Håkon Kornstad is a Norwegian jazz musician and has already enjoyed quite an extensive international career as a jazz saxophonist. Then he discovered
Håkon Kornstad is a Norwegian jazz musician and has already enjoyed quite an extensive international career as a jazz saxophonist. Then he discovered that he had a voice. He was enrolled to the Norwegian Opera School for a master’s degree and in the Spring 2012 we saw him starting to do concerts and include his singing with his solo saxophone show. Now he is juggling his jazz musicianship with an upcoming operatic career.
Watch him tell about this transition, and why it was important to him. And finally, watch him do a "tenor battle"...
TOUR DATES
2012
NOV 16: Bergen NO, USF (Solo/Jazzland)
NOV 17: Istanbul TK, Borusan (Solo/Jazzland)
NOV 20: Frankfurt DE, Mousonturm (Solo/Jazzland)
NOV 22: Amsterdam NL, Bimhuis (Solo/Jazzland)
NOV 23: Zurich CH, Exil (Solo/Jazzland)
2013
JAN 13-19: Oslo NO, KHiO, Massenet: Werther, School project (Role: Werther)
JAN 20: Perugia IT, Tba (Solo)
MARCH: Karsten Jancke Sessions, Germany
MAR 6: Hamburg, Unterfahrt (Solo/Jazzland)
MAR 8: Friedrichshafen, Graf Zeppelinhaus (Solo/Jazzland)
MAR 9: Frankfurt, AOF (Solo/Jazzland)
MAR 10: Dortmund, Konzerthaus (Solo/Jazzland)
MAR 11: München, Unterfahrt (Solo/Jazzland)
MAR 12: Nürnberg, Hirsch (Solo/Jazzland)
MAR 13: Mannheim, Alte Feuerwache (Solo/Jazzland)
MAR 14: Rotterdam NL, Lantaren Venster (Solo/Jazzland)
MAY 25-JUN 23: Oslo NO, Norwegian Opera, Strauss: Salome (Role: 3. Jude)
KORNSTAD LISTED AMONG RISING STARS ON TENOR SAXOPHONE IN "DOWNBEAT POLL" 2012