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Lyslo // Davidsen
Lyslo // Davidsen is a new duo consisting of the classical guitarist Ingrid Horvei Lyslo and the classical saxophonist Aina Helgeland Davidsen. Separately as soloists they have both recorded soloalbums, Ingrid is releasing her debut album in 2026, and Aina has several out on streaming platforms.
Now they have come together and do concerts worldwide with a varied program for classical guitar and saxophone, they are working on a duo album and is all about spreading enjoyment of classical music!
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Vakréne
Vakréne is a duo consisting of Isabella Østenby Vesti and Aina Helgeland Davidsen composing music all by themselves to fit their instruments. They only perform music composed by themselves and have the idea of being a classical artist/group on same level as any pop artist in todays society.
At Nordic Piccolo Festival 2023 Vakréne will have their official debut as duo, premiering for the world a three movement piece by Aina for sopranino saxophone and piccolo flute.
The name Vakréne is a combination of their first names. Isabella means beautiful, which is “vakker” in Norwegian. Aina means both the only one, which is “den eneste ene” in Norwegian/Danish (it also means mirror, however, they have not chosen that combination). Making a combination between Vakker, and Ene to Vakréne.
Å overleve tanken // Surviving the thought
Å overleve tanken / Surviving the thought is a project created together and in collaborations with the painter Kirkerød Malerier to support youth in Norway in need of help with mental health. The project were performed and shown 10th-12th of September 2021, marking The World Suicide Prevention Day, where most of the income from the project wias donated to Mental Helse & Mental Helse Ungdom.
During these three days there were 3 live performances with live music and painting, presenting the music and the art. If you didn’t make it to the artshow you can show support by buying the music on Itunes or streaming it on Spotify, some of the income from this will go directly to MHU, or keep updated here as they are working on a website where you can purchase the paintings. If you would like to donate money for producing the music at USB you can donate here.
Å Overleve Tanken has been supported by AASS Bryggeri with their lovely locations and Drammen Kommune. We have been very grateful, and it was a wonderful collection for the organizations.
All of the music and paintings have been based on anonymous peoples opinions on what mental health is and what relations they have to it individually. From that, Maja and Aina has created lovely music and art for the donations.
Thanks for all of the support!
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Klassisk Musikk for Små Ører
Klassisk Musikk for Små Ører is a mini concert of 30 min for small babies and children of the age 0-3years old. It is created to make classical music more accessible for families with small children, and in a sound level that suits their new and delicate ears.
The music is performed by the classical guitarist Ingrid Lyslo and the classical saxophonist Aina Helgeland Davidsen, they have set a program of lighter classical music that can be enjoyed by playing, sleeping og breastfeeding - whatever the small children needs and wants.
Currently it is touring on local health stations in Norway, by the help of FURESTIFTELSEN and we hope it will be picked up on more broadly as well.
ERRATIO
ERRATIO is a project launched by Ingvild Vaagsether (choreographer and dancer) & Aina Helgeland Davidsen (saxophonist and composer). The concept is created on the grounds of creating an experience together with the audience. An experience where the audience get to decide what the musician(s) and dancer(s) get to improvise over. The performers get selected themes that the audience get to play with, however, the performers never get to choose the themes themselves, that is something that is decided by a draw by the audience left up to the coincidence or faith if you want. ERRATIO is created to inspire an artistic experience for everyone that is interchangeable for every concert/show. Nothing will ever be alike and it will all be up to coincidence and inspiration, and improvisation between the artists and the audience. It is created in two versions so far, one for children and one for adults. The one for children is so far done with throwing a dice to decide what the improvisation should include, and the one for the adults is performed through showing of cards. They are of course angled in different directions with seperate goals, since the children often need more entertainment than maybe artistic challenge. The adult version is more directed towards research of the game between audience and artists making and creating art.
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ERRATIO creates a whole new level of artistic possibilities through dance and music. Creating a new space for cultural similarity’s and differences being visually accessible, and in constant movement from each performance. Through improvisation in music and movement in dance the performers react to each other, and are giving new impulses for each they receive. All based on their professional expertise, experience and cultural differences. The project combines backgrounds, professional experiences and expertise making a 100% visual, auditive and life-like product. What is quite unique is the including of the audience by making them decide the form of the music through throwing a dice and leaving them in wonderment of what they actually have decided. This is just one of the «tasks» the audience are given, and the dancers create even bigger opportunities to combine the audience. In this way all of their cultures and backgrounds play a role in the expression the performances.
Through interaction they will develop a common artistic language through movements and music in constant movement.
Current stages of previous performance:
- Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival 2020 (4 performances)
- Oslo Jazzdancefestival 2020
Scopelliti/Davidsen
Scopelliti/Davidsen is a duo that emerged out of Kulturkræsj festival fall of 2019. They were doing a couple pieces with improvising for one of the concerts of the festival, the opening actually and received such great feedback that they decided to start something more fundemental.
March 2020 they released an EP together with a Rock Suite that is the result of mixing classical and metal improvisation. Now they are working on more music & want to explore the possibilities of a future full album & future concerts.
Night & Day
Night & Day is a duo consisting of Trond Davidsen and Aina H. Davidsen, with program varying from the true standards within classical and jazz repertoire. This is specifically great for an event you are hosting as background music and will be perfect for making your event shine just a level higher! They have collected music combined between the genres for 2 hours of music. Night & Day is the perfect program for an event because it suits both night and day, morning or evening, background or a miniconcert. Its easy for you to order and if you are early you can even ask for maybe some of your own favorites to be arranged.
Trond Davidsen is a classical guitarist educated from The Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo with Masters Diploma. His international debut took place in 1997 in London, Purcell Room. In 1999 he undertook a solotour in Mexico and USA, Texas and he earlier performed the Aranjuez-concert with Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra under the baton of Karsten Andersen. In addition to performing on Norwegian Radio and TV he has played over 500 concerts for schools throughout Norway for ”Rikskonsertene”. Trond has a long career of teaching individual lessons and masterclasses such as West Dean int. Guitarfestival 2017. Since 1991 he has been touring in England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Netherlands and USA as a member of the Arctic Guitar Trio. His 6 Cd-recordings coveres a great variety of chambermusic and soloprogramme. Since early days he has alongside the classical focus also loved to play more jazzy programme and has also taken studies of jazzharmony and jazzensemble at the Norwegian Academy of Music.