Hild Sofie Tafjord

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Hild Sofie Tafjord (born January 4, 1974 in Langevåg ) is a Norwegian French horn player who is active in both jazz and freely improvised music and has further developed the tonal possibilities of her instrument.

Live and act

Tafjord comes from a musical family; her father is the tuba player Stein Erik Tafjord , her uncle is the jazz musician Runar Tafjord . She initially received her training at the adult education center in Toneheim, where she met Maja Ratkje . She studied at the Norges musikkhøgskole in Oslo, where she was the first graduate of the French horn in 2001.

Together with Maria Ratkje, Lene Grenager and Kristin Andersen, she has played in the Spunk quartet since 1995 . With Ratkje she also appeared in the duo Fe-mail (from 2000) and (with the dancer Lotta Melin) in the Trio Agrare . With Lene Grenager she formed the Trio Slinger (with Lisa Dillan) and the Kvartett Lemur (with Michael Francis Duch and Bjørnar Habbestad). She presented two albums as a soloist, which received a lot of critical acclaim. She also worked with Håkon Kornstad as well as Zeena Parkins , Fred Frith , Ikue Mori , Otomo Yoshihide , Zeitkratzer and Matmos . She also worked in groups such as the Crimetime Orchestra , No Spaghetti Edition , the Norwegian Noise Orchestra and the Fire! Orchestra .

Discographic notes

  • 2007: Kama (Pica Disk)
  • 2014: Breathing (+ 3dB)
with other musicians
  • Rotoscope Great Curves (Jester Records, 2001), feat. Hild Sofie Tafjord & Marius Reksjø
  • Fe-mail and Carlos Giffoni Northern Stains (Important Records, 2006)
  • Spunk Kantarell ( Rune Grammofon , 2009)
  • Gjerstad _ Skaset _ Tafjord _ Mølstad _ Moe: Deichman (Conrad, 2013)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Review ( All About Jazz )
  2. ^ Family med Kulturpott ( Norwegian ) Sunnmørsposten. December 15, 2004. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved on May 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ omtale . Groove.no. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ Hild Sofie Tafjord, Langevåg, Norge . Norsk music cinema formation. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ SPUNK "Nordic music. Retrieved July 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Tafjord, Hild Sofie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian French horn player (jazz, improvisational music)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Langevåg