New CD from Secret Garden

On November 14.th, Secret Garden released their new CD "Winter Poem". This is Secret Gardens 7th album. 20 countries has confirmed releasing this CD, including U.S.A., where the advance interest for the album is noteable. "Winter Poem" has eleven new composisions from Rolf Løvland. 8 songs are  instrumental, with  guestartists from Norway and Ireland. Guest singers are Moya Brennan (Clannad), Tracey Campbell, og Fionnuala Gill. Espen sing "Powered by nature" together with Tracey Campbell.

Pictures from "We Will Rock You"!!

30 pictures from "We Will Rock You" can be found on the "Stage"-page!

Leading role in "We Will Rock You"!!


Espen has got the leading role as Gallileo Figaro in the Norwegian production of the Queen-musical "We will rock you"! Premiere on January 27th 2011 at Folketeatret in Oslo.
More information:
wewillrockyou.no

Seventies show!

Espen is back on stage! He plays in the show "Inger Lise loves the seventies"at Edderkoppen Theater in Oslo, Norway. Other singers are Inger Lise Rypdal, Jorunn Hauge and Eivind Dundas. Director:  Tomas Glans. Musical director:  Morten Repesgård. Premiere on October 7th.

New concert in Shanghai

Secret Garden held an exclusive  concert at the main stage  at Expo in Shanghai September 25th. This time with  Zheijang symphony orchestra and several guestartists
See article from the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten: Aftenposten 

Expo in Shanghai

Secret Garden will play at the "Norwegian Day"-concert on May 28th in Shanghai.  For the first time they will perform the new song "Powered by nature". Lead vocals are from Espen and Tracey.
Secret Garden will continue with two concerts in Beijing.

No. 1 in South Korea!

Secret Garden went straight to the top on the Korean albumchart with the CD "Inside I´m Singing" Espen sings lead on the song "My land"!

Secret Garden in Seoul

In April Secret Garden held a mini-tour in Seoul, South Korea with 5 concerts. Check the Calender!

Espen on tour with Secret Garden

Secret Garden to China.
December 26th  Secret Garden went to  China for a mini-tour,   7 concerts in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanjing og Shenzen. Tracey Campbell and Espen are lead singers.
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December:
Mamma Mia to the end!
After almost
220 shows, seen by more than 200 000 people, Mamma Mia's last show was on December 19th in Oslo.
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November:
Concert with Tracey Campbell.
Tracey Campbell and Espen held one concert in  Oslo Konserthus on November 19th. Orchestra lead by Lars Erik Gudim.

New single from Aleksander With

Espen is one of three people who wrote the new single from Aleksander With, "What´s the story". The song is one of the most played songs on Norwegian radio this summer. "What's The Story" was several weeks top 10 on the official hit 40-list

MAMMA MIA BACK!
After six weeks summer vacation, Mamma Mia is back with a new season!
Tickets:
mammamiathemusical.no. 
Pictures from Mamma Mia can be found on the STAGE page.

Secret Garden awarded 4 x platinum record!

Secret Garden was recently awarded a Quadruple Platinum Trophy for their latest Norwegian release titled, Inside I'm Singing. With 120,000 CDs sold, this represents yet another great moment in Secret Garden history. The album debuted in the number #1 position of the Norwegian VG Album Charts and maintained that position for 5 straight weeks. Inside I'm Singing was the top-selling album in Norway in 2007.

Pictures from "You Can't Stop The Beat"

On Tuesday 25.th of November, the last concert with the "Can't Stop The Beat"-tour took place in Baerum Culturehouse outside of Oslo. Pictures to be found under STAGE

Pictures from Secret Garden's  worldtour

Pictures from Secret Garden's tour has been posted on the "Stage"-page. The pictures where taken at Secret Garden's concert at  Hernestangen, Norway, on friday 20th of June.

Mamma Mia!

Espen will be playing one of the main characters in the Norvegian version of  "Mamma Mia" . The premierè at Folketeatret in Oslo will be om 19th March neste år.
Espen will play the role as Sky, Sophie's fionce, played by Mari Lerberg Fossum. Other actors/singers are: Heidi Gjermundsen Brock, Kjersti Elvik, Arlene Wilkes,  Nils Christian Fossdal, Heine Totland and Paul Ottar Haga.

New single written by Espen

A new single, written by Espen and Laila Samuelsen will be released on June 9th! The song is "School's Out" and the artist is Charite, a young artist from Norway.

Herliland is back in Dyreparken

Saturday 31th. may  "Kristian And from Herliland"  returned to  Kristiansand Dyrepark. Espen plays the role as Kristian And. The show will be on all the summer, take a look at the calendar!

Korea!!

On June 3rd Espen and Secret Garden are going to  Korea continue their worldtour. Later there will be concerts in Norway. Check the calender!

Premiere in Ukraine

Espen is at the moment on tour with Telenors culturprogram, with the  show "You can´t stop the beat" ,together with Jannike Kruse , the dancers Charlotte Våset and Christer Tornell and a big orchestra. The first show was on May 15th in Kiev, Ukraine.

