Frode Haltli is a renowned Norwegian accordionist classically trained starting to play accordion when he was 7 years old and as a child plays folk music.
He study at the Norwegian Academy of Music and then at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
In his repertoire includes a variety of works in classical music and has performed with string orchestras, Sinfoniettas and symphony orchestras around the world.
Haltli is a multifaceted musician who works in avant-garde music, jazz and folk.
'Vagabonde Blu' is his fourth album under his own name and in this album he presents works by Salvatore Sciarrino, Arne Nordheim and Aldo Clementi.
The album opens with 'Vagabonde Blu', a piece of 1998 by Italian Salvatores Sciarrino (1947) and wherein Haltli’s accordion is in the foreground and displays a reverb that come together with some noise which floats in the great hall.
Continues 'Flashing', a composition of 1985 by Arne Nordheim (1931-2010) in which Haltli plays dissonant notes in a room of silence.
This album close with 'Ein Kleines...’ of 1998 by Italian Aldo Clementi (1925-2011). Haltli deploys with his accordion with gorgeous notes within a classical music piece.
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Guillermo Escudero
April 2015