Sildajazzprisen awarded by the company
Statoil
Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger. It is primarily a petroleum company, operating in 36 countries with additional investments in renewable energy. ...
to a Norwegian jazz musician or group. The award consists of a sum of money and a picture signed the year
Sildajazz 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, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz band. They are articularly known for their improvisations, and for the cooperation with Lester Bowie.
Biography
Brazz Brothers was initiat ...
, from
Langevåg
Langevåg or Langevågen 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 Mauseidv ...
*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 orchestr ...
, from
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, f ...
*2002:
Svein Olav Herstad, from
Haugesund
Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...
*2003:
Dag Arnesen, from
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...
*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 ar ...
, from Haugesund
*2005:
Bodil Niska, from
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) 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 ...
*2006:
Staffan William-Olsson
Staffan William-Olsson (born 13 December 1959) is a Swedish jazz guitarist in the band The Real Thing who has worked with Bob Berg, Lee Konitz, and Palle Mikkelborg.
Career
He played piano, guitar and drums already at the age of 7, and stu ...
, from Oslo
*2007:
Christina Bjordal, from Haugesund
*2008:
Olav Dale, from
Voss
Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, ...
*2009:
Sigurd Ulveseth, from Bergen
*2010:
Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson, from Haugesund
*2011:
Marius Neset
Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985 in Os, Hordaland) 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 B ...
, 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
References
External links
Sildajazzprisen website
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Culture in Rogaland
Norwegian music awards
Norwegian jazz
Awards established in 2000