Ole Edvard Antonsen
Illustration — Ole Edvard Antonsen at the StatoilHydro free concert in Stavanger 2008. Ole Edvard Antonsen (born 25 April 1962) is a Norwegian trumpeter, musician and conductor.
Ole Edvard Antonsen
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- Born
- 1962 · Vang Municipality.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- trumpeter · musician
- Honours
- Spellemann Award open category · Commander of the Order of St. Olav
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Illustration — Ole Edvard Antonsen at the StatoilHydro free concert in Stavanger 2008. Ole Edvard Antonsen (born 25 April 1962) is a Norwegian trumpeter, musician and conductor.
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Life and career
Life and career
Antonsen was born in Vang Municipality (now part of Hamar Municipality). He is best known as a solo trumpeter, active in different genres of music; classical music, chamber music, baroque, jazz and pop. Since the mid-2000s, he has also been active as a conductor, foremost with Norwegian Air Force Band.
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As a sideman (selection)
• 2002 With Strings Attached – Willem Breuker Kollektief • 2003 Jan van der Roost In Flanders' Fields Vol.39 – Jan van der Roost • 2004 Absolute – Spanish Brass Luur Metalls • 2004 Frelsesarmeens Juleplate (The Norwegian Salvation Army Christmas album with Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir) • 2011 Mitt lille land, with other artists
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Charts
Charts
• Norwegian chart (1992) — Peak position • Tour De Force — 1 • Norwegian chart (1993) — Peak position • Tour De Force — 6 • Norwegian chart (1997) — Peak position • Read My Lips — 7 • Norwegian chart (1998) — Peak position • Read My Lips — 12
Discography
• 1989 The Virtuoso Trumpet – (with Einar Henning Smebye on piano) • 1992 Tour De Force • 1993 Trumpet Concertos – (with English Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Tate) • 1994 Popular Pieces for Trumpet & Organ – (with Wayne Marshall on organ) • 1995 Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Trumpet – (with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons and Mikhail Rudy on piano) • 1997 Read My Lips • 1998 Twentieth Century Trumpet – (with Wolfgang Sawallisch on piano) • 2000 New Sound of Baroque – (with his brother Jens Petter Antonsen (trumpet) and TrondheimSolistene) • 2002 Ars Nova – (with Solveig Kringlebotn (vocals) and Wolfgang Plagge on piano) • 2007 Nordic Trumpet Concertos (with Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Christian Lindberg, conductor) • 2007 The Golden Age of the Cornet (with the Royal Norwegian Navy Band and conductor Ingar Bergby) • 2008 Landscapes
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