Eivind Nordset Lønning (born 20 January 1983 in Kolbotn, Norway) is a Norwegian

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(

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) known from playing with

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, and performed commissioned works by

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, Per Zanussi,

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, Motorpsycho and Erlend Skomsvoll.

Career

Lønning grew up playing classical trumpet, started his education on the Music program at Ski vgs., and later completed a Bachelor on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2004), a

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at Norges Musikkhøgskole in

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. Lønning participate in the duo «Streifenjunko» with Espen Reinertsen, in «Espen Reinertsen Organic Jukebox» (album 2007), in Christian Wallumrød Ensemble (plate 2010) and in quintet with Koboku Senjû (album 2010). He has also contributed to releases with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Motorpsycho and he collaborated with Joshua Redman at Moldejazz (2006). During the last few years «Streifenjunko» have played more than 100 concerts all over the world, including Japan, United States,

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, Australia and most of

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. Festival performances includes Fri Resonans and Kongsberg Jazzfestival in Norway, On the Edge of Wrong Festival in South Africa, Moers Festival in Germany,

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in Amsterdam, Cable Festival in Nantes, and the NOWnow Festival in Sydney. And in the summer of 2012 Lønning performed at the international Jazz festival Moldejazz in Norway.

Discography

;With «Streifenjunko» *2009: ''No Longer Burning'' – (Sofa) *2012: ''Sval Torv'' – (Sofa) ;With Motif *2010: ''Facienda'' – ( Jazzland Records), triple album *2011: ''Art Transplant'' – ( Clean Feed) *2016: ''My Head Is Listening'' (Clean Feed) ;With other projects *2008: ''Varianter Av Døde Traer'' – (Sofa), with Tetuzi Akiyama, Martin Taxt & Espen Reinertsen *2008: ''Fabula Suite Lugano'' – (

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), with Christian Wallumrød Ensemble *2010: ''Selektiv Hogst'' – (Sofa), with Koboku Senjû, Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, Espen Reinertsen and Martin Taxt *2015: ''Mette Henriette'' (ECM Records), with Mette Henriette

References

External links

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Kobuku Senjû official Website
1983 births Living people Musicians from Kolbotn Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni 21st-century Norwegian trumpeters Norwegian jazz trumpeters Norwegian male trumpeters Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers ECM Records artists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Norwegian male jazz musicians Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members Motif (band) members {{jazz-musician-stub