Erlend Fredrik Skomsvoll (born 12 May 1969) is a Norwegian

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musician (piano, keyboards, accordion, and tuba), band leader, composer and arranger, known from his own band Skomsork and the band

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with

Live Maria Roggen Live Maria Roggen (born 22 March 1970) is a Norwegian jazz singer, songwriter and composer. Roggen was born in Oslo and educated at Foss High School (violin and vocals). She studied sociology and Musicology intermediate at the University of Osl ...

, Madrugada, and

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. He has also cooperated with

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and

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. (in Norwegian)

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(in Norwegian)

Career

Skomsvoll was born in

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. He was educated at

Norges Musikkhøgskole The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the c ...

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, and on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1994–1998), where he contributed with ''

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'' (1998–2003). In 2000 he got a trainee position at ''Midt-norsk jazzsenter'' from

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, and has thus served as a central performer, conductor and arranger for

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) (established 1999 in Trondheim, Norway) is an orchestral project based in Trondheim, and closely related to both the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter (MNJ - Mid Norwegian Jazz Center) and Jazz Line at the Trøndelag Conservator ...

, which since 2000 has arranged music for concerts with

New York Voices New York Voices is a jazz vocal group that was founded in 1987 by Peter Eldridge, Caprice Fox, Sara Krieger, Darmon Meader, and Kim Nazarian. All except Krieger were members of an alumni group from Ithaca College that toured Europe in 1986. They ...

and

. Skomsvoll otherwise has collaborated with, among others ''Konsen Big Band'',

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, and

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. With Mark Adderley he developed the commissioned work for Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester (2004), and in 2005 he collaborated with '' Madrugada'' and ''Bodø Sinfonietta'' in a production for ''Nordland Musikkfestuke'', as well as with ''Trondheim Musikkteater'' in the production «Spor». Skomsvoll was in 2003 awarded ''De unges Lindemanpris'', voted by

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, winner of the ''Lindeman Prize'' 2003. He composes all the music to his own «Skomsvoll Orkester» (etablert 1996). Dette ble i 2004 videreført i «Skomsork», bestående av

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(altsax), Thomas T. Dahl (guitar), Ole Marius Sandberg (bass) og

Thomas Strønen Thomas Strønen (born 7 December 1972) is a Norwegian jazz drummer who has recorded more than 70 albums. He has worked with Iain Ballamy, Arve Henriksen, Mats Eilertsen, Ashley Slater, Eivind Aarset, Christian Fennesz, Nils Petter Molvaer, B ...

(drums and elektronics). The band was nominated for

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for the album ''Skomsork''. In 2008 he led the quartet ''Skoms'' with

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(fiolin),

Ole Morten Vågan Ole Morten Vågan (born 8 May 1979) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer (upright bass), and the older brother of guitarist Petter Vågan. He is known from several recordings and is currently acting as artistic director for the Trondheim ...

(bass) and Børge Fjordheim (slagverk) the release of the CD and DVD.

Honors

*2001: The Norwegian candidate for the newly established ''European Jazz Prize'' *2002:

in the category Jazz for the album ''Do do that voodoo'' (2002), with ''

'' *2014:

Buddyprisen Buddyprisen (established 1956 in Oslo, Norway) is an award, given annually by the Norwegian Jazz Forum to a Norwegian jazz musician that has "been an excellent performer and significantly involved in Norwegian jazz by other means". The award was a ...

awarded by the Norwegian Jazz Federation *2014:

in the category Classical music, for the album ''Holberg Variations'' (2014)

Discography

Solo albums

;With Skomsork *2004: ''Skomsork'' (Park Grammofon) ;Other projects *2006: ''Variasjoner'' (

Grappa Music Grappa Musikkforlag (established 1983 in Norway) is a Norwegian music company initiated and directed by Helge Westbye. It is one of the oldest and biggest independent record companies in Norway today. The company represents prominent Norwegian a ...

), commissioned work for

Vossajazz Vossajazz or Vossa Jazz (established 19 December 1973) is an international jazz festival in Voss, Norway, which takes place annually during the week before Easter, and which also includes concerts throughout the year. The festival has been led by ...

2002 *2008: ''52:29'' (Grappa Music), with ''Skoms'' (Attached was found ''Monstermort'', DVD 2008) *2009: ''What If? A Counterfactual Fairytale'' (MNJ Records), with

, compositions by Skomsvoll *2014: ''Holberg Variations'' (Grappa Music), with Christian Ihle Hadland and 1B1 *

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: ''Louder Than You'' (Øra Fonogram), with 'Molecules'

Collaborations

;Within

*1997: ''Newborn thing'' ( Jazzland) *1999: ''Blå, Molde'' (Curling Legs), the track "Dans" ;Within ''

'' *2000: ''Come Shine'' (Curling Legs) *2002: ''Do do that voodoo'' (Curling Legs), awarded

*2003: ''In concert'' (Curling Legs), with

Kringkastingsorkesteret The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Norwegian, ''Kringkastingsorkestret'', abbreviated as KORK) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (''Norsk rikskringkasting AS'', or NRK). Its principal base is the ''Store Studi ...

Kongsberg Jazz Festival Kongsberg Jazz Festival or Kongsberg Jazzfestival is an international jazz festival that has been held annually in Kongsberg, Norway, since 1964. Artists Several worldwide great artists have visited Kongsberg during this festival; internation ...

2003 *2014: ''Red And Gold'' (Jazzland)

References

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