Born in Midsund, Norway January 17th 1978.
Education:
* 9 years at Midsund Skule
* 3 years at Molde Videregående Skole with music as a major.
* 1 year at Viken Folkehøgskole in Gjøvik Norway at the jazz- pop- and rock line.
* Examen Philosophicum and examen facultatum humaniora at the University of Oslo
* 1,5 year (Musikk Mellomfag) Music Studies at University of Oslo
* 5 years at the musician diploma programme at Rhythmical Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.
Current Projects:
Pillow (myspace.com/pillowdk)
Trio with Bjarke Falgren and Svein Erik Martinsen. (f.k.a. Hot 'n Spicy)
myspace.com/pillowdk
Rodent
Quartet with Haukur Grøndal, Jarkko Hakala and Helgi Sv. Helgason
Light-Airborne
A Quintet with Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard, Christoffer Møller and Morten Lund
myspace.com/loekkegaard
Bendik Giske 5
A brand new quintet with:
Bendisk Giske, Gunnar Halle, Simon Toldam and Erik Nylander
Since 2000 I has lived and worked in Copenhagen alongside my studies at Rhythmical Music Conservatory. I have recorded albums with Hot n Spicy, Pillow, Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard, and Rodent and toured all the Nordic countries with these bands, and appeared at Molde, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Nattjazz in Bergen Jazzfestivals, and at Copenhagen Jazzhouse, Fascing in Stockholm. As a sideman I've played a tour in Romania with Christoffer Møllers trio SAN,
a tour in Iceland with Icelandic singer Ragnheidur Gröndal and a bunch of club performances in Denmark with different bands.
Currently living and working in Oslo.
