Hans Fredrik Jacobsen
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Hans Fredrik Jacobsen is a Norwegian musician and composer, based in Tolga
.
Jacobsen is known for his work together with his partner Tone Hulbækmo and with the medieval music
group Kalenda Maya, as well as his concert and studio music on a range of instruments: flute
, diatonic button accordion
, saxophone
and guitar
. He has played with Secret Garden
, Halldis Moren Vesaas
, Ragnar Bjerkreim
, Sondre Bratland, Annbjørg Lien
and Henning Sommerro
, among others.
Tolga, Norway
Tolga is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tolga....
.
Jacobsen is known for his work together with his partner Tone Hulbækmo and with the medieval music
Medieval music
Medieval music is Western music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and ends sometime in the early fifteenth century...
group Kalenda Maya, as well as his concert and studio music on a range of instruments: flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, diatonic button accordion
Diatonic button accordion
A diatonic button accordion or melodeon is a type of button accordion where the melody-side keyboard is limited to the notes of diatonic scales in a small number of keys...
, saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. He has played with Secret Garden
Secret Garden (duo)
Secret Garden is an award-winning Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also sometimes erroneously known as Neo-classical music.Secret Garden features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland...
, Halldis Moren Vesaas
Halldis Moren Vesaas
Halldis Moren Vesaas was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books. She established herself as one of the leading female Norwegian writer of her generation.-Biography:...
, Ragnar Bjerkreim
Ragnar Bjerkreim
Ragnar Bjerkreim is Norwegian composer with film scores as his specialty.Bjerkreim has a masters degree in music from University of Oslo; his thesis was entitled "The Function of Film Music". He received his first success as a composer for the two Kamilla and the Thief movies...
, Sondre Bratland, Annbjørg Lien
Annbjørg Lien
Annbjørg Lien is a Norwegian musician. She plays the hardingfele , violin, and nyckelharpa....
and Henning Sommerro
Henning Sommerro
Henning Sommerro is a Norwegian musician, composer and music teacher.- Biography :Sommerro grew up on the Sommerro farm at Skei in Surnadal...
, among others.
Releases
- Langt nord i skogen. 1988 (with Tone Hulbækmo)
- Seljefløyta. 1997 (with Steinar Ofsdal and Hallgrim BergHallgrim BergHallgrim Berg is a Norwegian folk musician, and politician for the Conservative Party . He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1985 to 1997, representing Buskerud. Among his albums are Seljefløyta from 1997 and Munnharpa from 1998.-References:...
) - Jól. 1998
- Vind. 2003
- Himalaya blues. 2004 (with Knut ReiersrudKnut ReiersrudKnut Reiersrud is a Norwegian blues guitarist. His work also incorporates elements of Norwegian traditional music and African music. He lives in Oslo...
and VarjaVarjaVarja is a village in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
)
Prizes
- SpellemannprisenSpellemannprisenSpellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...
1988 with Tone Hulbækmo best children's album for Langt nord i skogen - Skjæraasenprisen 2004