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The Sky Opens Twice, @Cafe Hærverk 17 October 2024

This is the Alpaca ensemble’s tenth record and is a commissioned work by jazz musician and composer Eirik Hegdal, who has invited jazz vocalist Thea Ellingsen Grant to join him…
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reconstruction i-v Lene Grenager 21.- 25. oktober 2024

Alpaca Ensemble devotes a whole week to performing Lene Grenager’s five reconstruction works, and brings back the lost soundscapes of industry and women’s history with the help of instruments, electronics,…
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Sigrid ❤️

Alpaca Ensemble artistic management since its inception in 1996 has consisted of Else Bø, Sigrid Elisabeth Stang and Marianne Baudouin Lie. Our violinist Sigrid Stang died in the summer of…
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Grammy nominations!

Alpaca Ensemble is nominated for a Grammy in the contemporary category for the album Rehnqvist&Lindquist! We are honored by the nomination and would like to congratulate the other nominees: Håvard…
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Album release: The Sky Opens Twice – November 2021

Alpaca Ensemble marks its 20-year collaboration with jazz saxophonist/composer Eirik Hegdal with a heavenly journey of a record project!The new project "The Sky Opens Twice" shows a whole new side…
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Album release: "Rehnqvist&Lindquist" – September 2021

This recording is the result of the Alpaca Ensemble's close collaboration with two living composers. Their music is related in that in both of them it is in contact with…
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Institution of the flesh – Bergen 27 August

"Institution of the Flesh" was developed in collaboration between us, Alwynne Pritchard and Neither Nor and was performed at Conerteatret in Bergen on 27 August. Alwynne Pritchard on the project:…
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"Performer of the Year 2020"

The Norwegian Society of Composers has awarded the "Performer of the Year" award since 1985. The prize goes to a performer or ensemble, at a high professional level, who has…
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Only Connect – Trondheim

During NyMusikk's festival Only Connect Trondheim in May 2021, Øyvind Mæland's Tiled Air premiered where Jennifer Torrence and Alpaca Ensemble string with a broad brush. A long line is drawn,…
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Seven Poems, and Seven Verses – premiere

Tour with premiere of ‘Sju vers’ (Seven Verses) by Kristin Bolstad. Read more about the project Concerts:29. nov. 2019 Oslo, Bidrobon30. nov. 2019 Trondheim, Rådhussalen1. des. 2019 Huskonsertene i Rissa