A summery of digital concerts and experimenting with new concert forms in 2020

Instead of a cancelled show at the Norwegian Opera, Avant Folk recorded a Christmas song in Frode’s village church

A triple release with selected solo works for accordion is now available as digital albums on Bandcamp

Erlend Apneseth Trio with Frode Haltli ‘Salika Molika’ awarded best album 2019 in the ‘open category’ of Spellemann (the Norwegian ‘Grammys’).

A new single release from Avant Folk, made from the musicians’ home studios in March 2020

Frode Haltli Avant Folk performing at Riksscenen in Oslo on March 20th, before recording new material for a release this autumn and playing more concerts through the year

Erlend Apneseth Trio with Frode Haltli are with their album ‘Salika, Molika’ (Hubro 2019) nominated for the Nordic Music Prize 2020

A live video of Bent Sørensen’s ‘Sigrids wiegenlied’ from a solo recital at the Norwegian Academy of Music is published on YouTube and social media. The rest of the concert with works from Sørensen, James Dillon, John Zorn, J.S. Bach and CPE Bach will also be available within the next months.

New album on Hubro September 2019 featuring Emilia Amper, Eirik Raude and Håkon Stene

Frode Haltli’s commissioned work for Avant Folk at Vossa Jazz + video and reactions from Jazzahead Bremen 2019