Torgeir Vassvik

Sami Joik Technique Combined With The Throat-Singing Of The Indigenous Siberians. Torgeir Vassvik Uses Joik Siberian Throat-Singing And The Sounds Of Nature Together With The Sami Drum In New Compositions And Traditional Material. He Also Creates Music For Film Videos And Sound Installations. Torgeir Vassvik’s Extensive Concert Activities During The Past Few Years Have Taken Him All Over Norway And Abroad. He Has Participated In Several Radio And Television Programmes And Has Composed Music For Films And Theatre Productions. Performances 2000 Music For “On The Heights” By Henrik Ibsen Teater Ibsen Skien “Rituell Stemning” Ibsen Festival Nationaltheatret Oslo 2001 Sami Winter Festival Several Concerts At The Sami Galleri Kafe Oslo
Music For The Film “Livet Er Et Annet Sted” “Life Is Going On Somewhere Else” Incacola Productions 2002 “Musique De Laponie” Sami Music At The University Of Paris Caen And Lyon With Financial Support From The Norwegian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs “Dembildei” – International Throat-Singing Festival In Kyzyl Tuva Three Presentations Of Joik And Throat-Singing read less