On tour with Secret Garden

Wednesday April 23rd, Secret Garden's worldtour starts in China! Espen will, together with british Tracey Campbell, do vocals on several songs from the last CD "Inside I´m singing". Check the tourdays on the Calender-page or on Secret Gardens websiteSecret Garden - Concert Days

No. 1 at Sørlandstoppen

Espen and Secret Garden, with the song "My Land", finished no.1  on "Sørlandstoppen" yesterday! "My Land" has been on the list for several weeks, but this is the first time it climbed all the way to the top!

Espen is back in Norway

Espen is now back in Norway after 30 shows in Germany and Italy. You can find pictures from the  Show, "The Best of Musicals", on the STAGE-page.
Espen is now rehearsing for Rikskonsertene and NRK's production of "ChildrensTV-concert".
Check the tour-dates on the CALENDER-page.

Espen in Germany

These days Espen are on tour in Germany with the show  "The Best of Musicals". In this show, he is a solo-singer together with, amongst others.  Dean Welterlen, Jana Werner, Kieran Brown and Shula Keyte. "The Best of Musicals"  produces sell-out shows all over Germany, and was recently three days  in Friedrichstadtpalast, Berlin, Europes largest theater-stage. Espen will be back in Norway on Febuary 17th.

Secret Garden no. 1 at VG-lista

Secret Gardens new CD "Inside I'm Singing" went straight to the top today at the official albumlist VGTopp40,  after just one week after the release. The CD is also no.1 at Itunes-musicstore! Espen sings lead vocal on "My Land"
Here are some links about Secret Garden and Espens participation: (Sorry,but only in Norwegian)
Stjernedugnad på plate (Fra NRK)

Espen synger på stjerne-CD
Synger på Secret Gardens nye CD

Espen sings on the new Secret Garden-CD

It's been a long time coming ... Secret Garden is proud to announce the release of the Norwegian Edition of their new CD "Inside I'm Singing" on Monday, the 26th of November . The International release will follow during the first quarter of 2008."Inside I’m Singing" is a project that started off as an idea for a 10th Anniversary celebration of the duo's inception. Many artists have recorded Secret Garden's music and even turned their instrumental melodies into vocal songs."We wanted to reverse the process – take some of our own favorite melodies – have lyrics written to them - arrange them in our own style – and invite some of the greatest singers to give their voice and performance to our music."The artists performing the songs of Secret Garden on this edition are - Barbra Streisand, Elaine Paige, Brian Kennedy, Niamh Kavanagh, Peter Corry, Tracey Campbell, Tommy Körberg, Peter Jöback, Anne Takle, Espen Grjotheim and Steinar Albrigtsen. "We are very proud to present an amazing circle of artists who have all given our music their voice and heart – who most generously have shared their utmost performance and signed our music with their name". In addition to 11 songs, you can also look forward to hearing 2 beautiful new Secret Garden instrumental pieces.

Christmas at Childrens TV starts tomorrow

Christmas at childrens TV-show starts!
NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) invites to a family-concert with well-know  songs  from  TV's  advent  calendars spanning 30 years back. The concert will be a musical  journey  through a period who appeals  to  several  generations.

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Espen sang at Avinors 60 year celebration

November 15th Espen participated at  Avinors 60 year celebration.
It took place at Holmenkollen Park hotel. Espen did a new version of  Alf Prøysens  "Jørgen Hattemaker".
Host for the evening was  Øystein Wiik. The event was arranged by  Trond og Trond.

Nice concert with Espen and Laila

Nice concert with Laila Samuelsen!
Together with Laila Samuelsen, Espen played at Stovner Rockefabrikk yesterday. It was an intimate and nice pre-christmas concert!

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Espen on tour in Germany

Espen sings solo in German musical-show!
In January and February Espen will be on tour in the largest cities in Germany together  with the  big  Musical-showet  "The  Best  of  Musicals". The  show will  present from a lot of the great musicals as  Cats, Grease,  Lion King, Mamma  Mia  and  Phantom  of  the  opera,  with solo-singers, dancers,  choir and a big orchestra. You will find the tour-list under on the Calendar-page.

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ChildrensTV-show with sucess in Trondheim

The Children-TVshow at Samfunnet  in Trondheim was  a great  sucess last  Sunday!  The  show was performed on the main stage as a part of UKA-07. Together  with  Espen,  Åsmund  Huse,  Benedikte Kruse  and  Margrete  Røed  participated.

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Espen in the new Barbie-movie

Espen is involved in the new Barbie-movie. He is playing and singing the role as prince Antonio in the  Norwegian  version  of  "Barbie, The  Island Princess".

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Great concert in Grimstad

Great  sucess  for Laila and Espens concert in Grimstad! The concert at Apotekergården last Sunday  turned  out to  be  a great show with very good rewievs  in  the  local  newspapers!

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Espen on stage in Kristiansand Zoo in July

This  summer  Espen  will  be  seen  in "Kristian And fra Herliland" in Kristiansand Zoo. More info at Dyreparken website!
Acustic concert with Laila Samuelsen and Espen at Arendal Herregård July 28th and Apotekergården in Grimstad July 29th.

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Bigband-concert in Sandvika

Summer-concert with Primetime Orchestra at Solflekken
in Sandvika. Guests  will  be  Christian  Bastiansen  and Espen. There will  be  Westcoast-songs  from artists like Blood  Sweat  and Tears, Earth  Wind  &  Fire,  Tower  Of Power, Chicago, Al  Jarreau, Chaka  Khan, Quincy  Jones and Randy Crawford.

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