Morten Lindberg | |
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 Morten Lindberg | |
| Born | August 15, 1970 Skien, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Sound engineer, music producer |
Morten Lindberg (born 15 August 1970) is a Norwegian sound engineer and music producer, specialising in classical music productions. As a producer and engineer, he held the record for most Grammy nominations without a win, with twenty-eight through 2019, until 2020 when he won his first Grammy. [1]
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Lindberg was born in Skien, