Pianist David Arthur Skinner and saxophonist Anders Lønne Grønseth have played together since 1999 as members of the group Sphinx, which has toured internationally for many years. In 2005 they began working together as a duo, to explore more "classical" sonorities.

Arc-en-ciel (2008)

   

The album "Arc-en-ciel" features partly-improvised arrangements for piano and saxophone of various classical pieces which were originally written for piano alone: Olivier Messiaen's Preludes, Gyorgy Ligeti's Etudes, and two chromatic fantasies by Bela Bartok.

Phantasmagoria (2006)

   

In 2006, we released our first duo album, Phantasmagoria, on AIM records. The project started for Anders' performance exam when finishing music college. This album therefore features compositions by Anders, except for the first tune, Prime, which was written by David.

The instrumentation of just piano and saxophone, without bass and drums, opened up new possibilities for working with a less overtly rhythmic manner of phrasing, and a flexible form. In this way improvisations could be used to link written sections, rather than extemporising on the harmonies of a repeated chord-sequence.

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Concerts 2011 Norway: 12/02/11 Avgarde, USF Verftet, Bergen 18/02/11 Lunsj med kultur, Blindern, Oslo Japan This tour had to be cancelled due to the tragedy in Japan. The replacement tour is in October. 21/03/11 Musashino Cultural Foundation, Tokyo 22/03/11 Adironduck, Tokyo 23/03/11 Rakuya, Tokyo 24/03/11 Niigata Jazz Flash, Niigata 25/03/11 Norway-Japan Cultural Foundation 26/03/11 Chandra, Yamanashi France: FIMU, Belfort 11/06/11 Chapiteau Jazz (14.00) 12/06/11 Hôtel de Département (15.30) 13/06/11 Théatre Granit (15.30) Greece 04/08/11 Bazeos Tower, Naxos 07/08/11 Megaro Gyzi Culture Hall, Santorini Norway 02/09/11 Jazzverket, Kristiansund Japan 29/09/11 P's Bar, Ikebukuro, Tokyo 30/09/11 Jazz Flash, Niigata 01/10/11 Private concert, Niigata 03/10/11 The Norwegian Embassy, Tokyo 04/10/11 Adironduck Cafe, Tokyo 05/10/11 Nardis, Chiba 06/10/11 Swing Audio Studio, Yamanashi 07/10/11 Nishiazabu, Tokyo 08/10/11 Shiodome Music Hall, Tokyo

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Anders Lønne Grønseth plays soprano, alto and tenor sax, as well as clarinet and bass clarinet. He is also very active as a composer. Grønseth studied briefly at Leeds College of Music before choosing to return to Oslo to study at NMH in Oslo, where he took his Bachelor's degree in music. He is a busy professional musician who works as a conductor with several different big-bands. He has very wide musical interests: he writes for string quartets as well as jazz groups; he has toured with Sami traditional musicians as well as pop artists and has spent some time studying Indian music in Calcutta. He also has a Master's degree in performance from Gothenburg university in Sweden.

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David Skinner plays the piano, guitar, and percussion, and composes music. He grew up in the south of England, and spent a year in France before moving to Yorkshire in 1999, to go to the Leeds College of Music. He left the college after a year but carried on to become a full-time musician, moving to Norway in 2005. Since this time Skinner has performed extensively in Norway, and in many other countries, including various festivals in Europe and several tours in Japan. Skinner now lives in Bergen, where he now also studies classical composition at the Grieg Academy.