HÅKON KORNSTAD
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Håkon Kornstad Trio “For You Alone” (2021)
A new outing from the critically acclaimed Kornstad Trio—just in time for an anticipated re-opening of the global music scene. Maybe this album will open your ears, too?
“Sterkt, inderlig, vakkert – enkelt og greit unikest. Kornstad & Co befinner seg fortsatt i grenselandet de har skapt sjøl, men er nå enda tryggere både på seg sjøl og hverandre. Herlig og strålende.” ★★★★★★ Nettavisen
“[er] spinnt mit den unprätensiösen Kumpanen Haltli und Eilertsen feine Klanggebilde, welche das alte Liedgut in einen betörenden neuen Kontext befördern.”Jazz Thing
Following the 2018 release Im Treibhaus — For You Alone is a new set of songs and opera arias paired with soulful, Scandinavian jazz.
His first solo album was the critically acclaimed Single Engine (2007). This established him a leading jazz musician in Norway. The second solo album, Dwell Time (Jazzland 2009), was recorded by the legendary Jan Erik Kongshaug. Downbeat Magazine dubbed Kornstad “one of Norway’s most original and daring musicians.”
Håkon Kornstad in Concert
Håkon Kornstad performes his music in several formats. This includes soloperformances, the Håkon Kornstad Trio, and the orchestral formats of chamber and symphonic music.
The current kornstad trio is Håkon Kornstad – tenor, tenor saxophone, flute, Frode Haltli – accordion, Mats Eilertsen – double bass.
Blending opera and jazz, the Kornstad Ensemble featured harmonium and harpsichord in addition to a rhythm section. Spencer Grady in Jazzwise wrote: “Håkon Kornstad and his Tenor Battle troupe have fashioned a triumphant Bartók-reversal, the successful contextualising of high-end tropes into the folk firmament.”
The orchestral works of Kornstad has been performed with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK), WDR Funkhausorchestra in Cologne in 2018, and the Stockholm Wind Symphonic. He has also a collaboration with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and director Terje Tønnesen.
The solo concerts is performed with Solo saxophone, flute, flutonette, voice and live looping.