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2013 in Norwegian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2013 in Norwegian music.
(Go to LAST YEAR or NEXT YEAR in Norwegian music.)

Contents

January

  • 23 Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø (January 23–27).
  • 25
  • Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 25 - February 2).
  • Nils Anders Mortensen (piano) was awarded the Nordlysprisen 2013 at Nordlysfestivalen.
  • 31
  • The Polarjazz Festival 2013 started in Longyearbyen (January 31 - February 7).
  • 31 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (January 31 - February 16).

    • March

  • 8 – Narvik Winter Festival started (March 8–17).
  • 22 – Vossajazz started at Voss (March 22–24).
  • 23
  • Tore Brunborg was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2013 as well as the Buddyprisen 2012 at Vossajazz.
  • Stian Carstensen performed the commissioned work Flipp for Vossajazz 2013.
  • 27 – Inferno Metal Festival 2014 started in Oslo (March 27–30).

    • April

  • 24 – SoddJazz 2013 started in Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag (April 24–28).

    • May

  • 22 Festspillene i Bergen starts (May 22 – June 5)
  • 22 Nattjazz starts in Bergen (May 23 – June 1)

    • June

  • 12 – Bergenfest 2013 started in Bergen (June 12–15).
  • 13 – Norwegian Wood 2013 started in Oslo, Norway (June 13–16).

    • July

  • 3 – Kongsberg Jazzfestival started (July 3 – 6).
  • 15 Moldejazz starts in Molde with Jason Moran as artist in residence (July 15–20).

    • August

  • 12 – Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 12–17).
  • 13 – Erlend Skomsvoll was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2013 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.

    • September

  • 5 – Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival 2014 starts in Oslo (September 5–14).
  • 6 – Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 6–8).

    • March

  • 1 – Verden Er Enkel by Honningbarna

    • April

  • 4 – There's A Hole In The Mountain by Atomic.
  • 12
  • La Notte by Ketil Bjørnstad
  • Still Life with Eggplant by Motorpsycho and Reine Fiske.
  • Map Of The World – Music For Guitar by Gjermund Titlestad (Ponca Jazz Records).

    • June

  • 25 – OWL Trio by Lage Lund, Orlando le Fleming, Will Vinson

    • September

  • 6 – Ville Ord by Frida Ånnevik
  • 9
  • Duolia by Duplex.
  • Sketches of ... by Duplex.
  • 11 – Logic by Mopti.
  • 20 – Russian Dream by Andrea Kvintett.

    • October

  • 1 – Places of Worship by Arve Henriksen (Rune Grammofon).
  • 18 – NyeSongar.no by Karl Seglem (NorCD).
  • 25 – New Circle by Geir Lysne (ACT Music)

    • November

  • 29 – Dagane by Daniel Herskedal.

    • Unknown date

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    New Artists

  • Monica Heldal received the Spellemannprisen award, as 'Best newcomer of the year 2013', for the album Boy From The North and was with that also recipient of the Gramo grant.

    • Deaths

    January
  • 25 – Aase Nordmo Løvberg (89), opera singer.
    • February
  • 5 – Egil Hovland (88), composer.
    • March
  • 18 – Eivind Rølles (54), Norwegian pop singer in The Monroes (cancer).
    • April
  • 17 – Yngve Moe (55), bassist in the band Dance with a Stranger (fell in coma, after drowning in Tenerife, Spain).
    • July
  • 1 – Rolf Graf (53), bassist in the band Lava (cancer).
  • 29 – Ole Henrik Moe (93), pianist, art historian and critic.
    • August
  • 29 – Kjell Lund (86), architect, songwriter and singer.
    • September
  • 17 – Alex Naumik (64), Lithuanian-born artist, songwriter and record producer.
  • 24 – Sverre Bruland (90), conductor.
    • October
  • 2 – Kaare Ørnung (82), pianist, entertainer and music teacher.
  • 19 – Lage Fosheim (55), pop singer in The Monroes (cancer).

    • Seed also

  • 2013 in Norway

    • References

    2013 in Norwegian music Wikipedia
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