Jan Werner - "AIR": Live @ the Nobel Peace Price 2003:
(You can view more over at YouTube)
This is a tribute site - the clips below are taken from his official website. If you want to purchase any of his albums and live in Scandinavia or an EU country, visit this link.
Jan Werner has since his TV debut in 1994, in Norway’s biggest talent competition ever (Talentiaden NRK), been one of the best selling and popular artists in the country. His unique vocal range (4+ octaves!) and personality has fascinated his fans for over a decade.
Jan Werner was always interested in music and theatre. But it wasn’t until he was about twelve years old his enormous vocal potential was discovered. His mother tells us about the time when her crystal bowl broke in half after Werner sang a particularly high note. She knew then that singing and music was going to be a huge part of her son’s life.
Jan Werner spent his teenage years starting his own theatre company, playing the trumpet in different local bands and singing in talent competitions. He got his first record-deal in 1989, but at 13 Werner felt it was too early to start a career before his vocal chords were fully developed. The record deal resulted in one single “My Prayer”, which is still a popular collectors item among Werner’s fans.
Jan Werner spent the next five years developing both his tenor voice but also an amazing countertenor (equivalent of female mezzo-soprano) voice which strength and operatic sound keeps impressing his fans and critics whenever they hear his music.
Jan Werner won Norways biggest talent competition in 1994, winning the first cultural gold medal at the Lillehammer Olympic games. Since Universal records then signed the young star, Jan Werner has recorded his album 6th album, selling close to one million albums and singles since his debut!
In 2003 his album “Singer of Songs” sold triple platinum, making him the best selling artist in Norway that year. The album also resulted in singing the opening song for the Nobel Peace Prize concert and sold out concerts in the Royal Albert Hall in London and Carnegie hall in New York. Even though Jan Werner has enjoyed huge success as a recording artist, he most of all loved singing his songs live for his audience, which was always an incredible experience.
With all his success Jan Werner still managed to keep his feet on the ground. He was always humble and thankful. Jan Werner’s motto was “I will do the best I can and I'll see how far I can get.”
Jan Werner tragically died at only 30 years old - but his music will stay with us forever and the memories will live forever in our hearts. His final album, "Stronger", was released on 13 November - a mere month and a half after his sudden death - pre-selling 60,000 copies in a country of 4.5 million. Before Christmas it had gone up to 100,000 - and when a memorial programme was shown on a Saturday night, nearly 720,000 Norwegians tuned in.
it has most ' def been a greatly relaxing weekend. I'm tuning up some stories that I had been working on for some time. This is great for me.
June 22nd, some Friends are helping me to celebrate 40 years in the business of filmmaking. We'll be more than ecstatic, so to speak, to see one another. One young lady was in my first film at the UCLA film school in 1969. I haven't seen her since. She'll be here, flying in from Las Vegas.
Charles Burnett, internationally known filmmaker and Director par extraordinaire will be here, along with his son, Steven. Steven just graduated from the University of Hawaii with a double major in Biology & Chemistry.
Art Evans from Paramount Pictures' "Leadbelly" will be here as well. Paramount loves Art Evans. He has also been invited to golf tournaments all over the world all of the time.
"I sent an angel to watch over you last night,but it came back. I asked, 'Why?' The angel said, 'Angels don't watch over angels!'....Twenty angels are in the world. Ten are sleeping. Nine are playing. One is reading this comment.
A Box of gold *~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~* With a secret inside that has never been told *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* This box is priceless but as I see *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The treasure inside is precious to me *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Today I share this treasure with thee *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* It's the treasure of friendship you've given me. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
06. 09. 07 Now, I find that I really enjoy listening to "You Raise Me Up." There is something intrinsically natural about the lyrics that embodies hope, on a global, as well as personal level, that things will become better and there will be a higher plateau upon which to aim our sights. Great! Thomas
