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.

Internal leaders such as Didrik Ingvaldsen, Petter Fadnes, Gunhild Seim and Nils Henrik Asheim regularly take turns in coaching projects.

Kitchen hosts a yearly festival/happening called "What's Cooking", at Tou Scene, Stavanger.