Two Tuva Halse

• 1 Zeptember 06:33
• 2 Adam 06:19
• 3 Two 06:33
• 4 Zolitude 04:44
• 5 Mikromy 05:31
• 6 This Makes Me Understand 05:01
• 7 Gemini 06:11
• 8 Ambivalent 04:39
• 9 Why It Didn't 02:49
• Total Runtime 48:20

Info for Two

With a captivating atmosphere and gripping interplay, Tuva Halse Quintet draws you into their lyrical universe from the first note. The quintet consists of five exciting and up-and-coming musicians from the Norwegian jazz scene, known from various projects such as Bento Box Trio, Bliss Quintet and I LIKE TO SLEEP. The music is based on violinist Tuva Halse's compositions, which in their melodious character are drawn from the melancholic and sentimental to the intense and insistent. The result is a distinctive and expressive expression in a universe full of contrasts. The debut album will be released October 2023 on Jazzland Recordings.

Tuva Halse, violin
Oscar Andreas Haug, trumpet
Benjamín Gísli Einarsson, piano
Gard Kronborg, bass
Øyvind Leite, drums

Tuva Halse
(b. 1999) is an improvising violinist and composer from Molde, Norway. The past three years she has studied at the Conservatory in Trondheim, where she completed her bachelor's degree in performing jazz violin the spring of 2022. She has already played at several of the main jazz stages in Norway with her own and others' projects, in addition to contributing to a number of different releases in different genres. With a background as a classical violinist, she creates music at the intersection between Nordic jazz and classical art music.

She has received several Talent prices (Sparebanken Møre, Sparebanken SMN, Handelsbanken, Drømmstipendet), and the summer of 2022 her trio Bento Box were finalists in “Jazzintro” - the selection of "young jazz musicians of the year" during Molde International Jazz Festival. The same year she was a young artist-in-residence during the classical arts festival Fjord Cadenza, playing solo, with the trio and also composing a commissioned work for an orchestra. Previously referred to as a "down-to-earth, sneaker-wearing master violinist" (Audun Vinger, Jazz in Norway), she has made a name for herself both through her presence on stage as well as her melodic compositions.

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