Sanskriti Shrestha blends Asian music traditions with western musical forms like jazz and electronics – an experience in both sound and technique. Watch her intimate concert at Thea and Arves place in Marcus Thrane’s street in Drammen. Sanskriti Shrestha (1990) is an Oslo-based Nepalese musician who plays Tabla (drums with roots in North Indian Music… Read more »
Category: Concert
Soul and pop with Beharie
The first concert in the Open Living Room series will take place Monday, September 17th: Experience the amazing soul voice of Beharie in an intimate concert in Kim and Ann Margritts living room on Muusøya in Drammen. The 24-year-old musician, pianist, composer, songwriter and singer Christian Beharie is a unique singing talent. He studies performing… Read more »
Gabacho Maroc – surpassing boundaries
Set up by drummer Vincent Thomas in San Sebastian in 2013, Gabacho Maroc has developed its own flair, using Afrojazz as the stock in a stew that’s spiked with ingredients from Moroccan, Arabic and Western music. The compositions of Gabacho Maroc are inspired by the gnawa heritage, musical style of sub-Saharan reminiscences practiced by Muslim… Read more »
Meet the festival board
This group constitutes this year’s festival board for the Drammen Sacred Music Festival, from the left: Ingvild Jacobsen, Terje Brun-Pedersen, Sharee Loren, Chairman Ivar Flaten and General Manager Reidun Svabø. Board Member Tal Coleman was not present when the image was taken. This year’s Drammen Sacred Music Festival is barely 3 weeks away. This group… Read more »
Revealing the first artist of the 2018 festival program: Solveig Slettahjell
A better messenger than Solveig Slettahjell is not imaginable when it comes to communicating a message with depth. The internationally renowned artist has enthralled her audience for many years with profound performances. It will be a special experience in the Filadelfia church, which has been transformed into an exciting concert hall with top light and… Read more »
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