Natalie Sandtorv

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Natalie Sandtorv ( Moers Festival 2016)

Natalie Toth Sandtorv (born August 17, 1988 in Ålesund ) is a Norwegian jazz and improvisation musician ( vocals , also harmonium , electronics , songwriting ) who has also emerged in the field of avant-garde pop .

Live and act

Sandtorv studied jazz, improvisation music and electronics at Norges musikkhøgskole in Oslo and at Griegakademiet in Bergen. After studying in Norway, she went to Berlin for almost a year and has lived in Copenhagen ever since.

Sandtorv founded in 2011 in Bergen, together with the noise musicians John Hegre and drummer Thore Warland the band polygon Junx , which published an album and appeared in Switzerland and Norway 2012th In the same year they also played a concert at Det Norske Studentersamfunn in Oslo with Marte Eberson and Kjetil Møster .

Sandtorv then became best known as the singer of the band Morning Has Occurred , which went on tour in 2013 (with Karl Seglem ). In the same year she gave her first concerts in Norway, Poland and Berlin with her future husband Ole Mofjell in the duo Not on the Guest List . She performed at Festspillene i Bergen with a solo project for voice and electronics . At Julejazz 2013 in Ålesund she played in a trio with the brothers Christian Skår Winther and Andreas Skår Winther. Sandtorv toured Europe in 2014 with Morning Has Occurred with Marte Eberson. The band also took part in the Vossajazz and JazzIntro competition and received good reviews for their performances. With Eberson and Mofjell she formed the trio Coco ( The Dance Upon My Grave , 2016).

On the duo album The Jist (2014) with noise guitarist Torgeir Standal, Sandtorv orientated himself on the collaboration of Sidsel Endresen with Stian Westerhus as well as the sound world of Maja Ratkje . In 2015 she released her first solo album Pieces of Solitude . In 2015 Sandtorv released the album Pieces of Solitude under her own name . In the same year she continued to perform in a duo with Steve Beresford at Blow Out! Festival in Oslo. In 2017, the album Freedom Nation followed , which was considered an independent and strong expression of Sandtorv. She also played in the group Mimosa with Els Vandeweyer and Rieko Okuda.

Prizes and awards

Sandtorv was honored in 2016 as Sparebank 1 Jazz Talent at Moldejazz .

Discographic notes

  • Pieces of Solitude (Va Fongool 2015)
  • Freedom Nation (Øra Fonogram) 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Not on the Guest List. Die Röhre (Moers), May 14, 2016, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Neste konsert på AVGARDE ( Norwegian ) Avgarde.no.
  3. ↑ Polygonjunx feat. Marte Eberson & Kjetil Møster + The Heat Death. Studentersamfundet.no, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Hva skjer, Natalie Sandtorv? (No longer available online.) JazzINorge.no, archived from the original on November 18, 2015 ; accessed on February 9, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Charlotte Karlsen: Seildene fra julejazz ( Norwegian ) Sunnmørsposten.
  6. ↑ Willy Haram: Ålesunder on 2014-turnéer in Japan and Europe. NyttIUka.no, January 29, 2014, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Bruce Lindsay: Vossa Jazz 2014. All About Jazz , April 22, 2014, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Morning Has Occurred . Momentium.no. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ Morning Has Occurred m / Ålesund Strykerkvartett ( Norwegian ) JazzINorge.no.
  10. ↑ Eyal Hareuveni: The Jist (2014). In: All About Jazz . May 2, 2014, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Natalie Sandtorv. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .
  12. ↑ a b Natalie Sandtorv . Allmusic . Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  13. ↑ Jazz In Oslo: BLOW OUT! FESTIVAL 2015 - MATINÉ. JazzInOslo.no, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Meeting (Nordic Music)
  15. ↑ Camilla Slaattun Brauer: Sparebank 1 Jazz talent til Natalie Sandtorv ( Norwegian ) JazzINorge.no. July 20, 2016. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  16. ↑ Natalie Sandtorv with release conset på Terminalen. Momentium.no, accessed February 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sandtorv, Natalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sandtorv, Natalie Toth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Ålesund