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Pitsj
Pitsj (founded 1999 in Oslo, Norway) is a female Norwegians, Norwegian a cappella quintet. The band consists of Anine Kruse, Anine and Benedikte Shetelig Kruse, Benedikte Kruse, the twin sisters Ane Carmen Roggen, Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen, and Anja Eline Skybakmoen (who replaced Tora Augestad when she left Pitsj in 2007). Biography Pitsj released their first album, ''Pitsj'', on Grappa Records, in September 2006. It was recorded in The Real Group's studio in Stockholm, Sweden and produced by their producer, Anders Edenroth. This album has received good reviews from different Norwegian news papers, one of them Dagbladet. Their repertoire focuses mainly on Norwegian pop (music), pop and jazz. They made a major contribution to ''Kjempesjansen'' 2006. Pitsj has performed at a large number of Norwegian festivals and concert scenes, and they have featured on Norwegian television. Pitsj has also made joint performances with The Real Group on several occasions, in addition to coope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitsj 2014-2
Pitsj (founded 1999 in Oslo, Norway) is a female Norwegian a cappella quintet. The band consists of Anine and Benedikte Kruse, the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen, and Anja Eline Skybakmoen (who replaced Tora Augestad when she left Pitsj in 2007). Biography Pitsj released their first album, ''Pitsj'', on Grappa Records, in September 2006. It was recorded in The Real Group's studio in Stockholm, Sweden and produced by their producer, Anders Edenroth. This album has received good reviews from different Norwegian news papers, one of them Dagbladet. Their repertoire focuses mainly on Norwegian pop and jazz. They made a major contribution to ''Kjempesjansen'' 2006. Pitsj has performed at a large number of Norwegian festivals and concert scenes, and they have featured on Norwegian television. Pitsj has also made joint performances with The Real Group on several occasions, in addition to cooperations with the likes of Ole Edvard Antonsen, Odd Nordstoga, Sigvart Dagsland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitsj 2014-1
Pitsj (founded 1999 in Oslo, Norway) is a female Norwegian a cappella quintet. The band consists of Anine and Benedikte Kruse, the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen, and Anja Eline Skybakmoen (who replaced Tora Augestad when she left Pitsj in 2007). Biography Pitsj released their first album, ''Pitsj'', on Grappa Records, in September 2006. It was recorded in The Real Group's studio in Stockholm, Sweden and produced by their producer, Anders Edenroth. This album has received good reviews from different Norwegian news papers, one of them Dagbladet. Their repertoire focuses mainly on Norwegian pop and jazz. They made a major contribution to ''Kjempesjansen'' 2006. Pitsj has performed at a large number of Norwegian festivals and concert scenes, and they have featured on Norwegian television. Pitsj has also made joint performances with The Real Group on several occasions, in addition to cooperations with the likes of Ole Edvard Antonsen, Odd Nordstoga, Sigvart Dagsland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anine Kruse
Anine Susanne Kruse Skatrud (born 1 November 1977 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician and choral conductor, the daughter of Professor of Music Gro Shetelig and the composer Bjørn Kruse, sister of actress and singers Jannike and Benedikte Kruse, and married to trombonist and bandleader Even Skatrud Andersen. Career Kruse studied music at Foss videregående skole before she attended the Norwegian Academy of Music. Here she got her diploma as choral conductor and singer, and after ten years of studies and as lecturer at the Academy, she soon (2014) get her master's degree in Conducting. Together with her sister Benedikte Kruse, Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Ane Carmen Roggen and Ida Roggen, Kruse comprices the vocal group Pitsj. In 2011 she performed the collaborative concert Pitsj & Gumbo in Oslo Concert Hall, where "A capella møter en hot New Orleans-rett". She has also sung within Det Norske Solistkor, World Youth Choir and World Chamber Choir, and in addition conducts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedikte Shetelig Kruse
