"We will rock you! - a Queen tribute" in Narvik 6th og June 2009.

Next stop for my Queen tribute show is up North; in Narvik. The show will be a part of the "Nordkor" choir festival. More info here.

Interview with Øystein Fevang in "Diva International", Geneva.

Read the interview here.

Opening festival at Gamle Horten Gård 15-17th of May 2009

Preliminary program:
15th:  Outdoor concert with "The Norwegian Royal Navy Band".
16th: Classical concert with famous composer/concert pianist Wolfgang Plagge
and Annar Follesø (violin), and jazz concert with splendid jazz guitarist
Frode Kjekstad and his trio.
17th: Family arrangement.

Wolfgang Plagge

Concerts in Hungary May 2009

I will be conducting The Oslo Philharmonic Choir in Hungary in May 2009.
NIght concerts: 21th: Budapest (St. Theresa Church), 22th: Fót (Fót Church),
23th: Martfu (Martfu Church).
Program:
Knut Nystedt; "Prayers of Kierkegaard", "Immortal Bach"
Edvard Grieg: "4 Psalms", "The Spring", "Ave Maris Stella".

Øystein Fevang buys "Gamle Horten Gård"

Together with 3 companions, I have bought the fantastic place "Gamle Horten Gård" (Old Horten Farm) in Horten, my town of birth. After weeks of hard fighting with other competitors, the local politicians in Horten voted in favour of my concept. The buildings have for more than 150 years served as accomondation for The Norwegian Navy, and when the Navy withdrew and moved their activities to Bergen, the Horten municipality used their first right of refusal to buy Gamle Horten Gård. Later, the municipality put it out for sale, offering the bid with the best concept idea for the buildings to buy it for a set price. These historical buildings dates back to 1780, and is really the cradle of Horten. Gamle Horten Gård will now be turned into a cultural centre, offering accomondation, café, seminars, concerts, festivals and courses.More info and program will soon be available on this website: www.gamlehortengard.no

The procedure raised a lot of enthusiasm amongst the inhabitans of Horten, and the local newspaper had numerous head liners and pages about the issue.

Queen tribute in Trondheim a big success.

2.400 spectators in Olavshallen got what they came for; a top musical show, with a huge choir, splendid soloist and a hard working 6-piece rock'n roll band. Some links: Byavisa Adressa

"Den syngende bydelen"

The series was broadcasted on NRK1 November/December 2006, and I want to thank you all for the positive feedback I have recieved by mail, sms etc.

Øystein Fevang in the jury at Norwegian Choir Assosiation's National Choir Competition i Trondheim 2009.

Øystein Fevang jury leader at national Choir competition at Norwgian Academy of music.

More info here.

Debut concert with new vocal ensemble with premiere performance.

I am forming a new vocal ensemble these days, named "Vokal 8". It is a mixed ensemble with singers of professional standards. At our debut
concert we will make a premiere performance of "Canticum Sacrum", by Norwegian composer Kjell Mørk Karlsen. This beautiful work is
commisioned by Sigyn Birkeland, solo basson player from Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and it is written for 8-part choir, basson and horn.
Hornist Steinar Nilsen will play the horn part. Besides me (who will be singing in the ensemble), the members of V8 are: Anine Kruse
Skatrud, Ditte Marie Bræin, Anne Opedal, Victoria Jakhelln, Torfinn Kleive, Svein Korshamn and Torfinn Kleive. We will also perform "The
Beatitudes" by Arvo Pärt at the concert, and fantastic organist Lars Notto Birkeland will be perfroming on Fagerborg church's brand new
organ, now considered as one of Oslo's finest concert organ. Concert in Fagerbog Chuch, Oslo, November 19th, 19.30.

Concert with singing group "Quint" december 4th.

I will be singing with the male singer group "Quint" at Borre Church in Horten 4th of December 2008. Multimusician and good friend
Joseph Angyal will also participate.

I will be conducting and singing with The Royal Norwegian Navy Band in Horten.

