Rolf-Erik Nystrøm (born 23 April 1975) is a Norwegian

saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pro ...

and composer in the field of contemporary music.

Career

Nystrøm has a diploma of music from the

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 ...

and is now a lecturer in the art of improvisation based contemporary music. He has been soloist with the Norwegian Symphony Orchestra and the Basel Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has been with the bands like Poing, Dozo, Hero og Zanussi five and participated in about 50 recordings in various musical genres. In 1994 he went to the finals of the Norwegian TV show Talentiaden and in 1998 he was soloist with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in the Saxophne conserto by

Bjørn Kruse Bjørn Howard Kruse (born 14 August 1946) is a Norwegian painter and composer. He is also professor of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. Personal life Kruse is the son of Colonel Erling O. Kruse (born 1922, died 2016) and E ...

. In 2006 he released his first solo album, ''Concepts of Sorrow & Dangers'' on the record company Aurora. The album was nominated for the 2006

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizat ...

class contemporary music. As a composer, he has written music for stage, television documentaries and chamber. In 2013 he wrote and performed music along with the Munor ensemble to the 1911 Italian film

L'Inferno ''L'Inferno'' is a 1911 Italian silent film, loosely adapted from '' Inferno'', the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''. ''L'Inferno'' took over three years to make, and was the first full-length Italian feature film. Plot Da ...

at Tysværtunet social center at "Tysvær skrekkfest" (Tysvær horrorfilmfestival).

Honors

*2001:

Rikskonsertene Concerts Norway ( no, Rikskonsertene) was established in 1967 on the initiative of the Arts Council Norway ( no, Norsk kulturråd), with its main purpose described as follows: "Concerts Norway is to make living music of high artistic quality acces ...

's launch support *2005: Youth Lindemanpris *2006: Statens arbeidsstipend

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

*2006: ''Concepts Of Sorrows & Dangers'' (Aurora Records)

Collaborations

;With Zanussi 5 *2004: ''Zanussi Five'' (Moserobie Prod) *2007: ''Alborado'' (Moserobie Prod) *2010: ''Ghost Dance'' (Moserobie Prod) *2014: ''Live In Coimbra'' (Clean Feed) ;Duo HERO with

Helge Lien Helge Lien (born 23 April 1975) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and band leader. He has in recent years also developed a passion for photography and digital processing of images and has passion for powerful melancholy, dynamics and detail. ...

*2005: ''Prøysen – musikken fra dokumentaren'' (Jazzavdelingen) nominated for the Edvard Prize in 2005 *2006: ''The Discovery & Exploration of Planet HERO'' ( Jazzaway) ;

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ' ...

compositions performed by Henninge Landaas, Vegard Landaas, Elzbieta Nawrocka and Bjørg Lewis *2009: ''The Golden Hindemith: Chamber Music For VIola & Saxophone'' (Lawo Classics) ;With

Unni Løvlid Unni Løvlid (born 23 March 1976) is a Norwegian musician. She was raised in Hornindal, Sogn og Fjordane, where she was taught to play piano, fiddle, and Hardanger fiddle. Her interest in folk music was initiated by her mother, Oline Ragnhild L� ...

and Becaye Aw *2009: ''Seven Winds'' ( Heilo Music)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nystrom, Rolf-Erik Norwegian jazz saxophonists Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers Heilo Music artists Norwegian Academy of Music alumni 20th-century Norwegian saxophonists 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists Musicians from Oslo 1975 births Living people 20th-century saxophonists 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Male jazz musicians