It’s impossible not to be completely charmed by Fint Fransk Orkester. This lot are so French right down to their virtuoso fingertips that they could make even the most arrogant waiter in Lyon blush with embarrassment. So if you haven’t just been to Paris, this is the closest you’ll get to Montmartre. With style, elegance and humour, they take you deep into the French chanson tradition and introduce you to a unique world of original songs and colourful characters. A must for Francophiles!
The orchestra offers chansons and cabaret, string swing and hip hop, cœur et douleur (heart and pain), a freshly polished trombone and a newly tuned accordion, beautiful solo vocals and delightful duets. But first and foremost, it’s all about the greatest and most important thing of all: AMOUR! And it’s almost impossible not to fall in love. The repertoire features music and lyrics penned by the orchestra themselves, in classic chanson style, but you can also expect a cornucopia of musical expressions: Traditional bal-musette and chanson, blues that picks up where Tom Waits leaves off, string swing and slick ’70s fusion, bossa nova and cumbia that transport you to a tropical rainforest, only to suddenly find yourself in a small village in Eastern Europe at a steamy Balkan party. Virtuosic and playful, beautiful and elegant, from what is probably the only original French-language band in Norway.
Dominique Brackeva – vocals/trombone
Johan Egdetveit – accordion
Andreas Barsnes Onarheim – guitar/vocals
Theodor Barsnes Onarheim – double bass
Fint Fransk Orkester are five Francophile jazz musicians who offer both music and stage shows, have become quite famous in their home town of Stavanger for their energetic live performances and are now playing to sold-out venues throughout Western Norway. They have toured under the auspices of organisations such as the West Norwegian Jazz Centre and Den Kulturelle Skolesekken; they have performed at legendary chanson clubs in Paris, at a number of jazz clubs, venues and cultural centres in western, southern and eastern Norway, and have two albums to their name, both of which have received rave reviews.
L’Ambassadrice de France herself, the French Ambassador to Norway, Mme Florence Robine, is one of the orchestra’s biggest fans and has attended every concert they have given in the capital.
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