Benedikte Shetelig Kruse (born 20 December 1979 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actor, daughter of Professor of music, Gro Shetelig Kruse, and the Composer Bjørn Kruse. She is the sister of actress and singers Jannike and Anine Kruse. Career Kruse studied music at the Foss videregående skole, and is a graduated singer and singing teacher from the Norwegian Academy of Music, with experience from theater and television. She has worked with educational music programs for children and youth together with Anja Eline Skybakmoen. In 2004 together with Ane Carmen Roggen, she sang the choir on the record '' Nomadesongar'' with Lars Klevstrand. Together with her sister Anine Kruse, Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Ane Carmen Roggen and Ida Roggen she comprises the vocal group Pitsj. and has also done many dubbing jobs. In 2011 she performed the Show Pitsj & Gumbo at the Oslo Concert Hall, where "A capella møter en hot New Orleans-rett" (A capella meets a hot New Orleans Dish). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ane Carmen Roggen
Ane Carmen Stuve Roggen (born 16 September 1978) is a Norwegian singer, conductor, arranger, and journalist. She is the younger sister of jazz singer Live Maria Roggen and the twin sister of jazz singer Ida Roggen. Education Roggen attended the music program at Foss videregaende skole and received her Examen artium in 1994. She received a master's degree in musicology from the University of Oslo and wrote the thesis ''Wayfaring Voices: Discursions into Black Vocal Style in a Norwegian Context'' (2008). She also studied at CUNY Graduate Center in New York City and Universidad de Guanajuato in Guanajuato, Mexico (2000–01). Career Roggen is a producer at Rikskonsertene and became popular in Norway as a member of the vocal group Pitsj. She recorded the album ''Pitsj'' (2006), followed by competing in Kjempesjansen at NRK with Tora Augestad, Anine Kruse, Benedikte Kruse and her twin sister Ida. Roggen joined the vocal group Quattro Stagioni for the album ''Nowell Sing We'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Roggen
Ida Rannveig Stuve Roggen (born 16 September 1978 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, information officer, and literary scholar, and is the younger sister of jazz singer Live Maria Roggen and twin sister of Soprano Ane Carmen Roggen. Career Roggen is well known in Norway after recording the album ''Pitsj'' (2006) at the studios of The Real Group, within the vocal group Pitsj, followed by participation in the competition «Kjempesjansen» at NRK together with Tora Augestad, Anine Kruse, Benedikte Kruse and her twin sister Ane Carmen. She also collaborated with the Norwegian rock band «CC Cowboys» on the album ''Innriss'' (2011). Roggen is Information Adviser at University of Oslo. Discography Solo albums ;Within Pitsj *2006: ''Pitsj'' (Grappa Music) *2008: '' Edvard Grieg in jazz mood'' (Universal Music), with Kjell Karlsen ("I Dovregubbens hall") *2009: ''Gjenfortellinger'' (Grappa Music) *2014: ''Snow Is Falling'' (Grappa Music) Collaborative works ;With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjenfortellinger
''Gjenfortellinger'' with Pitsj is a jazz a cappella album. It was released in 2009 on Grappa Music (GRCD 4317). Track listing # «Fanteguten» (4:07) (Trad / Arr.: Sverre Indris Joner) # «Skjøre / Fragile» (3:27) (Sting /Norsk lyrics: Kjell Inge Torgersen / Arr.: Pitsj) # «Her igjen / Outra vez» (3:37) (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Norsk lyrics: Lars Lillo-Stenberg / Arr.: Ane Carmen Roggen) # «Den andre kvinnen / The other woman» (3:21) (Jessie Mae Robinson / Norwegian lyrics: Anja Eline Skybakmoen & Ida Roggen / Arr.: Anja Eline Skybakmoen) # «Lerkefugl / Ladybird» (3:07) (Ted Dameron / Norsk lyrics: Eilev Groven Myhren & Ida Roggen / Arr.: Helge Sunde) # «Sofistikerte frøken / Sophisticated lady» (3:32) (Mitchell Parish/Duke Ellington/Irving Mills / Norwegian lyrics: Tora Augestad / Arr.: Eyolf Dale) # «Det var en gang / Long ago and far away» (3:23) (James Taylor / Norwegian lyrics: Kjell Inge Torgersen / Arr.: Anine Kruse Skatrud) # «Sjå der kor ho flyr / The moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitsj (album)
