Oslo International Jazz Festival (Oslo Jazzfestival, established 1986 in Norway) is a Norwegian music event, held in August, with a focus on music from the jazz genre, performed on stages in Oslo.
History The pilot project (1984–1985) was initiated by Aage Teigen. The first festival in 1986, had more than forty volunteers and the event received 350 000 Norwegian kroner in donations from Oslo Municipality. The music was largely traditional jazz, Dixieland, New Orleans jazz, etc. The organization became a Foundation in 1995, led by Truls Helweg, chairman of the board since 1995) and permanently appointed General Manager (Aage Teigen), at a time when the budget was over 5 million Norwegian kroner. Teigen was in 2002 awarded the Oslo City Artist Award for his commitment.
In 2006, the festival held 70 concerts (of these 15 free) with 450 musicians on 18 stages with around 70,000 spectators. Aage Teigen was then general manager with more than 200 volunteers, and the music includes all genres of jazz. The new leader from 2007 was Edvard Askeland.
At the festival in August 2013, Nora Brockstedt was honored by a grand concert, where Come Shine and saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg presented highlights from Brockstedts repertoire in "brilliant versions".
Ella-prisen
A sculpture of Ella Fitzgerald is awarded a person who has developed the festival and the Oslo Jazz Scene, created by the artist Mariann Hazeland.
The prize was first awarded in 1995
1995: Randi Hultin journalist based in Oslo.
Later winners are
1996: Stein Kagge, journalist based in Oslo 1997: Totti Bergh, saxophonist based in Oslo 1998: Kristian Ystehede, multiinstrumentalist 1999: Laila Dalseth, vocalist resided in Oslo 2000: Tore Jensen, trumpeter in Oslo (2000), 2001: Miloud Guiderk, musician and impresario 2002: Eivind Solberg, trumpeter resided in Oslo 2003: Roald Helgheim, journalist 2004: Gerhard Aspheim, trombonist resided in Oslo 2005: Peter T. Malling, businessman and founder of «Jazzradioen» 2006: Hank O'Neal, record producer, photographer and journalist from USA 2007: Bjørn Petersen, leader of Gemini Records in Oslo 2008: Karin Krog, vocalist from Oslo 2009: Bodil Niska, saxophonist and jazz entrepreneur 2010: Arild Andersen, bassist from Oslo 2011: Aage Teigen, trombonist and founder of Oslo Jazz Festival (2011) 2012: Bugge Wesseltoft, pianist, composer, producer and owner of Jazzland Recordings 2013: Erlend Skomsvoll, pianist, composer and orchestra leader 2014: Odd André Elveland, as the founder of Improbasen and Kids in Jazz 2015: Espen Nilsen, manager of the jazz venue "Herr Nilsen" in Oslo 2016: John Trehjørningen, jazz enthusiast and active at the Oslo Jazzfestival 2017: Bjørn Stendahl, jazz historian 2018: Jon Christensen, jazz drummer 2019: Paolo Vinaccia, drummer 2020: Hanna Paulsberg, saxophonist 2021: Kristoffer Kompen, trombonist
Usbl Jazztalent award Prize awarded to a young jazz musician annually at Oslo Jazzfestival since 2019. The prize is funded by Boligbyggelaget Usbl and consists of NOK. 30,000, -, in addition to a concert during the subsequent Oslo Jazz Festival. The prize was awarded for the first time at the Oslo Jazz Festival's opening concert on 11 August 2019 in the Norwegian Opera & Ballet by Usbl director Johan Bruun to musician Daniela Reyes Holmsen.
2019 Daniela Reyes Holmsen 2020 Veslemøy Narvesen 2021 Ola Erlien
Statkraft's Young Star Grant Scholarship which was awarded to a musician or a band (age 18–25) which has been noticed on local, regional and / or national level. The grant supported by Statkraft provides 50,000 Norwegian kroner and included a gig with an optional project during the subsequent festival., in the period between 2007 and 2013.
2007: Marianne Halmrast 2008: Jørgen Mathisen 2009: Guro Skumsnes Moe 2010: Kristoffer Kompen 2011: Anja Lauvdal 2012: Ellen Andrea Wang 2013: Ingrid Søfteland Neset
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