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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!

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)