Ingfrid Breie Nyhus / Piano

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Norwegian pianist playing folk, classical and contemporary music

+47 93 22 28 51
post [at] breienyhus.no
facebook.com/ingfrid.nyhus

Radio recording of Slåttepiano in Umeå Jazzfestival Oct 18:
Sveriges radio

Radio recording of A. Zubel Chamber Piano Concerto with Cikada, Donaueschinger Musiktage Oct 18: SWR radio

Artistic research:

PhD, the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme 2011-2016:

"A Play with Traditions - interpreting and performing between folk and pianism"
Artistic results
Texts result/Reflection

Recent solo albums:

Slåttepiano
(Lablabel 2015)
Piano versions of traditional music by Ingfrid Breie Nyhus
www.slattepiano.com
Buy Slåttepiano CD here:
www.lawostore.no
iTunes/Spotify/Wimp-Tidal

Stille-stykkje
(Lablabel 2015)
Solo piano music by Olav Kielland (1951) and Erik Dæhlin (2015) www.stillestykkje.com

Abstraction in Folk Art
(Lablabel 2015)
Solo piano music by Øyvind Torvund (2014), Lasse Thoresen (1983) and Asbjørn Schaathun (2014). www.abstractioninfolkart.com

Coming up:

November 27
Periferien, Sentralen
World premiere:
Dæhlin and Nyhus: Avstandsriss Setesdal

Autumn 2019:
Composition period

Spring 2020:
-Duo program with Pekka Kuusisto
-Unromantic with Live Maria Roggen. Improvisations and recompositions based on late romantic lieder.
-Folk songs and piano versions based on Grieg's op 66 with Unni Løvlid.
-Slåttepiano II
-Recording with Sander Tingstad (2L)

Previous events

2019

August
Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Series at Munch Museum, Bacewicz Piano Quintet

July
Agder Folk Music Archive

May
*Sibelius og poetene. With Live Maria Roggen, vocal. New versions of Sibelius lieder.

April
*Soddjazz. Concert shared with Nils Henrik Asheim and Ståle Storløkken.

*Kristiansund kirke, kunst og kulturfestival. Concert tour with Nyresa (folk-baroque)

2018

October
*Donaueschinger Musiktage (DE) (A. Zubel Chamber Piano Concerto w/ Cikada)

*Umeå Jazzfestival (SE) (Slåttepiano)

August
*Recital, Troldhaugen: op 66 with Unni Løvlid

*Pianist of the week, Troldhaugen

July
*Our Festival/Meidään Festivali, Tuusula Finland (Slåttepiano, Sibelius, Saint-Saens)

*Groupa / Guro Kvifte Nesheim, Musik i Syd Sweden

*Performance Studies Network Conference Oslo, Keynote Performance (Slåttepiano)

May
*Grieg minutt for minutt (Grieg op.66 Troldhaugen/NRK)

*Byscena Gjøvik (Grieg/Solberg/Slåttepiano)

*Ringebu kirke (Grieg/Solberg/Slåttepiano)

April
*Lillehammer (Grieg/ao)

*Vreng, USF/NyMusikk Bergen (Slåttepiano)

March
*Disputas/Viva voce, Norwegian Academy of Music

*Fjell kirke (Grieg/Solberg/ao)

*Nasjonalbiblioteket Oslo (Grieg/Solberg/ao)

*Recording with Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Iberg)

Febr
*Klubb Krinolin Malmö (Grieg)

*Ringsaker kirke (Grieg)

*Bidrobon Oslo (Sciarrino/Messiaen)

*Kalkmølla kulturstasjon (Sciarrino/Messiaen)

2017

Nov
*Jakob Kulturkirke (Iberg)
*Toneheim (Messiaen)
*Recording/concert Store studio/Jar kirke, Ensemble Ernst (Berstad/Smørdal/Ivkovic)
Okt
*Den norske musikkfest, Sentralen (Grieg)
Sept
*Nordic Music Festival, Stadthalle Gifhorn DE (Slåttepiano)
*Nordic Music Festival, Theater am Spittelberg, Wien AU (Slåttepiano)
Aug
*Cafe de concert (Kruse)
Jul
*Førde International Folk Music Festival(Slåttepiano & Knut Buen)
Jun
*Hardanger musikkfest: -Hardangerhallen (Grieg & Thoresen)
*Ullensvang kyrkje & Odda kyrkje, (Slåttepiano + div music with Tora Augestad, Stian Carstensen, Sigbjørn Apeland)
*Galleriet Eidfjord & Skrivargarden Ullensvang (Slåttepiano & Frank Rolland)
May
*Troldhaugen Villa, Bergen Int Festival (Slåttepiano)
*Universitetsaulaen, Bergen Int Festival (Slåttepiano)
*Bad Oldesloe DE, Folk Baltica Festival (Slåttepiano)
*Schackenborg Slot, Tønder DK, Folk Baltica Festival (Slåttepiano)
*Museumsberg Flensburg DE, Folk Baltica Festival (Slåttepiano)
Apr
*Asker Kulturhus (Slåttepiano)
Mar
*Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden /The Røros Winter Festival, Artistic Director.
>Programme
(playing Sørensen, Sibelius, Svendsen, Slåttepiano, div folk music with Garth Knox, Frode Haltli, Håkon Thelin, Unni Løvlid, Nils Henrik Asheim & Olav Mjelva)
Jan
*Nordic Music Festival, Bietigheim-Bissingen DE (Slåttepiano)
2016
Nov
*CD release Portrait with hidden face(chamber music by Bjørn Kruse)
*Salongen, Sentralen (Thoresen)
Sept
*Villa Grande Bygdøy (Iberg & Messiaen)
*Avgarde series for new music, Tårnsalen Bergen, (Schaathun & Torvund)
*Punktfestivalen (Slåttepiano)
Aug
*Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Riksccenen Oslo (Slåttepiano)
July
*Performance Studies Network Conference Bath GB, presentation
June
*Oslo Philharmonic Summer Concert Freiasalen (Slåttepiano)
*Universitetetets Aula (Grieg)
Apr
*Lillenorge Festival, Kesselhaus Kulturbrauerei Berlin DE (Slåttepiano, Schaathun, Thoresen & div with Camilla Kjøll, Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang, Audun Kleive)
Mar
*Schaathun "Nations" Piano Concerto world premiere, with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Christian Eggen
*Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden / The Røros Winter Music Festival, Artistic Director.
>Programme
(playing Hovhaness Piano Concerto with Trondheim Soloists, Sibelius songs with Live Maria Roggen, and more)

“Puzzling folk playing – intimate and honest”
Aftenposten

” You have to hear this! Ms. Nyhus is a phenomenon!”
Gapplegate Review

“A virtuoso of timbre”
Morgenbladet

“Rhythm and ornament are made as closely to the hardingfiddle as I never heard on the piano before”
Dag og Tid

“In an intimate and beautifully embellished musical universe, the small world of old slåtts where it all began, is widened”
Lira Musikmagasin

“Humbly attentive and boldy innovative”
Morgenbladet

 

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