Espen Berg Trio Feat. Maria Väli (NOR-EST)

ESPEN BERG TRIO feat. MARIA VÄLI

Espen Berg Trio (EBT) is an award-winning piano trio from Norway. Outselling concert halls all over the world, the trio referred to as one of the best trios in existence today by Jazz Journal has already made a mark outside their home country. Their music might be reminiscent of that of Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett, Shai Maestro or Tigran Hamasyan, but above all it’s a personal addition to the legacy of the piano trio and to the evolution of the Nordic jazz scene, featuring a compelling combination of strong melodies and complex rhythmics, immense technical abilities and a highly engaging interplay.

Espen Berg Trio has been touring in Europe and Japan frequently, releasing four albums on the Japanese label Blue Gleam. Their third album, Free to Play, was listed in Downbeat as one of the best releases in 2019, and as of spring 2024, EBT’s fifth album is in the making.

Espen Berg was declared a true master of the piano by All About Jazz when releasing his debut album Noctilucent, in 2012. Espen was awarded Norway’s largest jazz scholarship at Molde Int’l Jazz Festival in 2016. He is also known for his collaboration with Silje Nergaard, Hildegunn Øiseth Quartet, A Tonic For The Troops, Seamus Blake, among many others. In 2023 he was appointed to official Steinway Artist and premiered his latest commissioned work, Water Fabric, which was written for Trondheim Jazz Festival, Oslo Jazz Festival and Maijazz in Stavanger.

Line-up:

Espen Berg - piano, compositions 

Bárður Reinert Poulsen - bass 

Simon Albertsen - drums

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