Northern Lands Jan Gunnar Hoff

  • Contemporary Music
  • Utzon Room
  • Run time: 80 minutes Subject to change

Nordic jazz piano mastery lights up the Utzon Room

Effortlessly blending elements of jazz, Nordic folk lyricism and classical music, the much-awarded Norwegian pianist, Jan Gunnar Hoff, creates spacious soundscapes of intense depth, poetry, and virtuosic brilliance. 

Appearing for the first time in Australia, Norwegian pianist, composer and band leader, Jan Gunnar Hoff, is one of the leading lights of European jazz. He was the arranger, pianist and musical director for US Grammy-nominated album "Quiet winter night" in 2013 and was nominated for Norwegian Grammy in 2014. He is a Steinway artist and has recorded and performed with global jazz greats including Gary Husband (John McLaughlin band member), Weather Report percussionist, Alex Acuña, and legendary jazz fusion guitarists, Pat Metheny and Mike Stern. From his home in Bodø, above the Arctic Circle, Hoff has truly journeyed the globe.

He was honoured with the prestigious Edvard Grieg prize for composition in 2005 and has released 27 albums. Grammy-winning producer, Morten Lindberg, is a frequent collaborator. Hoff’s Utzon Room performance features friend and colleague, Sydney viola da gambist, Jenny Eriksson. 

Presented by The Leading Partnership Pty Ltd T/A Elysian Fields

Event details

Jan Gunnar Hoff combines the melodic sensibility and dexterity of Lyle Mays with the edginess of Chick Corea.

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Artists

Jan Gunnar Hoff piano
Jenny Eriksson electric viola de gamba

Program

Childhood memory from Nordland (Barndomsminne fra Nordland): Jan Gunnar
Living: Jan Gunnar
Fly North Jan Gunnar
Johnny Faa (Traditional Scottish tune)
Vaapstenjeanoe - Big River: Jan Gunnar 

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Attending this event

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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