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2013 in Norwegian music
Overview of the events of 2013 in Norwegian music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2013 in Norwegian music.

at the Gdansk Tindra Kroke concert.
Events
January
- 23 Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø (January 23–27).[1]
- 25
- Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 25 – February 2).[2]
- Nils Anders Mortensen (piano) was awarded the Nordlysprisen 2013 at Nordlysfestivalen.[3]
- 31
- The Polarjazz Festival 2013 started in Longyearbyen (January 31 – February 7).[4]
- 31 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (January 31 – February 16).[5]
February
March
- 8 – Narvik Winter Festival started (March 8–17).[6]
- 22 – Vossajazz started in Voss Municipality (March 22–24).[7]
- 23
- Tore Brunborg was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2013 as well as the Buddyprisen 2012 at Vossajazz.[8]
- Stian Carstensen performed the commissioned work Flipp for Vossajazz 2013.[9]
- 27 – Inferno Metal Festival 2014 started in Oslo (March 27–30).[10]
April
- 24 – SoddJazz 2013 started in Inderøy Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag (April 24–28).[11]
May
- 22 Festspillene i Bergen starts (May 22 – June 5)[12]
- 22 Nattjazz starts in Bergen (May 23 – June 1)[13]
June
- 12 – Bergenfest 2013 started in Bergen (June 12–15).[14]
- 13 – Norwegian Wood 2013 started in Oslo (June 13–16).[15]
July
- 3 – Kongsberg Jazzfestival started (July 3 – 6).[16]
- 7 – Lofoten Piano Festival started in Lofoten (July 7–12).[17]
- 15 Moldejazz starts in Molde with Jason Moran as artist in residence (July 15–20).[18]
August
- 1 – The 26th Notodden Blues Festival started in Notodden (August 1 – 4).[19]
- 12 – Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 12–17).[20]
- 13 – Erlend Skomsvoll was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2013 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.[21]
September
- 5 – Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival 2014 starts in Oslo (September 5–14).[22]
- 6 – Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 6–8).[23]
October
- 24 – The 12th Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 24–26).[24]
- 25 – The 10th Ekkofestival started in Bergen (October 25 – November 3).[25]
- 29 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (October 29 – November 3).[26]
November
- 13 – The Vardø Blues Festival (Blues i Vintermørket) started (November 13 – 17).[27]
- 21 – The 8th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (November 21 – 24).[28]
December
- 11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena.[29]
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- Monica Heldal received the Spellemannprisen award, as 'Best newcomer of the year 2013', for the album Boy From The North and was with that also recipient of the Gramo grant.[49]
Deaths
- January
- 14 – Morten Mølster, rock guitarist, The September When (born 1962).[50]
- 25 – Aase Nordmo Løvberg, opera singer (born 1923).[51]
- February
- 1 – Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, musicologist, contemporary classical composer, music critic and biographer (born 1926).[52]
- 5 – Egil Hovland, contemporary classical composer (born 1924).[53]
- 8 – Knut Nesbø, rock and folk guitarist, Di Derre (born 1961).[54]
- March
- 18 – Eivind Rølles, guitarist and pop singer, The Monroes, cancer (born 1959).[55]
- April
- 17 – Yngve Moe, jazz and rock bass guitarist, Dance with a Stranger, fell in coma, after drowning in Tenerife, Spain (born 1957).[56]
- May
- July
- 1 – Rolf Graf, jazz-rock bass guitarist, Lava, cancer (born 1960).[58]
- 29 – Ole Henrik Moe, classical pianist, art historian and critic (born 1920).[59]
- August
- 18 – Rolv Wesenlund, comedian, singer, jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, writer, and actor (born 1936).[60]
- 29 – Kjell Lund, architect, songwriter and singer (born 1927).[61]
- September
- 17 – Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-born artist, songwriter and record producer (born 1949).[62]
- 24 – Sverre Bruland, classical conductor and trumpeter (born 1923).[63]
- 26 – Arnstein Johansen, accordionist (born 1925).[64]
- October
- 2 – Kaare Ørnung, classical pianist, entertainer and music teacher (born 1931).[65]
- 19 – Lage Fosheim, pop singer, The Monroes, cancer (born 1958).[66]
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