Sildajazzprisen awarded by the company

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to a Norwegian jazz musician or group. The award consists of a sum of money and a picture signed the year

Sildajazz Sildajazz is a jazz festival, which is held annually on the second weekend of August, in Haugesund, Norway. The inaugural festival was in 1987 with four bands, and has since grown to involve around 70 bands and close to 400 Norwegian and foreign mu ...

artist. Statoil sildajazz Prize was first awarded in 2000.

Award winners

*2000:

The Brazz Brothers The Brazz Brothers, alias Brazz Bros (established 1981 in Langevåg, Sula Municipality, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz band. They are particularly known for their improvisations, and for the cooperation with Lester Bowie. Biography Brazz Brothers ...

, from

Langevåg Langevåg is the administrative center of Sula Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is situated at the end of the road on the north side of the island of Sula, about northwest of the village of Mauseidvåg. The village ...

*2001:

Egil Kapstad Egil Kapstad (6 August 1940 – 13 July 2017) was a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote the music for more than 50 theatre productions, and composed for film and television drama. Kapstad composed classical works for orchestra ...

, from

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

*2002:

Svein Olav Herstad Svein Olav Herstad (born 7 July 1969 in Odda, Norway) is a jazz pianist, known from his own bands and several recordings with musicians like Sonny Simmons, Jan Erik Kongshaug, Nils-Olav Johansen, Harald Johnsen, and Per Oddvar Johansen. Career ...

, from

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipalities of Norway, municipality and List of towns and cities in Norway, town on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. As of December 2023, the municipality of Haugesund has a population of 37,855. The vast majority of ...

*2003:

Dag Arnesen Dag Syver Arnesen (born 3 May 1950) is a Norwegian jazz pianist with a series of album releases. Career Arnesen was born in Bergen, and studied classical piano under Jiri Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory and got a commitment by Den ...

, from

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

*2004:

Alf Wilhelm Lundberg Alf Wilhelm Lundberg (born 8 May 1979 in Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar and piano) and composer. Career Lundberg studied music on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, where he earned specialization in a ...

, from Haugesund *2005:

Bodil Niska Bodil Aileen Niska (born 21 August 1954 in Vadsø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist known for her recordings of jazz standards. Career Raised in Hammerfest Municipality, she was taught music by her father, the accordion player Aksel ...

, from

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

*2006:

Staffan William-Olsson Staffan William-Olsson (born 13 December 1959) is a Swedish jazz guitarist in the band The Real Thing (jazz band), The Real Thing who has worked with Bob Berg, Lee Konitz, and Palle Mikkelborg. Career He played piano, guitar and drums alrea ...

, from Oslo *2007: Christina Bjordal, from Haugesund *2008: Olav Dale, from

Voss Voss () is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages inclu ...

*2009:

Sigurd Ulveseth Sigurd Ulveseth (born 13 July 1953) is a Norwegian jazz musician (Upright bass) and Orchestra leader, known from a number of album releases. Career Ulveseth was born in Bergen. With his own quartet, he has released three albums. The band con ...

, from Bergen *2010:

Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson (born 5 February 1988 in Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian Upright bassist. Career Dietrichson holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Performance by the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, where he and some f ...

, from Haugesund *2011:

Marius Neset Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) living in Copenhagen. He is known from collaborations within the jazz bands "People Are Machines", "Kaktusch", " JazzKamikaze" and Django Bates projects "Sto ...

, from Os *2012: Marte Maaland Eberson, from Bergen *2013: Julius Lind, from Haugesund *2014: Johannes Ulveraker, from Haugesund *2015: Peder "LIDO" Losnegård, from Tysvær *2016: Mia Marlen Berg, from Tysvær *2017: Trond Kallevåg Hansen *2018: Dorothea Økland *2019: Håvard Ersland

References

External links

Sildajazzprisen website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sildjazzprisen Culture in Rogaland Norwegian music awards Norwegian jazz Awards established in 2000