Martin Tingvall (born 1974) is a Swedish

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and composer.

Biography

Tingvall was born in

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. He was raised in the southern Swedish county of

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and attended a music school there. He continued his education at the local Folk high school of Skurup, and then studied jazz piano, composition and improvisation at the Malmö School of Music. Tingvall was taught inter alia by the Swedish jazz pianist

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. In between, he completed a semester abroad in the Netherlands, at the Hanzehogeschool Groningen. In 1999 he graduated from Malmö. Then he moved to Hamburg, where he worked with

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, Inga Rumpf, Baschi and

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. In 2003, Tingvall founded the Tingvall Trio together with bassist Omar Rodriguez Calvo and drummer Jürgen Spiegel, for which he was leased and also composed all the pieces. The trio was awarded three times with the

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, and has successfully established itself internationally. Occasionally he also played in the Tim Rodig Group. Tingvall also writes and produces

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s (''Jahr des Drachen'', Year of the Dragon, 2012, Crime Scene: Another World and Crime Scene: Spooky Worlds, 2013) as well as songs for other artists.

Discography

* ''En Ny Dag'' (solo, 2012) (

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, Germany, Jazz Award) * ''Distance'' (solo, 2015)''Die Schönheit der Ruhe''
(

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) * ''The Rocket'' (solo, 2019) With the Tingvall Trio * ''Norr'' (2008) * ''Vattensaga'' (2009) * ''Vägen'' (2011) * ''Beat'' (2014) * Cirklar (2017) * Dance (2020)

References

External links

Official website of Martin Tingvall

Official website of the Tingvall Trios

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tingvall, Martin Swedish film score composers 1974 births Swedish jazz pianists Swedish jazz composers Swedish male jazz composers Swedish male songwriters Living people Male jazz pianists 21st-century Swedish pianists Swedish male film score composers 21st-century Swedish male musicians People from Tomelilla Municipality Musicians from Skåne County