Ketil Bjørnstad´s debut concert
Ketil Bjørnstad must be one of the most prolific artists in Norway. He has an impressive track record and has won awards both as a writer and as a musician. He has a large audience both in his native Norway and internationally. So far he has published more than 40 books, and over 60 plates in different genres.
This CD takes us back to the beginning of his career. Already as a sixteenyearold Bjørnstad made his debut as a soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra in the University Hall in Oslo, and it is a historic recording of this concert that is now available on CD. It was a concert that obviously was an important milestone in Bjørnstad’s career, but also a concert that caused a sensation in its time. It is an exciting and courageous young performer who here gives us interpretations of the music of Bartok, Debussy and Ravel. "It was absolutely amazing to see such insight into a challenging matter, here was a healthy and extremely strong instinct that cleared the way with course entitled" wrote Oslo newspaper Aftenposten´s reviewer after the concert.
The recording of the concert was done by NRK, but since the original tape has been lost, this release is based on a restored and remastered recording of the transmission.
The publication gives us an exciting encounter with a young classical performer who would later choose other musical avenues.
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Ketil Bjørnstad must be one of the most prolific artists in Norway. He has an impressive track record and has won awards both as a writer and as a musician. He has a large audience both in his native Norway and internationally. So far he has published more than 40 books, and over 60 plates in different genres.
Exiting encounter
Bjørnstad himself describes the concert in the first volume of the autobiographical novel work that was published in Norway in August 2015.
The recording of the concert was done by NRK, but since the original tape has been lost based release in a restored and remastered radiopptak.
The publication gives us an exciting encounter with a young classical performer who would later choose other musical avenues.
