Silje Nergaard

Silje's bio in brief

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Namesake Silje

At the time Silje (Nergaard) was around to come back to Norway from London, another Silje (Vige) - she was from Stavanger - suddenly showed up in Norway. There are some resemblances between these Norwegian ladies:

they first called themselves simply Silje, without their lastname
they participated in the finals of the National Song Contest (Melodi Grand Prix) in Oslo; the 18 year old Silje Nergaard in 1985 with the song "Si Det, Si Det" (Say It, Say It) and the 16 year old Silje Vige in 1993 singing "Alle Mine Tankar" (All My Thoughts)
albums were released for both of them by the Kirkelig Kulturverksted
they both are known in Japan and albums of them were released here; also on Korean compilations their tracks can be found
on several compilations tracks of both Silje's can be found
Tom Lund and Silje Nergaard together composed the music of "Once I Held The Moon" and he played the guitar in this song and did some voices; Tom Lund also is playing the guitar in Silje Vige's song "Alle Mine Tankar" and in other songs of that album on which he also did the arrangements of one of the songs

December 2003: Silje Vige sings in an Advent concert in Rauland church with the 'Rauland Musikkorps'

Silje Vige, born appr. 1977, was a newcomer when she participated in the Melodi Grand Prix 1993 singing the sweet song "Alle Mine Tankar" written by her father Bjørn Erik Vige. She won this Norwegian Grand Prix and went to the Eurovision Song Contest in Ireland that year where she ended on place 5. The song was called "Love's Tokens" in English. Only a few things are known of her. Rumours say she worked a year in a kindergarten in Trondheim, than she studied folk musik at the Telemark University College, Institute for Folk Culture, in Rauland under the professor in traditional arts Vidar Lande.
In 1999 she sings in Hitra (Olsok concert) and Trondheim (concerts in Thomas Angels Kjeller); she than works together with Kyrre E. Slind (zither) and Audun Austli (guitar). On December 14. 2003 she sings among other things "I Denne Søte Joletid" and "Eit Barn Er Født I Betlehem" in the Advent concert in Rauland church with the 'Rauland Musikkorps'. She still is singing, because at the end of March 2005 she was singing some local songs at an annual meeting from the Ryfylke museum in Erfjord.

Discography Silje Vige:

1-track single audio CD Alle Mine Tankar, release Norway 1993, Fono/Kirkelig Kulturverksted FXS 17
16-track audio CD album Alle Mine Tankar, release Norway 1994 (1997) Kirkelig Kulturverksted FXCD 137, release Japan 1996 Omagatoki OMCX-2
Tracks: Ut Av Mitt Liv - Adle E Aleina - Et Eller Aent Sted Der Ute - Vi Vil Vite - Før Meg Tebage... - De Små, Rare Mennesker - Siste Skoledag - Så Stille Det Er Blitt - Brudd - Tenk Du På Meg - Dagdrøm - Leraren - Vibeke - Guden Som Forsvant - Jeg Vet En Hvile - Alle Mine Tankar

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