Monday, September 11, 2017![]() Welcome to three very special concerts in Arendal Culture House and Stavanger Concert Hall.
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Lars Anders Tomter (viola) and Jan Bjøranger (violin) will perform with the Ensemble 1B1, an extraordinary ensemble which has played numerous successful concerts on three continents the last couple of years. Among other articles and reviews Vanity Fair recently wrote that 1B1 is one of the seven most important projects on the classical scene in the ... Read More ... Thursday, July 28, 2016![]()
Read More ... Friday, May 20, 2016![]() 1B1 is currently enjoying great success with its series of concerts in New York. The string orchestra, which began as a student group at the music conservatory in Stavanger in 2008 and who last year won a Grammy, has during the last two weeks played with several of the biggest international stars of classical music, in front of audiences that included famous cultural figures like Salman Rushdie, Helena Christensen and David Byrne. The concerts are part ... Read More ... Monday, November 16, 2015![]() Thursday
12th November saw 1B1 debut on Brooklyn’s new National Sawdust venue with
two very different interpretations of Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite.
First out was the very gifted, young pianist, Christian Ihle Hadland,
with a fierce call and response rendition between him and the orchestra. After
a reception hosted by the Norwegian minister of culture, Torill Widvey, the
composer / improviser musician Erlend Skomsvoll offered a deconstructed
and improvised version of the same music, with ... Read More ... Wednesday, November 4, 2015![]() In November, 1B1 makes its debut at the National Sawdust venue. The residency includes concerts, recording sessions and a reception attended by the Norwegian Minister of Culture, Thorhild Widvey. Read More ... |