KETIL BJORNSTAD, TERJE RYPDAL: LIFE IN LEIPZIG

A live recording from the Leipzig Opera House is the debut documentation of the duo of Ketil Bjørnstad and Terje Rypdal (active already since 1999). Material revisits pieces from Bjørnstad’s “Water Stories” and “The Sea” and from Rypdal’s “If Mountains Could Sing” and “Skywards”, and adds a Grieg theme and new material. Cranked-amp electric guitar and acoustic piano is a rare, possibly unique, duo combination, but as Ketil notes in his tour diary liner notes, “I am not always the softest pianist, and especially not when I am working with Terje.”

Featured Artists:

Ketil Bjørnstad Piano

Terje Rypdal Guitar

Recorded

October 2005, Leipzig Opera

Original Release Date

15.02.2008