Eyolf Dale (born 5 March 1985) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and

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Career

Dale started playing piano at the age of 6 years, and shortly after started taking lessons. After finishing his

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on the Music program at Skien videregående skole (2001–04), he worked as a freelance pianist, conductor and arranger in the

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area until in 2005 he started his graduate studies in Performing jazz and improvisation at

Norwegian Academy of Music 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 co ...

(2005–09). There he studied under such as

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and

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, and completed the master's program (2009–11). He is working as a musician and composer, solo and in cooperation with other Norwegian and European musicians. He is also an

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in jazz at

. Dale is a frequently recorded musician and has contributed on most Norwegian jazz festivals and international festivals such as the

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, 12 Points!,

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and

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. He has also toured and performed in countries such as the US, Germany, Nederlands, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, England, Ireland, Italy and China.

Awards and honors

*2008: "Årets unge jazzmusikere" within

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, by

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and the Norwegian Jazz Federation *2008: Finalist in "Young Nordic Jazz Comets" within Albatrosh, held in Copenhagen, Denmark *2008: Skien municipal Encouragement price awarded Albatrosh *2009: "Beste band" within Albatrosh, in the European Jazz Competition during the North Sea Jazz Festival. *2009: 1st prize in the European competition Nomme Jazz for pianists *2012: JazZtipendiat granted Albatrosh during the Moldejazz *2014: Nominated for Spellemannprisen in the category of Jazz :no:Spellemannprisen 2013 *2016: Nominated for Spellemannprisen in the category of Jazz

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Collaborative works

*2002: ''Vår'' ( Plus Records), within Per-Kristian Ekholt Powerband 12+ *2009: ''Gjenfortellinger'' ( Grappa Music), with

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*2009: ''Neo Dada'' ( Rune Grammofon), with

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*2011: ''Stillness'' ( Losen Records), with

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*2011: ''The Attic'' (

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), within Hayden Powell Trio *2011: ''Short Stories of Happiness'' ( Schmell), with Kristoffer Kompen *2013: ''Roots and Stems'' ( Periskop Records), with

Hayden Powell Hayden James Richard Powell (born 25 September 1983 in England) is a jazz trumpeter and composer based in Oslo, Norway. Powell is English, but moved to Norway as a child and grew up in Molde. He has collaborated with numerous musicians including ...

*2013: ''2.0'' (

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), with Jazzbanditt *2013: ''Krumkakesanger'' ( Bragvin Fonogram), with Åselill Sæthre *2014: ''Agdergata 1'' ( Kompis Records), with Kristoffer Kompen *2015: ''Slow Eastbound Train'' ( Edition Records), with

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*2015: ''Circadian Rhythm and Blues'' ( Periskop Records), with

*2017: ''The Roc'' ( Edition Records), with

*2017: ''Sanger for katten'' (

Ponca Jazz Records Ponca Jazz Records is a jazz record label founded by Hilde Hefte in Kristiansand, Norway in 2004 Background Hefte had an idea of releasing the Rolf Søder recording ''Jargong Vålereng' '' with Egil Kapstad as composer, arranger and band leade ...

), with Åselill Sæthre *2017: ''Sundown'' ( Kompis Records), with Kristoffer Kompen *2018: ''Six Commissions'' ( Periskop Records), with

*2018: ''Commuter Report'' ( Losen Records), with Scheen Jazzorkester *2019: ''Voyage'' ( Edition Records), with

References

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