KULTURKIRKEN JAKOB, OSLO (Nettavisen): – This is undoubtedly the toughest thing I’ve had to do.
This is how Jonis Josef opened Friday’s memorial service.
– Today we will honor and remember a wonderful person, he continued.
Almost two weeks after Kristoffer Castin Åman, better known as Dutty Dior, passed away, there is a packed Jakob Kirke to remember the artist.
– We will gather to remember and honor his life and legacy in the only way that feels right, namely with music and love, his family said in a statement on Instagram earlier.
– Do you see that all of Norway is mourning?
On Friday, many had made the trip to Kulturkirken Jakob to honor Åman. Already an hour before the memorial service started, there was a long queue outside the church.
The memorial concert was led by Jonis Josef, and among the artists who were on stage are well-known names such as Jonas Benyoub and Arif.
– Hope you know that you were my brother even if we weren’t blood. Hope you know you were loved very much by your big brother. And I loved you as if you were only mine, but you belonged to the globe, said Arif in his memorial words.
– I feel my words are becoming poor. My dear little brother, do you see that the whole of Norway mourns that you are not here brother, he continued.
The last artist of the evening was Isah, who performed his own version of Dutty Dior’s song “Himmelen ötter seg”.
Became 27 years old
It was on Sunday 7 April that it became known that artist Kristoffer Castin Åman (Dutty Dior) had passed away, aged 27. This was confirmed by the general manager of the record company Warner Music, Leif O. Ribe, to Nettavisen.
Dutty Dior had their breakthrough with the song “Hallo” together with the artist Isah, in 2019. On the eve of the year they won the award “Song of the Year” at P3 gold. They were also nominated for the same category under the Spellemannprisen.
Also read: Isah about Dutty Dior: – My first, my last and very best friend
Åman has also collaborated with several other major Norwegian artists, including Stig Brenner, Karpe and Arif Murakami. Last year he released his third album “It’s less lonely alone”.
Have created Spleis
– On behalf of the family, I want to thank you for all the support and love, said a clearly moved Jonis Josef after the concert.
Furthermore, he says that a joint has been set up to assist Åman’s family.
– The ambition is eventually to create a fund in Kristoffer’s memory, with the aim of helping young artists in the form of a scholarship. We know Kristoffer would have appreciated that, he concluded.