2010年4月,由挪威管风琴手Steinar
Nickelsen,中国琵琶演奏家和歌手林笛以及美国鼓手Alex
Ritz组成的The Lonely Bird Trio (孤独鸟三重奏)在上海成立。乐队的领导人物Steinar
Nickelsen是一位杰出的管风琴演奏家和作曲家,曾发行过九张唱片,在他遇到林笛之后,萌发了将管风琴和琵琶结合的念头,这是一个很好的创意,为他的作品带来了新的风格和灵感。乐队在经历了大大小小的演出之后,目前正在陆续创作新的作品。
The
chinese "Pipa" and the electric organ are
not often heard together so this band features a fresh
new sound. The band plays moodful and groovy original
compositions by Nickelsen and LinDi in a style influenced
by jazz, rock and pop. The repertoir includes famous
hits as “The Boat”, “If I knew” and “Tarvu”.
Steinar
Nickelsen is from Norway have been living in Shanghai
since 2007. His main instrument is the "Hammond"
Organ, but he also performs on piano and other keyboard
instruments. In 2002 he was elected "Young Norwegian
Jazz Musician of the Year" with the band "Solid!".
He have played concerts and toured with many Norwegian
bands and with jazz stars such as Pat Metheny. He has
release 9 CD's.
LinDi
is a singer, songwriter, pianist, photographer
and a painter from Shanghai, China. She began learning
pipa, a kind of Chinese traditional instrument, at the
age of four. She studied piano, pipa and composition
at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 2001 she started
a band, Cold Fairyland which has toured in Europe and
played extensiviely in China. She has release 3 solo
alubms and 4 band albums.
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