Christian Meaas Svendsen

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Christian Meaas Svendsen
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Meaas Svendsen with Momentum at Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, 10 September 2015.
Photo: Ketil Hardy
Background information
Born (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988 (age 36)
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Double bass, bass guitar
Labels NorCD, Jazzland, Nakama
Website christianmeaassvendsen.com

Christian Meaas Svendsen (born 26 February 1988) is a Norwegian jazz bassist. He has worked with Nakama, Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Mopti, Momentum, Aksiom, Ayumi Tanaka Trio and Duplex. He runs Nakama Records.

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Career

Meaas Svendsen at Christianshavns Beboerhus during Copenhagen Jazz festival 2016 (Photo by Peter Gannushkin) Christian Meaas Svendsen.jpg
Meaas Svendsen at Christianshavns Beboerhus during Copenhagen Jazz festival 2016
(Photo by Peter Gannushkin)

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 (NMH) in Oslo where he did a bachelor in both jazz/improv and classical music. During his years at NMH he studied under Bjørn Kjellemyr and Dan Styffe. He also exchanged to Cologne where he studied under Dieter Manderscheid, Sebastian Gramss and Dietmar Fuhr. 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 . [2] for his involvement with the city's traditional festival JuleJam.

Together with his own quintet Mopti he won the 2012 JazzIntro award. [3] [4] He is a member of the band Nakama with Adrian Løseth Waade, Andreas Wildhagen, Agnes Hvizdalek and Ayumi Tanaka. The band runs Nakama Records.

Svendsen is also noted for his work with several (2-3) bows at the same time, and also playing with his feet. Quoting from one of his essays from his website, "The body of the instrument and our own body is the ingredients that make up sound, so there is always an aspect of physicality involved, sometimes obvious, sometimes not so much ... I am trying to utilize my body in its current condition to create music that is genuine for this exact time and space...Hands, feet, cheek, head, mouth, voice, arms, legs." [5]

He has worked with Paal Nilssen-Love, Susana Santos Silva, Arild Andersen, Per Oddvar Johansen, Akira Sakata, and Jørgen Mathisen.

Honors

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ Jensen, Terje (7 July 2010). "Festivalens travleste innbyr til jam" (in Norwegian). Laagendalsposten . Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Svendsen mottok kulturstipend" (in Norwegian). LaagendalsPosten.no. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mopti vant jazzintro". Norsk Jazzforum. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Prisdryss og Masterclass". Dagbladet. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Temporality & Physicality". Christian Meaas Svendsen. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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