Starting out as a studio project in 2016, it is now a vital live experience, keeping the winds alive in Terje Rypdals music.

Hedvig Mollestad - guitar

Even Helte Hermansen - guitar

Ståle Storløkken - organ

Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten - bass

Gard Nilsen - drums

(Audun Kleive - drums (on occacion)

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Thomas Johansson - trumpet

Ola Høyer - double bass

Dag Erik Knedal Andersen - drums

Kristoffer Berre Alberts - saxophone

Hedvig digging into her roots, taking on a new approach to the music presented at the record Østerdalsmusikk from 1975, presenting a variety of folk music from the eastern parts of Norway, personell featuring amongst others her father Lars Martin Thomassen on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Jan Garbarek on saxophones.

Personell 2023

Hedvig Mollestad - guitar and oud

Ole Mofjell - drums

Trevor Dunn - bass

Jon Balke - piano

Emil Strandberg - trumpet

Fredrik Ljungqvist - tenor sax and clarinet

Sissel-Vera Pettersen - voice and alto sax

Torben Snekkestad - sax

A true avant-gardist masterpiece

Every year Tromsø International Film Festival invites musicians to compose new music to films from the silent film era. This time it was composer and guitarist Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen who was invited to be the musical director for the silent film concert LIMITE. With her seven albums, three solo-releases, two Spellemann awards and multiple nominations she had established herself as a recognized artist.

-We have chosen to work with Mollestad because she is such an amazing artist. She has a tremendous amount to offer musically. We chose this film partly because of her current musical exploration, including her show “Liquid borders”, says Festival Director at TIFF Lisa Hoen.

The Brazilian film LIMITE is a true avant-gardist masterpiece and shows silent films at its most experimental.

-When TIFF presented LIMITE by Peixoto, an artist and poet who was interested in limitations and boundaries throughout his artistic career, I was immediately curious. It would be a perfect road onward thematically, and the contrast between the film’s “base”: Three people stuck together on a small boat with nothing surrounding them but the ocean, is also a treasure trove for musical inspiration, Mollestad tells.

This silent film concert is this year’s Barents-project, and in dialogue with Mollestad, Tromsø International Film Festival has created a new ensemble that will re-actualize this classic silent film during the festival week.

-The band TIFF has curated will create a broad range in the sonic expression, which I believe is both inspiring and important, Mollestad says.

The new Barents-band includes four independent professional musicians:

Hedvig Mollestad - guitar and compositions

Aleksander Kostoploulos - drums

Vladislav Demin - violin and various folk instruments

Innokently Ivanon - vibraphone and percussion

Ståle Storløkken - organ and keyboard

https://www.tiff.no/en/news/stumfilmkonserten-limite-live-hedvig-mollestad-legger-ut-pa-turne

After both being part of the solo sections of Mats Gustafssons NUensemble, Colin and Hedvig joined forces in the duo format, first presented at Moldejazz in 2023. They had a studio session later the same year, more news to come on that!

Colin Stetson - saxophones

Hedvig Mollestad - guitar

Being the opening concert at Molde Int. Jazz Festival 2023, this suite for 4 strings, two reeds, trumpet, vocals, piano and drums is a way of approaching recollections of sorrows in war and love, dipping into the most lyrical corners of Hedvigs composing, but with a heart ponding in faith for better times to come.

Anna Lindal - violin

Eva Lindal - violin

Tanja Orning - cello

Sissel-Vera Pettersen - vocals and alto sax

Hedvig Mollestad - guitar and vocals

Håvard Lund - bass clarinet

Emil Strandberg - trumpet

Jon Balke - grand piano

Ellen Brekken - double bass

Ingvald Andre Vassbø - drums

Jon Balke - synth

Helge Andreas Nordbakken - drums

Are Kalvø - voice

Espen Beranek Holm - voice

Ståle Storløkken - organ

Ole Mofjell - drums

Trevor Dunn - bass