This site show pictures from my life with music.
(Click on the images to enlarge them)
NEW 26 th March 2007.
My First Homemade Bassoon
This picture is taken about 1992-93, showing me
playing on my selfmade Duplo bassoon.
Here I am playing for my dolls.
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My First Bassoon
My first bassoon was a Fagottino from Bernd Moosmann.
Here I play my bassoon for the very first time!
This was a big event that I will never forget!
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A Young Bassoonist In The Family
Practising for my first CD with playback.
Playing duets with dad.
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Paris
Me and mom outside the house that
belongs to the composer Hector Berlioz in Paris.
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Eiganes Symphonic Band
Here we are preparing for the nationalday of Norway,
the 17th of May.
I was playing the cymbals when the band was marching.
Here together with two of my schoolfriends
Kristian B. Ingerbretsen and Christopher Westlye.
You can hear me playing with this band
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Visiting Bernd Moosmann In Germany
Studying the art of bassoon making
My good friend Bernd Moosmann
who made my bassoon and me.
Bernd, me and dad (taking the picture)
on a German restaurant.
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Chambermusic At Home
My first duet together with dad
with my new Moosmann bassoon
with extended keys.
Chamber concert at home.
Playing for my friends in the choir.
The Eiganes Bassoon Trio.
From left: Me,Cristopher and dad
playing the contrabassoon.
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My First Solo Concert - 2003
Stavanger Chatedral and Hove Church
Preparing for the concert together with dad.
You can see more pictures and listen to what I performed
Outside Hove Church before the concert.
From left: Vidar Vikøren,organ. Dad,bassoon.
Mom,voice and me,bassoon
After the concert inside the Hove Church
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Singing With The Stavanger Chatedral Choir
Practising the Christimas Oriatorio by Bach
for the first time. I sang the 3 first parts in German
without the music!
From a concert in the Stavanger Chatedral.
I sang soprano and alto in this choir for 6 years.
From a tour to USA with the choir in 2003.
Preparing for a concert.
Singing in an American church.
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Eirik and me helped the Stavanger Chatdral
and the priests as assistants for many years.
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The Norwegian Youth Orchestra
The Grieg Hall - Bergen 2006
Some fresh air before practising Mahler´s 5 Symphony.
The Bassoongroup of NUSO.
From left: Jon Backer Johnsen,Kristian Oma Rønnes
and James Lassen.
Performing Mahlers 5th Symphony
in the Grieg Hall-Bergen.
Thank you for the Mahler-fun my very best
trumpet friend Espen!
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