Unforgettable concert for Buduuar, at Gloria in Tallinn

The fantastic Marge Rahu wrote a supercool article about me in this months edition of the Estonian women´s magazine Buduaar. And then she organized a mindblowing solo concert for me a couple of days ago in the magnificant Gloria with an awsome crowd which really made me feel like a rock star. What more can a man dream of right before turning 30!!


Espen Sørby, director of the documentary beeing made of me at the moment (yes, I let him use one of my superhero moods of norway suits), next to Marge Rahu, creator and director of the amazing Buduaar.

Yes, and the amazing Marge....


Marge has a passion for dance as well, so she also invited my two favourite ballerinas, Anastassia Savela and Nadezda Antipenko to do their Harlekin-coreography we did in the Estonian Concert hall last October:) I also got to perform with the famous singer Merlyn Uusküla during the concert! (check out the photos from Buduaar.ee)





And after announcing the last piece for the evning....


The crowd went bananas!! After many years the dream of a young boy from little Fredrikstad in Norway had come true! He had become a clasiscal rock star <3


For real;)


Check out more of the supersexy photos from the concert here:
http://buduaar.ee/Article/article/galerii-buduaar-tahistas-sunnipaeva-aksel-kolstadi-eksklusiivse-show-ga
Marge - I owe you! <3

The Aksel Kolstad Show, back to its roots

After touring once around the world with The Aksel Kolstad Show, I decided to come back to the roots where the show originally was created, in Oslo, one year ago this month!

Check out http://cafedeconcert.blogspot.com/2011/03/aksel-kolstad-show.html to see photos and read more about the concert that litterary "tore the rim down!!"

Gallery Café de Concert Oslo - grand slam opening

Welcome to my studio <3

Aksel Kolstad / Café de Concert
Lille Stranden 4
0250 Oslo

http://cafedeconcert.blogspot.com/2011/02/gallery-cafe-de-concert-grand-slam.html

Opening my own atelier/ a new Café de Concert

Café de Concert concerts in the front room. I´ll be sitting practising and composing in the other room.
I hired two great receptionists. Life is great - come enjoy it with me at the Café de Concert Gallery in Oslo.
Café de Concert´s got a brand new look! So do I, with glasses from Mojord & Thoresen. Makes me look at things with a brand new perspective.

Don´t miss the grand opening on February 18th, dear friends! Red carpet, champagne, BMW-cars, stars from the music industry performing, glam and lots of fun! Litimed invitations, so please email aksel.kolstad@cafedeconcert.no for reservations asap!

Read more about it on www.cafedeconcert.no/blog

Ballet project starting on January 1st, 2011

December 29th. Time for some reflection.....

This year has probably been the best year in my life, so far. In the beginning of this year I performed and hosted concerts in Café de Concert´s own café in Oslo. The world´s first classical concert café. A dream come true. At the end of the year I had my debut concert as a pianist and composer in Carnegie Hall, with a full house and a standing ovation. A dream come true. And in between - concerts and projects all around the world. I´m living my dream. I am very fortunate, and very grateful. Therefore I will keep on living my dreams. Dreaming of life in unreal reality.

"Make your life into a dream, and make your dream your reality" - Le petit Prince.

It´s time to write my first ballet. I have had the privilige of corresponding with Margit Sandemo some time ago. Sandemo is a very famous Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She granted my request for writing a ballet based on her fabulous and adventurous "Legend of the Ice People" (Sagaen om isfolket). As far as I know, it has never been done before. But that is not why I will do it. The reason is that her stories reach out to me in a magical way. As if I am under a spell, forcing me to paint her words into music. And I have no intention of trying to undo the spell.

On January 1st 2011 I will start my work on the ballet. And on July 1st the same year I will have one hour of ballet-music ready.
It will rock your world! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Or as I tend to say -
"merry x box, go nuts - and happy moods wear"



Photo: Woland Thomas

An evening in jail

Tonight I had quite an experience, performing for a full house - in jail - at "Ila Landsfengsel", in Oslo, the state prison of Norway. I pretty much felt like Johnny Cash, although we represent different music genres. However, we represent the same message - music and stories ment to hit you straight in the heart, who ever you are, not matter what you did or didn´t do. The prisoners at the state prison opened up their hearts to classical and contemporary music and gave me a standing ovation. And then we ate together, like brothers, not sinners. For so did Jesus, with everybody. Thank you Nils Herman Hornnæss for makeing this concert possible!



Merry Christmas 2010!
Sincerely, Aksel Kolstad

The Aksel Kolstad Show at McPhail, Minneapolis

But first, I did a teaser at Torskeklubben


Torskeklubbens menu since over one hundred years: "Torsk", potato and "akevitt" (I had grapefruit juice)


The magnificant Orlyn Kringstad - can´t wait to get started on our projects, Orlyn!!






Then, a teaser at Lakselaget








The superfantastic Marit Kringstad


Then - a little recreation/imaginative ski jumping at what was supposed to be "Minneapolis Holmenkollen" a long time ago






And finally - gametime at McPhail!! One of my best concerts so far:)






The famous Cadillac Kolstad attended the concert:)


Relatives from my grandmother, Vicki and Mary were also there:)


Then we all went out to listen to the fantastic Papa John Kolstad and his wonderful musicians, before the Kolstad-clan hit the town!




I´ll be back in the summer of 2011 for a big tour - stay tuned, people of Minnesota:)