Christian Meaas Svendsen

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Meaas Svendsen within Mopti at EnergiMølla, Kongsberg, 16 September 2010.
(Photo: Thomas Bjørndahl)
Background information
Born (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988
Kongsberg, Buskerud
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Upright bass, bass guitar
Labels NorCD
Jazzland Recordings
Associated acts Andrea Kvintett
Duplex
Mopti
Ayumi Tanaka Trio
Website www.christianmeaassvendsen.com

Christian Meaas Svendsen (born 26 February 1988 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known from collaborations within a series of bands like Mopti, Oro, Knyst!, Duplex, Sylvia Ganush, Andrea Rydin Berge Kvintett, Hoover and Lech/Svendsen Duo.

Career

Meaas Svendsen with Ayumi Tanaka Trio at Nattjazz 2015.
(Photo by Knut Andersen)

Svendsen started his jazz career within Kongsberg Big Band, was a year at Toneheim folkehøgskole and later studied Performing jazz music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. In 2007 he was awarded Kongsberg Jazzfestival's talent scholarship. During the Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 2010, Svendsen referred to as The festival's busiest musician by Laagendalsposten[1] when he performed seven gigs in different constellations during the festival. In 2011 he received Kongsberg Municipality's Cultural Grant.[2] for sitt arbeid med byens tradisjonelle julejam.

Together with his own quintet Mopti he won the 2012 JazzIntro award.[3][4] After this he has performed among others with the brilliant Japanese pianist and band leader Ayumi Tanaka in the band Nakama with the release Before The Storm (2015) and the exiting Ayumi Tanaka Trio with the release Momento (2016).

Honors

Discography

Solo
With Andrea Kvintett
Within Duplex
Within Mopti
With Nakama
With Ayumi Tanaka Trio
With Santos Silva/Woodrascka/Meaas Svendsen/Berre

References

  1. ↑ Jensen, Terje (7 July 2010). "Festivalens travleste innbyr til jam" (in Norwegian). Laagendalsposten. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Svendsen mottok kulturstipend" (in Norwegian). LaagendalsPosten.no. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Mopti vant jazzintro". Norsk Jazzforum. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  4. ↑ "Prisdryss og Masterclass". Dagbladet. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  5. ↑ Wicklund, Erling (17 September 2013). "MOPTI utfordrer – Logic Review" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
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