The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2012.
(Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)
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Events
edit- 26 January – Norway's inaugural Bodø Jazz Open opens in Bodø, running until 29 January.[1]
- 28 January – Marit Sandvik receives the Nordlysprisen award, given to a contributor to the music of Northern Norway.[2]
- 28 February – Swedish duo Roxette launches its 55-date "Charm School World Tour", part of "The Neverending World Tour" in Kazan, Russia, in front of 8,000 people.[3]
- 16 April – During Norway's Vossajazz festival:
- Mari Kvien Brunvoll receives the Vossajazzprisen for 2011.[4]
- Mathias Eick performs the commissioned work Voss.[5]
- 17 June – The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until 19 June[6]
New works
edit- Kalevi Aho – Trumpet Concerto[7]
- Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 8[8]
- Djuro Zivkovic – On the Guarding of the Heart[9]
Deaths
edit- 1 January – Flemming Jørgensen, Danish singer and actor, 63 (cardiac arrest)[10]
- 17 January – Sjonni Brink, Icelandic singer-songwriter, 36 (stroke)[11]
- 3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian classical pianist and musicologist (born 1913).[12]
- 6 February – Per Grundén, Swedish tenor, 88[13]
- 24 February – Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, 50 (stroke)[14]
- 2 March – Erling Kroner, Danish jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader[15]
- 10 April – Børt-Erik Thoresen, television host and folk singer, 78[16]
- 22 April – Eyvind Solås, classical pianist, composer, actor, and TV host, 73[17]
- 24 April – Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist TNT, church organist and mastering engineer, 44 (cancer)[18]
- 31 May – Sølvi Wang, Norwegian pop and folk singer and actress, 81[19]
- 24 July – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist, 71 (heart attack)[20]
- 4 September – Hilde Heltberg, Norwegian pop and folk singer songwriter, 51 (cancer).[21]
- 8 October – Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80[22]
- 11 October – Kim Brown, British-born Finnish rock musician, 66[23]
- 19 October – Lars Sjösten, Swedish jazz pianist and composer[24]
- 2 November
- Arne "Papa" Bue Jensen, Danish trombonist and bandleader, 81[25]
- Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer, 96[26]
References
edit- ^ "Bodø Jazz Open". EuropeJazz.net. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Strandmo, John (29 January 2011). "Nordlysprisen til Marit Sandvik" (in Norwegian). ITromso.no.
- ^ "The Daily Roxette » 2011: Roxette's "Charm School" tour". The Daily Roxette. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Foss, Ole (16 April 2011). "Vossajazzpris til Mari Brunvoll" (in Norwegian). Romsdals Budstikke. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Jazz Nordic Style at Vossa Jazz Festival". JazzTimes. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "Stockholm Jazz Festival 2011". Festivalinfo.se. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "BIS Records - Aho - Concertos for Trombone and Trumpet". bis.se. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Symfoni nr. 8". Wise Music. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Djuro Zivkovic". Britannica. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Musikeren Flemming Bamse er død – Danmark". Ritzau (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. 1 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ Hákon Halldórsson, Jón (20 January 2011). "Vísir - Sigurjón Brink fékk heilablóðfall". 365 (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ Nesheim (8 November 2016). "Eline Nygaard Riisnæs". Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Volksopernikone Per Grundén verstorben". Vienna Online (in German). 7 February 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Michelsen, Thomas (26 February 2011). "Dansk jazzfyrtårn er død". Politiken. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Erling Kroner Collection". Jazzcentret (in Danish). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Nesheim, Elef (16 April 2013). "Aase Nordmo Løvberg". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Wicklund, Erling (23 April 2011). "Eyvind Solås in memoriam" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Røyseland, Halstein (27 April 2011). "TNT-keyboardist Dag Stokke død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Fermariello, Ugo; Ighanian, Ola Nymo Trulsen (31 May 2011). "Sølvi Wang er død". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "Johnsen, Harald". Biography (in Norwegian). Norsk Jazzarkiv, MIC.no. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Ighanian, Cathherine Gonsholt (4 September 2011). "Hilde Heltberg er død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "En stor operastjärna har slocknat". Dages Nyheter. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Muistot.hs.fi Archived 2011-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, Helsingin Sanomat, 11 October 2011 (in Finnish)
- ^ "Jazzpianisten Lars Sjösten är död". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Jazzmusikeren Papa Bue er død". Keep Swinging. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ "Sickan Carlsson". SKBL. Retrieved 1 December 2024.