Warning: Undefined variable $dots in /customers/4/c/9/eirikhegdal.com/httpd.www/wp-content/themes/sight/functions.php on line 731 A New Band, founded by the great Daniel Formo. Concerts in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Nesodden and Bergen. The members are Daniel Formo (hammond organ), Mattias Ståhl (vibraphone), Erik Nylander (drums) and me (saxophone/clarinet/bass clarinet)

Last night should have been the first concert for our tour, at Porgy and Bess in Vienna. But Vienna was surprised by a heavy snowfall. I had a day “off” at Copenhagen Airport. Tour and dates: Jan 17th at Porgy and Bess, Vienna, AT (cancelled) Jan 18th at Kulturverein Gallnsteine, Gallneukirchen, AT Jan 19th at Bruckner-Gesellschaft Schärding, Kubinsaal,...

We have already played two concert with this edition of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO), and we got two more coming up. One at Trøndertun folkehøyskole in Melhus (January 15th), and the final at Dokkhuset in Trondheim (January 16th). We wish you all welcome! Dingobats was a jazz quintet consisting of Njål Ølnes and me (saxophones),...

This concert involved poet Matt Burt, Alpaca Ensemble, Trondheim Sinfonietta and Dog & Sky. Music by me. Light design by Pekka Stokke, and sound design by Torsken Breivik. At the picture, from the left: (hidden: Else Bø at the piano), Eirik Hegdal, Ole Jørgen Melhus, Michael Duch, Vigdis Sjelmo, Matt Burt, Truls Lorentzen, Stig Førde...

Teater Fot currently have three different children performances at Trøndelag Teater in Trondheim. The performances are strongly recommended! Improvised music by en en en. Actors/dancers: Live Strugstad, Janne Brit Rustad and Andreas Medbøe Thoresen, Concept and direction: Lise Hovik, Choreography: Line Strøm, Music: en en en (Tor Haugerud, Michael Duch and Eirik Hegdal), Visit www.trondelagteater.no for more...

Dear all! There have been ten years running since this edition of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra played at Kibnebfestivalen and Molde International Jazz Festival for the first time. The album “We are?” came in 2005 at the record label Jazzaway. Now, in 2012, it is released again, at MNJ Records, with five “new” songs that never...

Warning: Undefined variable $dots in /customers/4/c/9/eirikhegdal.com/httpd.www/wp-content/themes/sight/functions.php on line 731 On the occasion of the two new releases by Angles 8 “By Way of Deception – Live in Ljubljana” and Lorenz Raab “Expanded”, I made a little collage with most of the releases I’ve been involved in. Hopefully it will make a quite nice wall paper in some years!

Lorenz Raab, with Michel Godard, Lucas Niggli and Eirik Hegdal are heading for a small tour next week. We will release the album Lorenz Raab “Expanded”. A recording made at Saalfelden Jazz Festival 2011. Both Live and studio. We will visit Vienna, Belgrade and Kragujevac. (Dates under “Concerts”) We’ll do some more concerts in January 2013.  ...

Scandinavia continues to be in the vanguard of creative musical adventure. A key player in that scene, the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra from Norway regularly invites composers and soloists to create new music and perform it in a variety of settings. Triads and more is the latest chapter in this brilliantly conceived musical odyssey. In the...

Warning: Undefined variable $dots in /customers/4/c/9/eirikhegdal.com/httpd.www/wp-content/themes/sight/functions.php on line 731 Alpaca Ensemble flew over Dokkhusparken in Trondheim last night. Monica Rånes took some nice photos. Thanks to Cirka Teater for the magic!

Welcome to the outdoor premiere of MEKATONIA! Located behind Dokkhuset in Trondheim! Tuesday 18th of September at 2130. Free entrance!Mekatonia is a cooperation by Alpaca Ensemble, KamFest.no and Cirka Teater. Composer Eirik Hegdal and stage designer Gilles Berger are inspired by the history around the stage area. From being a place for shipbuilding and mechanical engineering, to be...

Angles 8 is about to release “By Way of Deception – Live in Ljubljana”. The Angles 9 will perform at Allhelganakyrkan in Stockholm/Sweden the 12th of October, and Kunstencentrum Belgie in Hasselt/Belgium at the 13th.   The lineup is: Martin Küchen; alto saxophone , composition Eirik Hegdal; baritone -and sopranino saxophone Mats Äleklint; trombone Goran Kajfeš; cornett Magnus Broo; trumpet...