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Nils Petter Molvær
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1960 - Today
Nils Petter Molvær
Nils Petter Molvær (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈmɔ̂ɫvæːr]), also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960), is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils Petter Molvær has received more than 126,487 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Petter Molvær is the 1,527th most popular musician (up from 1,585th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Norway (down from 349th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Norwegian Musician.
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Among musicians, Nils Petter Molvær ranks 1,527 out of 3,175. Before him are Ziggy Marley, John Powell, Kenny Drew, Michala Petri, Ivan Král, and Bill Black. After him are Tim Bogert, Robin Trower, Nick Menza, Hal David, Nils Lofgr
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biography
Year 2023 marks the first season of Tine’s role as Artistic Director of Risør Kammermusikkfest in Norway, a festival with which she has been associated for over a decade. Current season also sees Tine debut with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Silicon Valley in San Jose, and Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo in addition to her long-awaited return to the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, concerto appearance with Orchestra of Opera North and a series of recitals including Wigmore Hall in London and Reading Town Hall in the UK, and in Bologna, Italy. Together with her brass ensemble tenThing, they embark on a nine-concert tour across the US performing a Holiday-themed programme inspired by Christmas traditions of Europe and America, and in March 2023 the ensemble tours Sweden.
Tine continues regular tours with her ten-piece, all-female brass ensemble tenThing. An idea which started in 2007 as a fun and exciting project to pursue with her closest musical friends, the group have gone on to play to numerous audiences across Europe, USA and China. Past festival appearances
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Nils Petter Molvær
Norwegian trumpeter, composer, and record producer
Musical artist
Nils Petter Molvær (Norwegian pronunciation:[ˈmɔ̂ɫvæːr]), also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960), is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most commercially successful album, Khmer.[1]
Biography
Molvær was born and raised on the island of Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway, and left at age nineteen to study on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1980–82).[2] He joined the bands Jazzpunkensemblet with Jon Eberson and Masqualero, alongside Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen and Tore Brunborg. Masqualero (named after a Wayne Shorter composition originally recorded by Miles Davis) recorded several albums for ECM Records, and Molvær recorded with other ECM artists before his 1997 debut solo album, Khmer. The record was a fusion of jazz, rock, electronic soundscapes, and hip-hop beats – and quite unlike the d
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