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Composer Ketil Hvoslef and guitarist Stein-Erik Olsen<\/p>\n
Ketil Hvoslef is one of Norway’s most respected composers. Productive, with a non-dogmatic approach to art, his music is often characterized as a result of the ability to combine the simple with the complex. Rhythmically clever, with a sense of the unpredictable, the music of Hvoslef hits a certain nerve. Early in his career he was fascinated by the expressional force and timbral versatility of the guitar. Stein-Erik Olsen studied with Hvoslef from 1973 until 1977, and has performed and recorded several of the composer’s guitar works.<\/p>\n
In 2014 guitarist Stein-Erik Olsen released the critically acclaimed album \u201cHavana \u2013 Rio \u2013 Moscow\u201d, inviting Academy of St. Martin in The Fields for a musical collaboration. On his new disc \u201cSEONVEH\u201d he has invited cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of Norwegian musicians for a salutation to Norwegian composer Ketil Hvoslef.<\/p>\n
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Last year guitarist Stein-Erik Olsen released the critically acclaimed album \u201cHavana \u2013 Rio \u2013 Moscow\u201d, inviting Academy of St. Martin in The Fields for a musical collaboration. On his new disc \u201cSEONVEH\u201d he has invited cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of Norwegian musicians for a salutation to Norwegian composer Ketil Hvoslef.<\/p>\n
Hvoslef is one of Norway’s most respected composers. Productive, with a non-dogmatic approach to art, his music is often characterized as a result of the ability to combine the simple with the complex. Rhythmically clever, with a sense of the unpredictable, the music of Hvoslef hits a certain nerve. Early in his career he was fascinated by the expressional force and timbral versatility of the guitar. Stein-Erik Olsen studied with Hvoslef from 1973 until 1977, and has performed and recorded several of the composer’s guitar works.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix pieces for six strings\u201d is a solo suite that was written early in Hvoslef’s career as a composer, and in many ways it is the odd one out in this recording. Early in the 1960s, Hvoslef was mostly into visual art, and to this day he still says that he visualizes both musician and instrument when he composes music. Double Concerto for flute and guitar (1977) depicts a love affair between guitar and flute. In Guitar Quintet (2004) Hvoslef explores the unusual instrumentation of guitar and string quartet, incorporating the guitar into the quartet sound in an exquisite and unconventional manner. SEONVEH (2011) for three guitars is written in close collaboration with the trio performing it on this recording, something Hvoslef himself described as \u201ca dream for a composer\u201d. SEONVEH is a colourful and extensive work, where Hvoslef pushes the limits as for what can be played on classical guitar. An extraordinary work for an extraordinary combination of instruments.<\/p>\n
Stein-Erik Olsen, presenting his 10th album with Simax Classics, is in the front line of an ‘all star’ artistic lineup: The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christian Eggen, a string quartet led by Elise B\u00e5tnes, flautist and long time collaborator Gro Sandvik, and of course guitarists Nj\u00e5l Vindenes and Egil Haugland. Producer is Simon Kiln, engineer Arne Akselberg \u2013 both from Abbey Road Studios.<\/p>\n
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