Bakkenteigen, Høgskolen in Vestfold. Concerts sceduled 26th and 27th of March 2009 has been postponed until medio October 2009.

Concerts in Oslo Concert Hall 12-14th November.

I will conduct the Oslo Philharmonic Choir on three concerts in Oslo Concert Hall 12-14th of November this year. We will perform two works by Knut Nystedt;
"Prayers of Kierkegaard" and "Immortal Bach". Both works is to be found on the double Grammy-nominated CD "Immortal Nystedt", which I recorded with
Ensemble 96 in 2006. Additional program on these concerts: Beethoven's 9th symphony, which will be conducted by Arvid Engegård. You can buy tickets here.

We will rock you! - a Queen tribute" in Trondheim - more than 2.000 tickets sold!!!

Additional concert the same evening for sale now! You can buy tickets here.

Ivar sings his heart out in "Innuendo"...                    Rolf (in the back), T-Raw, Marius and Tone rocks the crowd!

A couple of links to previous shows. Grieghallen- -Bærum Kulturhus

Øystein Fevang in the jury at the choir competition "Syng for oss" in Bergen 13-15th of June.

This year I am engaged as member of the jury for the most traditional and biggest choir competition in Norway. 35 choirs will be competing in 5 different
categories. The other members of the jury are: Jesper Grove Jørgensen (DEN), Lars-Erik Ter Jung, Elizabeth Oltedal, and Hilde Sol Erdal.
More info about the competition you can find here.

Øystein Fevang lecturer at Norwegian Choir Assosiation's Summer Course 2008 at Toneheim.

After several engagements at this course earlier as conducting lecturer, I will this year work with a small group of 8 singers, with advanced a cappella music,
both classical as well as close harmony. The course will, as usual, take place at Toneheim Folkehøgskole, Hamar, and this years dates are 27.07 - 03.08.
Other instructures are: Dale Warland (US), Terje Kvam, Vivianne Sydnes, Bodil Egseth, Kristin Lydia Nesse, Jens Johansen (DEN), Sidumo Nyamezele (SA),
Gro Shetelig Kruse, Njål Thorud and Helga Harila.
More info here.

"We will rock you - a Queen tribute!" in Trondheim!!!

The Olavshallen Concert Hall in Trondheim is confirmed as venue for my Queen tribute show 26th of October 2008. The band will be from Sandvika Rock Teater and confirmed soloists are Haldor Lægreid, Heine Totland, Frank Kjosås, Ivar Krogh Hovd and Rolf Kristensen. The 200-member big choir will be put together by local singers, in association with Norges Korforbund Sør-Trøndelag.

"Den syngende bydelen" will be broadasted November/Decemeber 2008!

Norwegian Choir Assosiation's Honory Prize awarded to Øystein Fevang and Ensemble 96.

The prize is given to conductors, choirs, composers or others who in a particular way have promoted and developed Norwegian choir music at a national or international level. This years award ceremony took place at a crowded Grieghallen in Bergen, during the closing concert for the Grieg International Choir Festival.

The jury says, among other things:
"The Korprisen 2007 is awarded to a choir and a conductor who has in a particularly way documented the very best of Norwegian choir litterature and contributed in making the works familiar both in Norway and abroad.
The CD-recording Immortal Nystedt has been acclaimed internationally, and the nomination for two Grammy awards is an honour few creative artists recieve."

Øystein Fevang sings Metallica with KORK!

At the concert "PLAY - A Video game symphony" 26th of October 2007 at Norges Varemesse in Lillestrøm Øystein Fevang sings "One" by Metallica with Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Some guy filmed it with his mobil phone, of course, and put it out on You Tube. You can watch it here ...

September 2007: Øystein Fevang conductor at new TV-series on NRK.

For the next three months, I will be working with an amateur choir at Stovner, Oslo, with cameras and crew from NRK following the process from forming the choir via audition to the final concert in December. Title for the series: Den syngende bydelen. At the final concert the choir will sing together with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in Oslo Concert Hall on the 19th of December.

Interview with Øystein Fevang in Ballade

Interview with Øystein Fevang in Kordirigenten