RESPONSIVE NORBAKKEN&ERIKSEN GUEST THOM HELL

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L Y D H Ø R
n o r b a k k e n / e r i k s e n
GUEST: THOM HELL

Hilde Norbakken and Torun Eriksen are the artistic hosts for the evening and are well known for a large number of publications and collaborations nationally and internationally.

The audience is invited into their universe with a new and different concert format where love and curiosity for music and good conversation are at the center.

The duo also invites a guest to help perform their own interpretations of each other's and others' songs. It's precisely the unique experience of combining a concert and a good conversation that they want to share with the audience.

This fall's first guest is from southern Norway and is considered one of the country's finest songwriters: artist Tom Hell. Through interaction and conversation, host and guest will challenge each other and get to know each other better this October evening.

LYDHØR is a concept created by Norbakken/Eriksen in collaboration with Kilden performing arts centre. They want to give the audience a unique and present experience of music, moments and dialog. It's about a close and loving relationship with music, and about contributing to a vibrant and sustainable cultural life in the region.

Welcome to LYDHØR in Kilden performing arts centre!

THOM HELL

Thom Hell has been one of Norway's most popular and prolific artists for many years. As a singer, producer and songwriter, he has released eleven studio albums, received three Spellemann awards, charmed the whole of Norway in "Hver gang vi møtes" and won "Det store korslaget". His album "Happy Rabbit" was received with standing ovations by the British press and in 2019 he released three albums.

He has a long and eventful career behind him and over the years has become a well-known and well-liked artist. In addition to his own releases, he has participated in a number of successful collaborations, including with artists such as Marit Larsen, Jonas Fjeld, Marte Wulff and Jonas Alaska. Thom Hell draws a lot of inspiration from the 60s and 70s, and from these roots he has developed a distinctive and melodious musical expression.

In 2022, Thom released two albums, his tenth and eleventh: "Today is Tomorrow" in January and "She Might Cry" in September. Both received rave reviews. His twelfth album: "A Pleasant Life" will be released on September 22.

TORUN ERIKSEN

With her cross-genre music and poetic lyrics, Torun Eriksen is a distinctive voice on the Norwegian and European jazz scene. She has released six critically acclaimed albums on the renowned Jazzland Recordings label and collaborates with a number of performers nationally and internationally. Eriksen is from Telemark and, after many years in Oslo, has now settled in Kristiansand, where she is also an associate professor of singing and songwriting at the Department of Rhythmic Music at the University of Agder. In 2024, she will celebrate 20 years as a recording artist and release new music in Norwegian.

HILDE NORBAKKEN

Hilde Norbakken is a recording artist, singer, pianist and songwriter/lyricist. She is originally from Smøla in Nordmøre, but has lived in Kristiansand since 2010. From here she runs artistic and educational activities both regionally and nationally, which involves her own solo projects, collaboration with profiled Norwegian artists as an arranger, chorister, pianist and soloist, as well as working as 1 amanuensis at the Department of Rhythmic Music at UiA. The Kilden audience also knows her as a guest musician with KSO and as part of the artistic team in a number of productions.