SOLEFALL – Per Vollestad

Folk tunes and Lieder from Per Vollestad

Per Vollestad is a Norwegian baryton singer who has made a name for himself both in Norway and internationally for his recordings, concerts and opera roles. He has studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Opera, and was the first student to graduate with a Ph.D from Norwegian Academy of Music.

On his record ‘Solefall’ Vollestad interprets both Norwegian and European folk tunes, arranged for baryton, strings, oboe, harp and organ. Contributing on the record in the supergroup Cikada (Henrik Hannisdal, Odd Hannisdal, Åshild Breie Nyhus, Marek Konstantyniwicz, Morten Hannisdal and Magnus Sönderberg), Simon Emes, Maia Beattie and Bjørn Andor Drage.