Ole Edvard Antonsen (born 25 April 1962) is a

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, musician and conductor. Antonsen was born in Vang, Hedmark, now part of

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. He is best known as a solo trumpeter, active in different genres of music; classical music, chamber music, baroque,

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and pop. Since the mid-2000s, he has also been active as a conductor, foremost with Norwegian Air Force Band.

Discography

*1989 ''The Virtuoso Trumpet'' – (with Einar Henning Smebye on

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) *1992 ''Tour De Force'' *1993 ''Trumpet Concertos'' – (with

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and conductor

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) *1994 ''Popular Pieces for Trumpet & Organ'' – (with Wayne Marshall on organ) *1995 ''Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Trumpet'' – (with

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, conductor

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and Mikhail Rudy on piano) *1997 ''Read My Lips'' *1998 ''Twentieth Century Trumpet'' – (with

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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

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Band and conductor Ingar Bergby) *2008 ''Landscapes''

As a sideman (selection)

*2002 ''With Strings Attached'' –

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Kollektief *2003 ''Jan van der Roost In Flanders' Fields Vol.39'' –

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*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

Charts

References

External links

*
Ole Edvard Antonsen Extended Biography
on

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1962 births Living people Musicians from Hamar Norwegian trumpeters Male trumpeters Spellemannprisen winners EMI Classics and Virgin Classics artists 21st-century trumpeters 21st-century Norwegian male musicians {{trumpeter-stub