Steinar Aadnekvam

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

Steinar Aadnekvam
Born (1984-04-04) 4 April 1984
Bergen
OriginNorway
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Guitar
LabelsLosen Records
Websitewww.freedomtreemusic.com

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

References
  1. "Freedoms trio". Dolajazz.no. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  2. "Steinar Aadnekvam Quartet – concert within the International Jazz in Old Town - Summer Festival". Kulturalna.Warszawa.pl. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  3. "Åtte band klare for Jazzintro" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. Johansson, Tonje (2011-01-12). "Anmeldelser Steinar Aadnekvam" (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no. Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  5. "Akustisk fusion". www.bt.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  6. "STEINAR AADNEKVAM – SIMPLE THINGS". www.rootstime.be. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  7. "Simple Things, by Steinar Aadnekvam". Steinar Aadnekvam. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  8. fredo (2021-12-10). "Freedom Tree | Jazzens Vänner Västerås" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  9. "Steinar Aadnekvam: "Freedoms tree"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2015-04-29. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  10. fredo (2021-10-21). "Livsbejaende musikk og konsert | Nettavisen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  11. Andersen, Per Hasse (2016-05-03). "Steinar Aadnekvam" (in Norwegian). MaiJazz. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  12. Aadnekvam, Steinar (February 19, 2019). "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" (video). freedomtreemusic.
  13. "Steinar Aadnekvam "Freedom Tree"". Salt-Peanuts.eu. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  14. "Steinar Aadnekvam Releases". Losen Records. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
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