André Roligheten

André Roligheten

Roligheten and Petter Eldh with Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity at the 2016 Nattjazz in Bergen.
Background information
Born (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985
Skien, Telemark
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Saxophone
Website roligheten.com

André Roligheten (born 2 January 1985) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer, known from a series of recordings and bands like Albatrosh and Team Hegdal. He has also played with musicians like Andrew D'angelo, Theo Bleckmann, Django Bates, John Edwards, Paul Lovens, Axel Dörner, Robin Hayward, Raymond Strid, Bugge Wesseltoft, Mathias Eick, Ola Kvernberg, Paal Nilssen-Love and Per Zanussi.[1]

Career

Roligheten was born in Skien, Norway, and started playing the saxophone at an early age. At only 8 years old he picked up the horn and soon figured it out. He earned a Bachelor's degree from the Jazzprogeram at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, under mentors like John Pål Inderberg and Erling Aksdal. In 2008 he finished his Master's degree in improvised music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.[1]

Roligheten have played on festivals like Moldejazz, Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Oslo Jazzfestival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Münster Jazz Festival, Süd Tyrol Jazz Festival, 12 Points, Dølajazz, Nattjazz, Jazzfest, MaiJazz, Soddjazz, Vossajazz, and done several tours in Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, France, Italy, China and US.[1]

Honors

Discography

Within Team Hegdal
Within "The Great Big Taters»
Within "Friends & Neighbors»
Within Albatrosh
Within "Machina» (including with Kristoffer Lo)
Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
With Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken
With Hanne Kolstø
With Gard Nilssen´s Acoustic Unity, trio including Petter Eldh

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "André Rolighetens – Soloist prize". Young Nordic Jazz Comets. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  2. Mosnes, Terje (19 July 2012). "Store kroner til stortalenter – Kronedryss over Anja og Albatrosh på Moldejazz" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2013-08-31.


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