Silje Nergaard med Espen Berg
Espen's dynamic and playful piano playing makes Silje's beautiful and unique voice really shine in this beautiful musical interplay.
The duo gives you a concert experience that is pure balm for ears, heart and soul.
In 2020, Silje Nergaard celebrated her 30th anniversary as an artist and on that occasion began an exciting musical collaboration with jazz pianist Espen Berg, who has received Moldejazz 'SpareBank 1 SMN JazZtipendiat (2016/2017) and is considered a world-class pianist. Together they have chosen songs from Silje's extensive musical catalog with beautiful, stripped-down versions of her most famous songs. In addition to some new music, including from Silje's latest album «Houses» (2021). The duo invites the audience to a close, intimate, and exclusive concert experience where they take the listener into the stories behind the songs' creation.Of Silje's 18 albums, the release "At First Light" (2001) with its over 140,000 copies sold, is Norway's best-selling jazz album of all time. Silje Nergaard sang with Kurt Elling in Teatret Vårt in 2015, and it was packed in Reknesparken when she did Morgengry in 2018. By the way, did you know that Silje made her debut at Moldejazz at the age of 17?