Fredrik Mikkelsen (born 24 October 1981 in
Bergen,
Norway) is a Norwegian musician and composer, playing both the traditional and lap steel guitar, within a series of genres like
jazz, blues and folk, living in
Copenhagen since 2008.
Career
Mikkelsen started early to play the guitar and is largely an autodidact musician. He got his formal musical training from the Music program at "Voss gymnas" (1997–2000), which gave him the fundamental tools to understand music and continue studying on his own accord. Together with friends like
Isak Strand
Isak Barosen Strand (born 8 March 1982 in Bergen, Norway), is a Norwegian musician (drums), sound engineering, music producer and composer living in Oslo, known from different musical projects such as electro, techno and crossover stuff such ...
he performed on various locations and recordings within local bands, for the most part solo or duo constellations.
Mikkelsen holds a Bachelor of Nursing at Høgskolen i Bergen (2006), and during his studies he traveled to Zansibar and got influences from African musical traditions there. Later, he moved to Copenhagen, where he started playing more blues, folk and jazz inspired music with the vocalist Pernille Koch, under the name "Her Name and Mine", performing at the
Dancing at Copenhagen Jazz Festival in the summer of 2013.
Discography
*2012: ''The Oslo Recordings'' (Little Blue Records), within "Her Name and Mine" including vocalist Pernille Koch
References
External links
The Oslo Recordingsby Her Name and Mine
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Norwegian jazz guitarists
Norwegian jazz composers
Male jazz composers
Musicians from Bergen
Musicians from Copenhagen
1981 births
Living people
21st-century Norwegian guitarists
21st-century Norwegian male musicians