Steinar Aadnekvam Explained

Steinar Aadnekvam
Birth Date:1984 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Bergen
Origin:Norway
Instrument:Guitar
Occupation:Musician, composer
Label:Losen Records

Steinar Aadnekvam (born 4 April 1984) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist.[1]

Life and career

Aadnekvam was born on 4 April 1984 in Bergen. After completing his upper secondary education at Södra Latin, he studied at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. He has also studied at the Vrindaban Gurukul school with Indian classical flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia.

In 2009, Aadnekvam was nominated for the 'Young Nordic Guitarist Award' by the Uppsala International Guitar Festival,[2] and was a 2010 finalist at the 'Norsk JazzIntro' at Moldejazz.[3] He released his debut album Simple Things (2010) later the same year.[4] The album received critical acclaim from reviewers across multiple countries,[5] [6] [7] and was followed by two collaboration albums Abacaxeiro (2011) and Ecology (2014).[2]

In 2015, Aadnekvam signed for Norwegian label Losen Records, where he released the album Freedoms Tree (2015) together with Deodato Siguir och Rubem Farias,[8] receiving a 4 out of 5 star review in Dagens Nyheter.[9] This was followed by Freedoms Trio (2016) and "Freedoms Trio II" (2018), as well as hundreds of live performances across Europe, Africa, Asia and the US,[10] including concerts at the 2016 Stavanger International Jazz Festival, MaiJazz,[11] the 2018 Jazzahead Festival Overseas Night in Bremen, Germany, and at the NAMM Show 2019 Official Artist Selection in Anaheim, California, USA.[12]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Freedoms trio . Dolajazz.no . 2017-01-08.
  2. Web site: Steinar Aadnekvam Quartet – concert within the International Jazz in Old Town - Summer Festival . Kulturalna.Warszawa.pl . 2017-01-08.
  3. Web site: Åtte band klare for Jazzintro . Norwegian . Ballade.no . 2010-01-20 . 2017-01-08.
  4. Web site: Anmeldelser Steinar Aadnekvam . Norwegian . Tonje . Johansson . JazzINorge.no . 2011-01-12 . 2017-01-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170110090609/http://jazznytt.jazzinorge.no/2011/01/12/steinar-aadnekvam-2/ . 2017-01-10 .
  5. Web site: 2010-10-27 . Akustisk fusion . 2023-04-07 . www.bt.no . nb.
  6. Web site: STEINAR AADNEKVAM – SIMPLE THINGS . 2023-04-07 . www.rootstime.be.
  7. Web site: Simple Things, by Steinar Aadnekvam . 2023-04-07 . Steinar Aadnekvam . en.
  8. Web site: fredo . 2021-12-10 . Freedom Tree Jazzens Vänner Västerås . 2023-04-07 . sv-SE.
  9. News: 2015-04-29 . Steinar Aadnekvam: "Freedoms tree" . sv . Dagens Nyheter . 2023-04-07 . 1101-2447.
  10. Web site: fredo . 2021-10-21 . Livsbejaende musikk og konsert Nettavisen . 2023-04-07 . no-NO.
  11. Web site: Steinar Aadnekvam . Norwegian . Per Hasse . Andersen . . 2016-05-03 . 2017-01-08.
  12. Web site: Aadnekvam . Steinar . NAMM Show . WATCH: Steinar Aadnekvam (guitar) performing on a "Caro & Topete Engelmann Spruce Top Guitar" with Deodato Siquir (voice) @ Kopecky Guitars / The NAMM Show 2019, Anaheim California. . . en . video . February 19, 2019.
  13. Web site: Steinar Aadnekvam "Freedom Tree" . Salt-Peanuts.eu . 2017-01-08.
  14. Web site: Steinar Aadnekvam Releases . . 2017-01-08.

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