In The Country
Norway
8:00 pm-9:00 pm,29,Sep 2011

Artists
Piano: Morten Qvenild
Bass: Roger Arntzen
Drums: P?l Hausken

In The Country belongs to no musical world as their music contains inspiration from a lot of different genres. Best known for being the orchestra in Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Morten Qvenild has been a member of both Shining and Jaga Jazzist and is a long term
member of Solveig Slettahjell’s Slow Motion Orchestra. He formed In The Country with bass-player Roger Arntzen and drummer Pal Hausken at the Norwgian Academy of Music in Oslo in 2003.

Since then, they have been selected best young jazz artists in Norway, played concerts in Europe, USA and Asia and, released three albums and a concert to much critical acclaim. Downbeat called their debut album “Whiteout” was voted one of the “Best Releases of 2009”. And In The Country has won The Independent Music Awards in the USA with our film “Sounds And Sights”.

Rusconi
Switzerland
9:30 pm-10:30 pm,29,Sep 2011

Artists
Piano: Stefan Rusconi
Bass: Fabian Gisler
Drums: Claudio Strüby

Rusconi Trio, who stormed the world at the Jazznojazz Festival in Zurich, Switzerland, 2006, was immediately praised as “The New Discovery” and was hailed as the new Esbjorn Svensson Trio after his passing in 2008.

Their music is harmonic and warm without appearing sterile while expressing an interplay of disunity and aesthetics. Stefan’s piano impresses with his rhythmic elegance and captivating harmonic magic. They are young, fresh, stylistic, and innovative ˉbut above all they are simply great performers. The trio is said to be the future of jazz.

Their new album It’s a Sonic Youth is inspired by the music of Sonic Youth, one of the most influential indie rock bands. Rusconi will be showing a new side without loosing their own distinctive sound in this exceptional project, continuing to lift the European Jazz scene to a higher level.