Sigbjørn Apeland

Jazz
church music

Occupation(s)

Musician
composer

Instrument(s)

Keyboards
church organ

LabelsHubro Music, NorCD, ECM, Northern SpyWebsitewww.uib.no/en/persons/Sigbj%C3%B8rn.Apeland

Musical artist

Sigbjørn Apeland (born 10 May 1966 was raised in Sveio, Norway) is a musician (organ and Harmonium) and scientist, known from several recordings and for his work in the borderland between folk music, church music and improvisational music.

Career

Sigbjørn Apeland in Aarhus, Denmark (2013)

Apeland is a graduate in performing Church music at the Rogaland Musikkonservatorium (1988) and ethnomusicology from University of Bergen (1998), before he as fellow at Griegakademiet completed his Dr. art. with the thesis Kyrkjemusikkdiskursen: Musikklivet i Den norske kyrkja som diskursiv praksis (Church music discourse: The music scene in the Norwegian church as discursive practice, 2005).^[1]

Apeland contributes on numerous album releases by Nils Økland (1995–), Reidun Horvei (1998), Ingeleiv Kvammen and Olav Kvammen (2000), Åsne Valland Nordli (2001), Marylands (2001), and Agnes Buen Garnås (2002). For the Vossajazz he released the album Fryd (1998), in collaboration with Berit Opheim (vocals), Bjørn Kjellemyr (bass), Einar Mjølsnes (Hardingfele) and Per Jørgensen (trumpet).^[2] With Berit Opheim he released the album Den Blide Sol (2007).

Apeland often plays together with county musicians in Hordaland, he also collaborates with the fiddle player Synnøve S. Bjørset, and with Knut Hamre, Hildegun Riise and Benedicte Maurseth.

Honors

2014: Vossajazzprisen^[3]

Discography

Solo albums

2011: Glossolalia (Hubro Music)

Collaborations

1998: Sette Meg I Huskestong (NorCD), with Småkvedarane frå Voss
1998: Fryd (Vossa Jazz Records), with Einar Mjølsnes, Per Jørgensen, Berit Opheim & Bjørn Kjellemyr
2007: Den Blide Sol (NorCD), with Berit Opheim
2009: 1982 (NorCD), with Øyvind Skarbø & Nils Økland
2011: Lysøen - Hommage À Ole Bull (ECM Records), with Nils Økland recorded at Lysøen^[4]
2016: Bumblin' Creed (Northern Spy), with Padang Food Tigers

References

^ "Kyrkjemusikk som samtidskultur". Notification of submitted dr.art. (in Norwegian). University of Bergen. 2005-04-29. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
^ "Sigbjørn Apeland". CV (in Norwegian). University of Bergen. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
^ Dyvik, Jan-Egil (2014-04-12). "Sigbjørn Apeland fekk Vossa jazz-prisen" (in Norwegian). Avisa Hordaland. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
^ "Lysøen - Hommage à Ole Bull". Music reviews. ECM Records. Retrieved 2013-11-26.