Fine French Orchestra in Skrivergården in Egersund

It is impossible not to be charmed by Fint Frans Orkester. This group is so French with their virtuoso fingertips that they can make the most arrogant waiter in Lyon blush with embarrassment. If you haven't just been to Paris, this is the closest you will get to Montmartre. With style, elegance and humor, they take you deep into the French chanson tradition and introduce you to a unique world of original songs and colorful characters. A must for Francophiles!

The orchestra offers chansons and cabaret, string swing and hip hop, cœur et douleur (heart and pain), freshly polished trombone and newly tuned accordion, beautiful solo singing and delicious duets. But first and foremost, it's about the biggest and most important thing of all, AMOUR! And it's almost impossible not to fall in love. The repertoire includes tunes and lyrics penned by the orchestra itself, in classic chanson style, but expect a cornucopia of musical expressions: Traditional ball musette and chanson, blues that begins where Tom Waits ends, string swing and slick 70s fusion, bossa nova and cumbia that take you to a tropical rainforest, only to suddenly end up 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 hometown of Stavanger for their energetic live performances and now play to sold-out houses throughout Western Norway. They have toured under the auspices of the West Norwegian Jazz Centre and Den Kulturelle Skolesekken, they have played at legendary chanson clubs in Paris, at a number of jazz clubs, venues and cultural centres in the west, south and east of Norway, and have two albums behind them, both to 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 been present at all the concerts they have held in the capital.
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