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Welcome to our English pages! Some of the links will take you to our Norwegian pages, but at least you can see photos and videos. To return to the English pages, please click "English" in the top menu. However some articles are also in English, and we will try to add more, so please have a look!

Intense concert period culminated at Nasjonal Jazzscene

Three weeks concert maraton finished with a great concert at Nasjonal Jazzscene, featuring 13 year old piano player Rhona Ustunel from London  (Article in Norwegian)

FINALLY!

Finally after almost two years, we are able to present 13 year old Rhona Ustunel from London.  (Article in Norwegian)

Avant garde church concert

By an initiative from Oslo's music council we organized an avant garde jazz concert in Sofienberg chuch on 24. October.  (Article in Norwegian)

Visit from Denmark

On the video above you can see a report from our tour in Faroe islands with Amalie the last week of January 2020, right before everything closed down

This week we are having a visit from the talented Danish piano player Amalie Bendixen.  (Article in Norwegian)

Jazz kids goes to church

Some of our most experienced students will be featured when we present an avant garde jazz consert in Sofienberg church on 24. October.  (Article in Norwegian)

Love Songs for Afghanistan

On 17. oktober we were invited to join the wonderful project "Love Songs for Afghanistan" at the Norwegian Music Academy. You can see the beautiful concert in the video on the right (our contribution starts around 18:05).  (Article in Norwegian)

Premiere with guests from Faroe islands

On 17. October we opened the autumn season for the series "Jazzbarna inntar Sentralen".  (Article in Norwegian)

Party at Nasjonal Jazzscene

On 16. October we started a three weeks intense concert period.  (Article in Norwegian)

One more concert!

We almost haven't dared to say this to avoid competing with ourselves but we actually have one more concert after the season opening at Sentralen on Sunday.  (Article in Norwegian)

Premiere at Sentralen

Not only do we have a concert at Nasjonal Jazzscene this weekend, -we also open the autumn season for the series "Jazzbarna inntar Sentralen".  (Article in Norwegian)

Back to normal

On 16. October we are ready for a new concert at Nasjonal Jazzscene .  (Article in Norwegian)

Book about Improbasen

Guro Gravem Johansen's book about Improbasen was released on Routledge autumn

2020. Read more 

New contacts in Italy

1-11. October we could finally reunite with our dear contacts in Italy, AND meet many new ones.  (Article in Norwegian)

Barnas Jazzscene is back!

Already on 4. September we were ready to start the autumn season at Nasjonal Jazzscene. (Article in Norwegian)

Jazz concert in rural surroundings

While waiting for the autumn season to start, we took to the woods.  (Article in Norwegian)

Tour in Faroe islands
Emergency Jazz

Fantastic Kids in Jazz festival!

Read about the concerts on the Kids in Jazz web site (Mostly Norwegian)

Visit from Japanese language school

30. juni hadde vi besøk fra Japanese Language School for Multilingual Children. Les mer

Kids in Jazz 2021

Club concept in Sentralen på Sentralen.  (Article in Norwegian)

Celebration at Nasjonal Jazzscene

As usual there will be a big concert at Nasjonal Jazzscene on Saturday.  (Article in Norwegian)

Opening concert in Marmorsalen

As usual there will be a grand opening in Marmorsalen on 12. August.  (Article in Norwegian)


Summerjazz at nursery home

Det ble litt kjedelig med sommerferie nå som vi var så godt i gang, så vi stiller på Biergarten på Grünerløkka lørdag 26. juni kl. 15:00, med et herlig trekløver. Les mer

The program is ready

Check it out on kidsinjazz.com

Workshopkonsert ar Sentralen 

13. August we move to Forstanderskapssalen  (Article in Norwegian)

Five concerts in four days

Vi feirer den varslede gjenåpningen med å gjennomføre hele vårsesongen i serien "Jazzbarna inntar Sentralen" i løpet av to helger. Les mer

Buzz workshop 2021

Buzz workshop 2021 will take place
9-11. August 8-12 year olds
12-14. August 13-16 year olds

Tour on Faroe Islands

Click on the video to se a report from our tour in Faroe islands the last week of January 2020.

Youth project

We have established a project for youth that are on their way into music education  (Article in Norwegian)

Kids in Jazz will take place 12-17. August

Our international festival "Kids in Jazz 2021" will take place 12-17. August.  (Article in Norwegian)

Emergency jazz

During the lockdown we have found new ways of playing together  (Article in Norwegian)

improbasenOnline @rodelokkaOslo

Maria checks out a solo by Elvin Jones during an online lesson in March 2020.

