Ole Edvard Antonsen
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Antonsen was born in Vang, Hedmark
Vang, Hedmark
Vang is a former municipality in Hedmark county, Norway.Vang was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . The city of Hamar was separated from Vang in 1849. Furnes was separated from Vang in 1891...
, now part of Hamar
Hamar
is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...
. He is best known as a solo trumpeter, active in different genres of music; classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
, chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
, baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
. Since the mid 2000s, he has also been active as a conductor, foremost with The Norwegian Air Force Band.
Discography
- 1989 The Virtuoso Trumpet - (with Einar Henning Smebye on pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
) - 1992 Tour De Force
- 1993 Trumpet Concertos - (with English Chamber OrchestraEnglish Chamber OrchestraThe English Chamber Orchestra is a British chamber orchestra based in London. The full orchestra regularly plays concerts at Cadogan Hall, and the ECO Ensemble performs at Wigmore Hall...
and conductor Jeffrey TateJeffrey TateDr Jeffrey Tate CBE is an English conductor.Tate was born with spina bifida, and also has kyphosis. His family moved to Farnham, Surrey when he was young and he attended Farnham Grammar School between 1954 and 1961 gaining a State Scholarship to Cambridge University, where he directed theatre...
) - 1994 Popular Pieces for Trumpet & Organ - (with Wayne MarshallWayne MarshallWayne Marshall is a Black British pianist, organist and conductor.Marshall was educated at Chetham's School, Manchester and the Royal College of Music. He is a renowned interpreter of the works of George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington and other twentieth century American composers...
on organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
) - 1995 Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Trumpet - (with Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraBerlin Philharmonic OrchestraThe Berlin Philharmonic, German: , formerly Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester , is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the...
, conductor Mariss JansonsMariss JansonsMariss Ivars Georgs Jansons is a Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīds Jansons. His mother, the singer Iraida Jansons, who was Jewish, gave birth to him in hiding in Riga, Latvia, after her father and brother were killed in the Riga Ghetto...
and Mikhail Rudy on piano) - 1997 Read My Lips
- 1998 Twentieth Century Trumpet - (with Wolfgang SawallischWolfgang SawallischWolfgang Sawallisch is a retired German conductor and pianist.-Biography:Sawallisch was born in Munich, and studied composition and pianoforte there privately: at the conclusion of the war, in 1946 he continued his studies at the Munich High School for Music and passed his final examination for...
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 The Golden Age of the Cornet (with the Royal Norwegian NavyRoyal Norwegian NavyThe Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 5 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support...
Band and conductor Ingar Bergby) - 2008 Landscapes
As a sideman (selection)
- 2002 With Strings Attached - Willem BreukerWillem BreukerWillem Breuker was a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist....
Kollektief - 2003 Jan van der Roost In Flanders' Fields Vol.39 - Jan van der RoostJan Van der RoostJan Van der Roost is a Belgian composer.Van der Roost was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven , and followed further studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. Since 1984 Van der Roost is a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the...
- 2004 Absolute - Spanish Brass Luur Metalls
- 2004 Frelsesarmeens Juleplate (The Norwegian Salvation ArmySalvation ArmyThe Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries....
Christmas album with Nidaros Cathedral Boys' ChoirNidaros Cathedral Boys' ChoirThe Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir is a Norwegian choir in Trondheim, consisting of 76 boys and men as of spring 2008. It represents a tradition of boy and men cathedral choristers in Nidaros Cathedral stretching back almost 900 years...
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Charts
| Norwegian chart (1992)http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=5123&albumtype=album&albumtype_id=1 | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Tour De Force | 1 |
| Norwegian chart (1993)http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=5123&albumtype=album&albumtype_id=1 | Peak position |
| Tour De Force | 6 |
| Norwegian chart (1997)http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=3904&albumtype=album&albumtype_id=1 | Peak position |
| Read My Lips | 7 |
| Norwegian chart (1998)http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=3904&albumtype=album&albumtype_id=1 | Peak position |
| Read My Lips | 12 |