11. - 17. AUG 2024
Jazzland 25 years: Sanskriti Shrestha Avatar

Jazzland 25 years: Sanskriti Shrestha Avatar


Thursday 19th August 17:30

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Avatar is a powerful sextet presenting a unique blend of Nepalese musical influences with jazz and experimental music. The group represents a new generation of musical explorers who build bridges between the new and old, western and eastern, composed and improvised.

Their music is the sonic dreamscape of tabla player Sanskriti Shrestha. With the band Avatar, Sanskriti’s Nepalese roots and training in Hindustani and Nepalese traditions find their expression with the more experimental music influences encountered during her last years in Oslo. All compositions are made by Sanskriti, and draw from the extended traditions of melodic percussion in Nepalese classic and Folk music. Together with the additions and different influences brought by the other band members, Avatar presents listeners with a unique alloy of boundless expression.

  • Henriette Hvidsten Eilertsen- flute
  • Hans P. Kjorstad- violin
  • Magnus Soltvedt Wiik- guitar, banjo and dobro
  • Erlend Olderskog Albertsen- double bass
  • Sanskriti Shrestha- tablas, tabla tarang, kantele, percussion
  • Andreas Wildhagen- drums, percussion
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