''Pitsj'' is the eponymous debut album by the female Norwegians, Norwegian a cappella quintet, Pitsj. The album was released in 2006 through Grappa Music. Track listing #"Voi Voi" (2:19) (Georg Elgaaen / Arr.: Anders Edenroth) #"Sangen om gleden" (3:41) (Erik Hillestad/Sigvart Dagsland / Arr.: Bjørn Kruse) #"Kjære ikkje vekk meg når du går" (2:44) (Ingvar Hovland/Svein Olav Hyttebakk / Arr.: Ane Carmen Roggen) #"Telefon" (2:57) (Jan Eggum / Arr.: Marius Løken) #"Splitter pine" (2:43) (Kjartan Kristiansen / Arr.: Helge Lien/Ane Carmen Roggen) #"Ryktet forteller" (3:35) (Jan Eggum / Arr.: Marius Løken) #"Øyeblikket" (2:57) (Kari Bremnes/Lars Bremnes / Arr.: Bjørn Skjelbred) #"Intet er nytt under solen" (2:39) (Arne Bendiksen / Arr.: Even Kruse Skatrud) #"Tanta til Beate" (3:12) (Lillebjørn Nilsen / Arr.: Børre Dalhaug) #"Et liv for meg" (4:28) (Anders Edenroth / Norsk oversettelse: Stig Krogstad) #"Den du veit" (3:49) (Marius Müller (musician), Marius Müller / Arr.: Eyv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tora Augestad
Tora Karen Elisabeth Augestad (born 10 December 1979) is a Norwegian mezzosoprano, musical conductor and actor. One of Norway's most established classical singers, she focuses on jazz, musical theater, contemporary music, and cabaret. Her stage debut was the lead role in "Annie" in 1994, and won the Norwegian talent competition in 1993 at TV 2. Augestad has received Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy Award) and other awards for her albums. She is a frequent collaborator of Norwegian composer Marcus Paus. Background and education Augestad was born in Bergen, educated at the Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo and the Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm and has studied singing with such as Torsten Föllinger and Ståle Ytterli, both classical music and jazz. She holds a master's degree in cabaret singing at Norges Musikkhøgskole with particular emphasis on Hanns Eisler, Kurt Weill and American cabaret. She is the daughter of Program 81/82 vocalist Kate Augestad and composer Geir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Eline Skybakmoen
Anja Eline Skybakmoen (born 17 October 1984 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and band leader, the younger sister of guitarist Jonas Skybakmoen, and married 31 July 2014, to the guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie. Career Skybakmoen was educated at Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo. She has sung in projects like Eplemøya Songlag and Aphrodisiac. She replaced Tora Augestad in the vocal group Pitsj, and appeared on the album ''Gjenfortellinger'' (2009) together with the sisters Anine and Benedikte Kruse, and the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen. In 2013 she appeared for the first time with her own Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band including with Sebastian Haugen-Markussen (bass), Ivar Loe Bjørnstad (drums), David Aleksander Sjølie (guitar), Dag-Filip Roaldsnes (rhodes & synth) and Kim-Erik Pedersen (saxophon). She presented original material at Moldejazz and released her debut solo album ''We’re The Houses'' (2014). Honors *2012: Jazz Talent A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Television
Television in Norway was Timeline of the introduction of television in countries, introduced in 1954, but the first television program was only shown in 1958, and regular broadcasts did not start until 1960. Like Denmark, Norway had only one television channel until the 1980s. Some 40% of the population have Cable television, cable TV, and 30% have Satellite television, satellite TV. Another 30% have terrestrial television only. In Norway, all advertising containing political messages and advertising aimed at children are prohibited. Channels such as TV3 (Norway), TV3 are allowed to broadcast commercial breaks, as these channels are being broadcast via satellite from the United Kingdom. Non-Norwegian television programs (as well as portions of Norwegian shows with foreign language dialogue), except for children's programs, are subtitled, not dubbed. Analogue terrestrial television The first television channel in Norway, NRK1 was started officially in 1960 (then under the name N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
