Mazurka
Chopin’s Mazurkas meets the Balkan / Gypsy orchestra instrumentation in a surrealistic but indeed very respectful way. With Gjertruds Sigøynerorkester. Premiere Bergen Festival, May 30th 2009.
CD is now recorded and in progress! To be released in the Chopin year 2010 !
Orgelnatt
En konserthappening med orgelet i sentrumMusikk komponert av Nils Henrik Asheim, og
lydbilder skapt sammen med noen av Norges fremste improvisasjonsmusikere
Crossing Grieg
En nytolkning av Edvard Griegs Slåtter opus 72
Av Håkon Asheim og Nils Henrik Asheim
Engleskyts / Kom Regn
Ancient Norwegian folk hymns with improvised organ part. This duo project with singer Anne-Lise Berntsen has been going on since 1993. Two CDs have appeared, ENGLESKYTS (arrows from the Angel, 2004) and KOM REGN (Come Rain, 2002). This 60 minutes concert programme has been performed on several tours in the USA, in Germany, Austria, UK and Denmark.Kitchen Orchestra
Nils Henrik Asheim is regularly collaborating with an number of ensembles in developing new music. Foremost the Stavanger Kitchen Orchestra which he co-founded and where he plays the piano/keyboards.
Kitchen is a large improvisation collective (the pool includes more than 25 musicians) in the free-jazz/contemporary improv tradition.
Kitchen appears with various leaders. The list of guest leaders up to now includes Lotte Anker, Evan Parker, Keith Tippett, Franz Hauzinger, Dave Kane and Alexander von Schlippenbach.Asheim/Zanussi/Solberg trio
Nils Henrik Asheim: piano | Per Zanussi: bass | Ståle Liavik Solberg: drumsImprovised music trio.Listen to soundbites from our first concert, Jan 29, 2010 at Cementen, Stavanger!
Duo projects with organ
Nils Henrik Asheim is currently appearing with improvised music in duo collaborations with the following musicians:Lasse Marhaug, electronics
Paal Nilssen-Love, drums
Elisabeth Vatn, bagpipes etc.
Frode Gjerstad, saxophones
All these duos are available for concert bookings. See CD and Sound pages for samples. And solo performances are always possible. A church organ of any kind can be used, but generally: the more mechanical the better.
Valen/Schönberg
This chamber concert programme was performed at the Bergen Festival 2005, Troldsalen. Programme: Piano pieces by Valen and Schönberg, Valen’s Trio and Schönberg’s Chamber Symphony nr.1 in Quintet version. Plus Valen’s Nenia and Nils Henrik Asheim’s violin solo miniatures.