monday 31, Fredrik will give a special masterclass in collaboration with The Grieg Academy. The masterclass is free and open to anyone, including non-musicians. Feel welcome to come learn more about the mind and ways of this living legend.
BASIC INFO

WHERE: Bergen Kjøtt, Skuteviksveien 1, Bergen, Norway.
Fredrik Ljungkvist Masterclass is at Griegakademiet. Entrance from Lars Hilles gate.

WHEN: Doors open 19:00, concerts starts 19:30, all days.

ADMISSION FEE:
Adults: 150,-
Students: 80,-

Festival pass: 400,-
Festival pass students: 250,-

No age restriction.

FOOD, DRINKS & MERCHANDISE:
Drinks and something eatable will be sold. But have dinner before you come. All 1982 releases will be available for sale, both in CD and LP format.

SUPPORT:
1982 Festival is funded by Norwegian Arts Council and Norsk jazzforum. Thank you!

ANY QUESTIONS?
oyvindskarbo@gmail.com