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Last Spring

Bugge Wesseltoft & Henning Kraggerud

Last Spring

Format: CD
Label: ACT music
UPC: 0614427952622
Catnr: ACT 95262
Release date: 27 September 2012
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Label
ACT music
UPC
0614427952622
Catalogue number
ACT 95262
Release date
27 September 2012
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About the album

Every ACT Album has it´s own story. Schloss Elmau plays a role in many. This magnificent hotel at the foot of the Bavarien Alps, far removed from everyday life and constantly flooded with culture, has inspired a number of outstanding artists from Gidon Kremer and Brad Mehldau to Esbjörn Svensson. Moreover in recent times several award-winning albums by ACT artists such as Joachim Kühn and Michael Wollny, Gwilym Simcock and Dieter Ilg have been recorded at this unique place. This time it was the launch pad for a new and surprising collaboration, simultaneously building a bridge between Classical and Jazz, and helping many people revisit and resume a long-awaited success story.

Artist(s)

Bugge Wesseltoft (piano)

Bugge Wesseltoft is a man who likes to push the envelope and he is well-known as one of the most innovative jazz pianists today. His collaborations with DJs like Henrik Schwarz and his experiments with electronic music have made him a name far beyond the contemporary jazz scene. At the beginning of the 90s Wesseltoft – surrounded by musicians like Nils Petter Molvær and Eivind Aarset – started out in Norway's progressive jazz scene to become one of the leading figures in a radical new approach to jazz. Since then he has continuously weaved elements of house, techno, ambient and noise into jazz and some free improvisations for his project 'New Conceptions of Jazz'. But for all that, Wesseltoft's lyrical...
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Bugge Wesseltoft is a man who likes to push the envelope and he is well-known as one of the most innovative jazz pianists today. His collaborations with DJs like Henrik Schwarz and his experiments with electronic music have made him a name far beyond the contemporary jazz scene. At the beginning of the 90s Wesseltoft – surrounded by musicians like Nils Petter Molvær and Eivind Aarset – started out in Norway's progressive jazz scene to become one of the leading figures in a radical new approach to jazz. Since then he has continuously weaved elements of house, techno, ambient and noise into jazz and some free improvisations for his project "New Conceptions of Jazz". But for all that, Wesseltoft's lyrical and melodious playing was always very tangible. In working for ACT he essentially became famous for this facet of his artistic personality: The 1997 solo Christmas album "It's Snowing On My Piano" presents him in a very intimate acoustic setting. In 2012 the release of the sequel to this very special work "Last Spring" continued. In collaboration with classical violinist Henning Kraggerud, Wesseltoft once again returns to Norwegian lore, but this time adapts classical compositions – for example by Edvard Grieg – to create an album of minimalistic meditations.

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Henning Kraggerud (violin)

Violinist and composer Henning Kraggerud's extraordinary position as an artist is the result of his versatility and passion for music. He regularly performs with many of the world's leading orchestras as well as at major international festivals and arenas, including the BBC Proms. His extensive discography includes, among others, recordings for Naxos, Simax and ACT.   Kraggerud is also a prolific composer, with more than 200 works on his sizeable list of compositions. He has received the prestigious Grieg Prize and in 2007 was awarded both the Ole Bull Prize and the Sibelius Prize. In 2017 he received an ECHO Award for Mozart Violin Concerti (Naxos).   Kraggerud is a professor at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, where he also leads...
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Violinist and composer Henning Kraggerud's extraordinary position as an artist is the result of his versatility and passion for music. He regularly performs with many of the world's leading orchestras as well as at major international festivals and arenas, including the BBC Proms. His extensive discography includes, among others, recordings for Naxos, Simax and ACT.
Kraggerud is also a prolific composer, with more than 200 works on his sizeable list of compositions. He has received the prestigious Grieg Prize and in 2007 was awarded both the Ole Bull Prize and the Sibelius Prize. In 2017 he received an ECHO Award for Mozart Violin Concerti (Naxos).
Kraggerud is a professor at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, where he also leads its ensemble in residence – Oslo Camerata. In addition, he is the Artistic Director at the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, a position that has recently extended until 2020. As of September 2015, he holds the position of ‘International Chair in Violin’ at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. In 2017 he received a Fellowship (FRNCM).

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