Bendik Hofseth
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Bendik Hofseth (born 19 October 1962, in
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) is a Norwegian jazz musician, who plays the saxophone and sings. He is also a bandleader, and arranges and composes music.


Career

In 1986, while in his early twenties, Hofseth moved from
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, Norway to New York City. Soon after, he replaced saxophonist
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in the band
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. Along with Steps Ahead, he has toured worldwide several times since 1987. Hofseth has released seven albums under his own name, and has through the years received numerous awards and honors for them. He has also worked as a record producer for among others
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and Kenneth Sivertsen. In addition, he has composed numerous commissioned works, film music and founded a chamber music festival in
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. He is today a major figure in the Norwegian and international music organizations. He is chairman of NOPA and by-Larm, and the World Composers Organisation, CIAM, where he represents 2.6 million composers and lyricists worldwide. He was for many years chairman of Phonofile. He is also a director of TONO and NCB, to mention a few. In 1994 Hofseth presented the commission ''Metamorfoser'' at
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. The piece was written for the Norwegian "Rikskonsertene" and was performed on concert tours in 1994. The concert at Rockefeller in Oslo was recorded and the music released in 1995, with
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(vibraphone),
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(guitar),
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(double bass),
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(tablas) and Jon Christensen (percussion). Hofseth also work as musical instructor and teacher, and is employed by the Agder University College, where he is central to the development of a new course in Music Management. Here he is also responsible for the conference "Challenge of the New".


Discography


As leader

* ''IX'' (Columbia, 1991) * ''Amuse Yourself'' (Columbia, 1993) * ''Metamorphoses'' (Sonet/Verve, 1995) * ''Planets, Rivers and...Ikea'' (Verve Forecast, 1996) * ''Colours'' (Sonet/Verve, 1997) * ''Ludo'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1997) * ''Smilets Historie'' (Sonet, 1999) * ''Itaka'' (Grappa, 2005) * ''XI'' (Grappa, 2009) * ''Children & Cosmopolitans'' (JazzCode, 2015) * ''Atonement'' (C+C, 2018) * ''with Orchestre National de Jazz de Montréal" (ONJ, 2018) * ''Trunks'' (C+C, 2020)


As sideman

With
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* ''Sagn'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1990) * ''Arv'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1994) * ''Hyperborean'' (ECM, 1997) With
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* ''Underveis'' (Grappa, 1991) * ''Nesten Ikke Tilstede'' (Grappa, 1993) * ''Kjaerlighet & AErlighet 2'' (Grappa, 2011) * ''Kjaerlighet & AErlighet 3'' (Grappa, 2011) With
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* ''Pa Leit'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1984) * ''Bjorn's Beste'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1985) * ''Dansere I Natten'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1986) * ''Allemannsland'' (Norsk, 1993) With
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* ''Never Ending West Side Story'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1997) * ''Halvveis'' (Curling Legs, 2000) * ''ReHumaniZing'' (Aurora, 2007) * ''A Musical Offering'' (Odin, 2017) With
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* ''Lav Sol! Hoy Himmel'' (WEA, 1989) * ''Millimeter'' (WEA, 1994) * ''Om Igjen for Forste Gang'' (Warner, 2007) With Oystein Sevag * ''Close Your Eyes and See'' (Siddhartha Spiritual, 1989) * ''Link'' (Siddhartha Spiritual, 1993) * ''Global House'' (Siddhartha Spiritual, 1994) * ''Caravan'' (Siddhartha Spiritual, 2005) * ''The Red Album'' (Siddhartha Spiritual, 2010) With others * Ab und Zu, ''Ab und Zu'' (EMI, 1989) *
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, ''Folk Er Rare!'' (Barneselskapet, 1986) * Maj Britt Andersen, ''Tida Gar Sa Altfor Fort'' (Barneselskapet, 1987) * Rebekka Bakken, ''Is That You?'' (Boutique/Universal, 2005) *
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, ''Frozen Feelings'' (CBS, 1989) * Ragnar Bjerkreim &
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, ''Oratoriet Kong David'' (Lynor/Trembling, 2004) * Christina Bjordal, ''Brighter Days'' (Universal, 2006) * Ketil Bjornstad, ''Grace'' (EmArcy, 2001) * Brother to Brother, ''Materialize'' (WEA, 1990) * Jonas Fjeld, ''Texas Jensen'' (Stageway, 1993) * Christer Fredriksen, ''Urban Country'' (Losen, 2011) * Inger Marie Gundersen, ''Feels Like Home'' (Stunt, 2018) *
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, ''Wild Seed'' (Warner Bros., 1995) *
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, ''Northern Lights'' (NYC, 2006) * Andrea Marcelli, ''Oneness'' (Lipstick, 1993) * Hans Mathisen, ''Moving Forward'' (Curling Legs, 2019) *
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, ''Fyr'' (Grappa, 1996) *
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, ''Trilateral Commission'' (101 South, 1992) *
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, ''Rathkes Gate 12:21:58'' (Oslo Session, 2017) *
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References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofseth, Bendik 1962 births Norwegian jazz saxophonists Norwegian jazz composers Grappa Music artists Jazz musicians from Oslo Living people 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists Steps Ahead members Sonet Records artists Columbia Records artists