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We welcome you to a unique festival of meditative music across genres. The main venue is the very special Tanum Mediaeval Church in Bærum outside Oslo.

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Although talks and presentations will be in Scandinavian languages, most parts of the program will be very accessible for non-Norwegians.

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World-class artists will perform music from Sufi chants via lyrical jazz, Norwegian folk music, J. S. Bach, singer-songwriter-type spiritual songs, all the way into contemporary impro music. Hymns in all senses of the word and intriguing improvisations; all selected with the aim of exploring the different aspects of what can be called 'meditative' qualities in music. 

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Artists such as the legendary Mugam singer Alim Qasimov, trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, cellist Anja Lechner, pianist Christian Ihle Hadland, Tord Gustavsen, Trygve Skaug, and others will perform during concerts and liturgical music meditations.

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A 'festival in the festival' is a collection of four very special solo sets - Etienne Nillesen doing solo snare drum, Frise Lumière playing solo electric bass (!), Audun Kleive playing solo cymbals, and finally Canberk Ulaș offering a beautifully meditative set of solo duduk with electronics. These concerts may challenge some ears, but are in no way inaccessible og "difficult" contemporary music; they are simply offerings by unique sound masters who have developed highly profiled solo concepts that "play" with musical textures and deeply meditative focus in intriguing ways. 

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With our festival, we expand the notion of 'church music' drastically. And we try to respond to the longing felt by so many people for meditative practices and contemplative arts that connect to our roots but are spiritually open-minded. Music goes deeper than words, and music can create healing spaces of openness, comfort, delight, challenge and growth. We want to give space to meditative qualities in art music of all genres.. and to foster spiritual dialogue that dares to move into the unknown.

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Free shuttle transportation is available from the easily accessible train station in Sandvika upon request.

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Contact us at tord@tordg.no for more information about the program and how to get tickets, or how to become a festival volunteer..