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Stein Torleif Bjella (born in 1968) is a songwriter and musician from Øvre-Ål, Norway. His debut, Heidersmenn, was released in 2009 and produced by Kjartan Kristiansen, known from DumDum Boys. Geir Sundstøl and Lars Haavard Haugen were some of the artists who contributed on the album. For the debut, Bjella picked up two nominations for Spellemannsprisen 2009 (the norwegian Grammy) in the categories Best Folk and Best Lyricist. In 2011, Bjella's second album, Vonde visu was released to great reviews. http://www.steintorleifbjella.no/ .

Cellist Torleif Thedéen has spent the last 25 years playing on all continents, performing with important orchestras like London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, City of Birmingham SO, BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Dresden Staatskapelle, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Chech Philharmonic, Oslo-Stockholm-Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and many others. Thedéen has regularly worked with conductors like Salonen, Järvi, Venzago, Saraste, Litton, Oramo, Vänskä, Elder, V.Neuman, Segerstam, Berglund, Welser-Möst, DePreist, Rozhdestvensky, J.V Steen and others alike. Being a passionate chamber musician, Thedéen often performs in important venues like the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall,...