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Musical Cowboy for life!

Fri, 2020-09-11 13:07

Been quite the marathon this last month, with all kinds of crazyness in a demanding time. But when the going gets tough, the tough gets going! Tons of concerts in lots of mountain cities on the west coast of Norway last week, both indoors and outdoors. Even did a concert in a chocolate factory! Felt like playing for Charlie and the chocolate factory, for real!! Had a good run with a couple of great horses also, before leaving for the west coast, in an outdoor concert that probably surprised many, including me, haha! Did a masterclass for young musicians that was lots of fun and a mini concert tour for senior residents that hadn´t had any kind of entertainment in months, that really made me feel so good! Also got to perform several times with the young and upcoming soprano Stine Hole Ulla, I enjoyed that very much! Here are some selected photos, enjoy and stay tuned for more action jackson!!

Post covid 19 aera

Fri, 2020-07-03 19:19

Three months at the farm gave muscles and lots of new ideas! Inspiration and a new force! Watch out, here comes the post covid 19 aera!

Survival of the most creative

Mon, 2020-04-20 11:05

Da bretter pianisten opp ermene og river til et tak for norsk matproduksjon og jordbruk hos en av Norges største melkeprodusenter; Thorsø Herregård, tre dager i uka mellom konserter og foredrag online fra Nordstrand Bad. Det blir traktor og flygel i ekte moods of norway stil som alltid og masse rå arbeidskraft som gir muskler og karakter. Thorsø Herregård har også et historisk musikkværelse / en konsertsal som jeg skal streame litt konserter fra i tillegg. Norge trenger at alle bidrar nå. Det er mye kjærlighet til dyr og mennesker på Herregården fra de som driver, og mye kunsthistorie i veggene hvor blandt annet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson har tilbrakt lengre perioder av sitt kunstnervirke. Jeg viser muskler for Norge, det føles godt. Vi kommer oss igjennom dette - også.
 Ved siden av tre dager i uka som gårdsgutt så spiller jeg nesten mer konserter (online) nå enn tidligere....go figure....! "Nød lærer naken kvinne spinne...."

"Masterclass for studentene ved Norgesmusikkhøgskole, bæsj og NRK "kan forøvrig oppsumere én av de siste dagene. Aldri en kjedelig dag på jobb, i alle fall!

Last couple of months on the road

Mon, 2020-02-24 09:14

Photo: Kenneth Enstad

Been a wild ride since December. Here are a few highlights! Café de Concert Oslo, Denmark, Red Cross Oslo, Christmas Concert, Sweden, Documentary on Swedish TV, Oslo, Spain, Ålesund, Fredrikstad. New publication on Musikk-Huset coming out this semester whish will blow you and your kids away, can´t wait to show it! Been a week in the mountains now in Valdres, full of snow and ideas on my head! See you on March 26th at the Café de Concert get togehter at Aker Brygge? Stay tuned on social media! 

Grinding

Mon, 2019-11-25 14:25

Grinding. Always grinding. What my pops said.

Superman for Christmas

Tue, 2019-10-01 17:25

Standing ovation in Lublin, Poland, three days ago during the Wieniawski Festival 2019, where also Vadim Brodski performed (!!!).  (Last photo from the Lublin Philharmonic Concert Hall) In August I performed a couple of outdoor concerts in collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales (...what, you didn´t know I was Superman and could fly?) before I enjoyed playing in wonderful Copenhagen, which I will do again mid December. When I came back from Copenhagen in August I took into he woods like Robin Hood. Both projects on the pier and the farm made pretty cool stories on tv (TV2) !

Here is a short clip from the concert in Lublin this week, watch (out) from 6 min where I am fooling around with, and improvising over, Chopin while the brilliant Agnieszka Schulz manages to still keep it cool, haha! Click here for the video. Several concerts beeing planned solo and as a soloist with orchestra in Poland and Ukraine stay tuned.  A couple of chambermusic concerts coming up next week in Oslo (Bogstad Gård) in addition to a lot of fun at Café de Concert. Let´s plan a playful concert or event together? My place or your place! Hit me - I´m open! (concerts, MC, inspirational lectures, stand up comedy)

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Concerts are (almost) done before summer, then it is ALL SUP!!!!!

Fri, 2019-06-21 20:22

This month has been an absolute concert and SUP-mania! Check out the Café de Concert-blog for more photos from all of the SUP events! As of from today most of the concerts are done, though I think I got one or two more in July, so from now on summer vacation will be combined with LOTS of SUP! Stay tuned on facebook and instagram :) Solo concerts in Poland and with orchestra in Ukraine beeing prepared! 

Los Angeles: Check!

Mon, 2019-05-13 10:38

Just came back from an awesome concert experience in Los Angeles, which hopefully will end up in a lagrer scale at the Walt Disney Concert hall this fall. Stay tuned! A few days after coming back to Oslo i did a little guest appearance in a debate about the future of classical music in Norway after a performance at the same event. In between I try to stay cool, lol.

Season blossoming

Fri, 2019-03-29 12:26

2019 is blooming with lots of fun concerts and exciting plans! May will consist of concerts in Los Angeles, Iasi (Romania) and probably also Vigo (Spain). In April I will be performing much in Oslo and at Café de Concert. On April 27th I will be playing my newest composistions and some really fresh sketches at 1 pm, stop by and come in! So far this year the concerts in Fredrikstad (Bibliotekets Aula), at Tivoli in Copenhagen, Vulkan Arena, Central Teatret and at the Oslo Grieg Festival have been some of the highlights! Great fun performing for Porsche and also a couple of fun concerts in the favourite color of Moods of Norway: PINK! They are, speaking of which, also BACK in business which I am SO thrilled about! Sun is out and between lazy SUP days on the sea I invite my audience for wieners (Øivind Karlsen pølser, så klart) outside Café de Concert post concerts. Enough talk, let´s hit the SUP boards!!

Winter is coming!

Sun, 2018-12-09 19:27

November and December are so far equally as much on the stage as on the water. And I still believe I can fly, lol!

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