Recent Shows

Maja Bugge and friends Lancaster, United Kingdom +

Nov 22

Gregson Centre, Lancaster 33 - 35 Moor Gate
Lancaster
LA1 3PY
United Kingdom

Maja Bugge and friends comes to the the Gregson centre in Lancaster with a one-off performance exploring electronics, beats and cello.

Maja Bugge and Sarah Nicolls at Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2023 England, Storbritannia +

Oct 07

Lit & Phil Library 23 Westgate Road
England NE1 1SE
Storbritannia
0191 232 0192

Maja Bugge and Sarah Niccols + Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall at Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2023.

“Maja and Sarah’s performance was a highlight of our Festival of New. "
Clementine Lovell, producer residencies at Snape Malting

Pianist Sarah Nicolls and cellist Maja Bugge will do an acoustic gig exploring their four year long collaboretion with improvisations and compositions made in response to the climate crises. They have performed at Arctic Arts (NO), Cheltenham Music festival and Snape Maltings and in 2022 they released their first album Ballad of a changing world on Spotify and Bandcamp.

NORTHERN #Sortland på Sortland Jazz festival Sortland, Nordland, Norge +

Sep 21

Kulturfabrikken Sortland 1 Strandgata
Sortland, Nordland 8400
Norge
+47 76 10 91 00

14-16. september kommer den internasjonalt anerkjente musikeren Maja Bugge hjem til Sortland for å gjennomføre verksteder med alle 5.klassinger i kommunen gjennom Den kulturelle skolesekken (DKS). Sammen med barna skal hun finne fram til særegne lyder fra Sortland og lage en ny komposisjon av det.

Resultatet av verkstedene skal bli en del av den audiovisuelle forestillingen NORTHERN #Sortland, som urfremføres under Sortland jazzfestival Festival i september i år. NORTHERN har hatt stor suksess i England, hvor Maja har bodd og arbeidet som musiker og komponist de siste 13 årene.
I dette prosjektet samarbeider hun med to anerkjente britiske kunstnere; videokunstner Adam York Gregory og jazzpianist Dave Evans. Sammen gjenskaper de steder gjennom nyskrevet musikk, video og improvisasjon. Under premieren på Manchester Jazz festival i 2018 ble NORTHERN beskrevet som et kompromissløst, lekent og svært publikumsvennlig prosjekt.

Helt siden Maja spilte inn soloplaten «Shelter» i Nyksund i 2010 har hun vært opptatt av hvordan man bruker og leker med særegne hverdagslige lyder i møte med cello og komponering. Det er nå med nysgjerrighet og entusiasme at Maja går i gang med å undersøke Sortlands særegne lydunivers. Med eksperthjelp fra 5.klassingene i Sortland skal hun nå finne fram til melodier, riff, stillhet og støy. Kanskje går bølgene i fjære på Elvenes i ¾ takt? Kanskje har Sortlands-sundet mer enn én toneart?

Prosjektet er et samarbeid mellom nyMusikk Nordland, Sortland jazzfestival og Den kulturelle skolesekken i Sortland.

Maja Bugge and Ben McCabe with the Nest Collective +

Nov 19

Grand Junction London Rowington Cl, London W2 5TF
London W2 5TF

Maja Bugge (cello) and Ben McCabe (drums) will be playing tunes by Maja written in the past 10 years. It will focus on tunes written in response to extraordinary citys and places and we will take the audience on a journey from Lancaster and Barrow to rural fishing villages in the arctic. The gig will be part of the Nest Collectives Magpie´s Nest festival and will feature a range of other musicians presenting new work. For more info see: https://thenestcollective.co.uk/events/magpies-nest-november-2022/

Live cello and gentle yoga flow Lancaster +

Oct 22

Dragon yoga LA1 1NZ
Lancaster, LA1 1NZ
07881 602589

Yoga Dragon is delighted to bring to you this unique collaboration with Lancaster based cellist & composer Maja Bugge.

Maja is a Norwegian cellist who creates deeply moving and meditative pieces of music and is renowned for her creative talent and sensitivity as both a cellist and composer.

For this special event Maja will create a beautiful soundscape of live cello in which you are invited to engage in either a guided gentle flow of movement or simply to lay back, relax and absorb the sounds and vibrations around you.

Our aim is for you to feel completely relaxed and to enjoy the uniqueness of a lay-down concert ,or the freedom to gently move and flow with the sounds.

There are limited places for this event, so please book now to secure your space.