Nattjazz

Bergen International Jazz Festival
Nattjazz
Status Active
Genre Jazz Festival
Date(s) May - June
Begins 28 May 2015
Ends 6 June 2015
Frequency Annually
Location(s) Verftet, Bergen
Country Norway
Years active 1972 - present
Inaugurated Founded 1971
Website
nattjazz.no

Bergen International Jazz Festival or Nattjazz, is one of the largest jazz festivals of Norway. The festival has a musical profile with an emphasis on ethnic and contemporary jazz. It is held annually in late May, coinciding with Festspillene i Bergen, and is located at Verftet in Bergen.[1]

Biography

The festival was arranged for the first time in 1972 at Håndverkeren in Bergen (now closed). It moved to Studentsenteret in 1978 (now demolished and rebuilt), and eventually to USF Verftet in 1994. In 2012 Nattjazz was held in different localities in Vågsbunnen because of the reconstructions of USF Verftet.[2]

During the course of the festival most concerts are held indoors but now and then there are outdoors concerts too. The festival has also from time to time collaborations with e.g. Festspillene i Bergen in Grieghallen. Inside the USF Verftet there have been concerts from four stages and the public bought admission to the house, not to individual concerts. The four scenes that was in use varied in capacity from about 70 to 700 people. Some rooms was set up with seating, others primarily with people standing. In addition, it was adapted areas where the public could relax and watch what happened at the various stages using internal channels. There was normally several artists at every stage in the course of an evening. This scheme was followed in 2012, although stages were in different localities. Future plans are to reestablish the USF Verftet as the main location for events at the festival.[3]

Selected artists

Selected bands and artists 2012 - 2015

May 23 - June 1, 2013
May 28 - June 6, 2015

Nattjazzprisen or Hansaprisen

Nattjazzprisen or Hansaprisen – verdt å vente på (Hansa Prize – well worth the wait) was established in 2005 by the jazz festival Nattjazz in Bergen, Norway in collaboration with Hansa Borg Bryggerier. The prize worth NKR 50 000 is awarded annually under the Nattjazz i Bergen and should be given to an artist the jury believes has international qualities and the potential for international success.

The following musicians have been awarded the Hansaprisen:

Vital/Nattjazz talent award

References

  1. ↑ "Nattjazz Festival". EuropeJazz.net.
  2. ↑ "Nattjazz". Directory MIC.no. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  3. ↑ "Framgang for Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. Retrieved 2015-04-24.

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