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Weller Artists welcomes Ole Edvard Antonsen for worldwide representation

Weller Artists welcomes Ole Edvard Antonsen for worldwide representation

Ole Edvard Antonsen
Ole Edvard Antonsen

Weller Artists welcomes legendary Norwegian trumpet player Ole Edvard Antonsen for worldwide representation.


He has performed as a soloist with London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Orchestra, Szczecin Philharmonic, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, München Sinfonie Orchester, Sao Paulo Symphony, Osaka Symphony, Berlin Komische Oper, Münchner Kammerorkester, WDR Köln, Taiwan National Symph.


Antonsen has played as a soloist on the major music scenes and on stages in more than 45 countries around the world like Carnegie Hall NY, Musikverein in Vienna, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Sydney Opera House, Barbican Hall London, Philharmonie and Konserthaus Berlin, in addition to big stadiums like Olympiahalle Munich, Seoul Olympic Stadium ao.

 

Collaborating with conductors like Mariss Jansons, Wolfgang Sawallish, Philippe Herreweghe, Kent Nagano, Dimitry Kitayenko, to mention a few, Antonsen has also performed with major orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra OSESP, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orchestra of St.Martin in the Fields, etc.

 

Pop and rock musicians like John Miles, Level 42 ́s Mark King, Lisa Stansfield, Rickie Lee-Jones, Ute Lemper, Secret Garden are also amongst his collaborators as well as jazz ensembles like The Metropole Orchestra (Holland), Willem Breuker Kollektief and his own jazz ensembles. 


As a conductor Antonsen has conducted a lot of different orchestras and ensembles like Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra brass, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra winds, The Royal Danish Opera Orchestra brass and percussion and the first ever project with the world orchestra “World of Winds” in 2006 . 


In 1994 he recorded the official Olympic Fanfare for the winter Olympics in Lillehammer and he also played at the closing ceremony in Albertville Olympics in 1992. 


Antonsen has premiered more than 60 major works written especially for him. Last 15-20 years he has also composed pieces that he has recorded on CD and played on tours at more than 400 concerts around the world under the title “Musical Landscapes”. 


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