Further development of our methods

The Norwegian Cultural Council supports further development of our teaching methods. (Article in Norwegian)

Buzz workshop 2021

The Buzz workshop 2021 will take place
9-11. August 8-12 year olds
12-14. August 13-16 year olds

1,2 million NOK from Sparebank stiftelsen

International Jazz Day

25. April we will have a streaming concert at Caféteatret celebrating International Jazz Day (Article in Norwegian, including link to the concert).

Ready for auditions

Two of our students had online high school auditions the first week of May

The world came to the Norwegian Music Academy

8-9. April we had a lab for master students of music pedagogy at the Norwegian Academy of Music. (Article in Norwegian)

Sold out again!

Nasjonal Jazzscene was sold out again when we presented "Barnas Jazzscene" on October 24th. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Faroe Islands tour

Video report from our Faroe Islands tour the last week of January 2020.

improbasenOnline @rodelokkaOslo

14 year old Maria checks out an Elvin Jones solo during the lockdown in March.

Conference hosted by UN Norway

Very welcoming audience in Sentralen, Oslo. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Book release

Guro Gravem Johansen's book on Improbasen 

released on Routledge. Read more

Those three!

Three young girls filled up one of Sentralen's main venues. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Autumn season premiere

Highly focused kids on stage for the autumn season's first concert in the "Barnas Jazzscene" series. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Summer party at nursery home 

The nursery home "Paulus" has the neighbourhoods coolest spot. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

New season

We always take a break after the Kids in Jazz festival, but this week we couldn't wait any more. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Una warming up

13 year old Una warming up for the new season with Ornette Coleman's Jayne.

1,2 million grant from Sparebank stiftelsen

Improbasen is a learning center in Oslo, where children can learn about jazz and improvised music. We operate all around the world, you can visit us, and we can visit you. We engage deeply in developing networks for musicians, educators and all good people dedicated this this field.

All concerts sold out during the Kids in Jazz festival

The grand final was exactly that. See photo presentation (some text in Norwegian)

improbasenOnline @santacruzBolivia

12 year old Gabriela Rengifo during online lesson from Bolivia.

Esbjerg, Denmark next stop

Esbjerg in southern Denmark first stop after Faroe Islands. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

First international workshop since February

With approved infection test we were fianlly ready to meet new talents in Faroe Islands. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

First concert after lockdown

Finally the kids could perform for a live audience again. See photo presentation (some text in Norwegian)

Jazz kids back in business

On May 31st we are ready for the first concert after lockdown. Article in Norwegian

A network with no borders

When we realised we had to move all activities online we expected the first calm period since our project was established. We were SO wrong! Article in Norwegian

Improbasen goes online

From March 12th we move all our activities online. Article in Norwegian

Nordic future stars presented at Sentralen, Oslo

A very strong and VERY young Nordic group was presented at Sentralen on March 8th. See photo presentation (some text in Norwegian)

Housecall in London

This week we teach kids in London. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Kids took over the Academy

February 13-14th we had a didactic lab for Master students at the Academy in Oslo. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

New success at Sentralen, Oslo

New success in the series "Jazzbarna inntar Sentralen February 9th. See photo presentation (some text in Norwegian)

Crossover Festival 

On February 8th we performed againat the exciting Crossover Festival in Moss, south east Norway. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

School tour in Faroe Islands

January 27th to February 2nd 2020 Listaleypurin engaged us for a fantastic adventure in Faroe Islands. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Exciting rendevouz with master drummer Thomas Strønen

After the success in Nasjonal Jazzscene we had to hurry to the next island state. The coming week new adventures waits us in Faroe Islands. Good to know then that our guests from Iceland are well taken care of by the brilliant drummer Thomas Strønen. Article in Norwegian

Across generations

We had a very successful new season concert at Nasjonal Jazzscene on January 25th. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Great workshop in Reykjavik

Januar 20-23rd we had another great workshop in Reykjavik. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Spring season premiere

Audiences very excited when we opened the series "Jazzbarna inntar Sentralen" on January 19th. See more photos (Article in Norwegian)

Federica Michisanti back in town

On January 16th we had another GREAT workshop with the celebrated Italian bass player Federica Michisanti. See more photos (Article in Norwegain)

More news (Norwegian)