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Espen Berg – piano Bárður Reinert Poulsen – bass Simon Olderskog Albertsen – drums Espen Berg Trio is an award-winning piano trio from Norway. Outselling concert halls in Tokyo, Guangzhou, Kyoto and Hong Kong, the trio is already making a mark way outside their home country and was declared "an important new voice in the crowded field of post-E.S.T. trios" by Jazz Journal (UK) in 2019. Their music might bring associations to Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett, Shai Maestro or Tigran Hamasyan, but is primarily a personal addition to the legacy of the piano trio and the evolution of the Nordic jazzscene, lead by a combination of strong melodies, rhythmic complexity, immense technical abilities and a playful interaction. In 2019, Espen Berg Trio made a solid impression on the jazz industry gathered at jazzahead! in Bremen. Their third album, Free to Play, was listed in Downbeat as one of the best releases of that same year, also earning great reviews in BBC (4/5), UK Vibe (5/5), Jazz Journal (4/5). 2022 sets the stage for the release of the trio’s fourth album, Fjære, and Espen Berg Trio is booked for release concerts in Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, UK, Greece and Ukraine. Espen Berg is an internationally renowned pianist and composer. He was awarded Norway’s largest jazz scholarship at Molde Int’l Jazz Festival in 2016 and is also known for his collaboration with Silje Nergaard, Hildegunn Øiseth, Daniel Herskedal and Seamus Blake, among many others.