Harald Devold
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Harald Devold | |
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Langevåg, Sula Municipality (Norway) |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". |
| Genres | Jazz |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Musician, music producer |
| InstrumentTemplate:Pluralize from text | Saxophones |
| Formerly of | Oslo Groove Company |
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Harald Devold (13 May 1964 – 19 February 2016) was a Norwegian jazz musician (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute) from Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county. He is also known as a big band organizer, music producer and music political activist. He was born and raised in Langevåg in Sula Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county.
Biography
Devold received his musical education at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He was known for his versatility as a musician and has since the 1980s been one of Norway's most commonly used freelance musicians. He was a driving force for the big band Oslo Groove Company, which received the 1990 Spellemannprisen.[1]
Devold settled in Vadsø Municipality (1995) and then worked as head of Scene Finnmark, which inter alia disposes regional musician groups LINK and Ensemble Noor.[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">clarification needed] He was a music producer for Scene Finnmark. He helped to initiate a number of productions, which toured the Barents Region and played a key role in establishing contacts between Norwegian and Russian musicians. Among these productions, one find artists like Angélique Kidjo, Morten Abel, Frode Alnæs, Hallgeir Pedersen, Kai Somby, Sondre Lerche, Mari Boine, Petter Carlsen, Marte Heggelund, Ivar Thomassen, Marit Hætta Øverli, Inga Juuso, Anne Grete Preus, Hector Bingert and Knut Kristansen. As a musician, he has also collaborated with various Sami artists, such as Siellu Dalkas, releasing an album in 2006. Devold was selected in 2005 as Chairman for Norsk Jazzforum (NJF). He died on February 19, 2016, from cancer.[2]
Honors
- 2015: Culture Prize from Vadsø Municipality[3]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harald Devold" (in Norwegian). Sceneweb.no. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Strøm, Stian (2016-02-19). "Devold måtte gi tapt for kreft" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kulturprisen 2015 til Harald Devold" (in Norwegian). Vadsø kommune. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
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External links
- Harald Devold ny styreleder i Norsk jazzforum at Ballade.no Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang
- Scene Finnmark for Sami music and culture[permanent dead link]
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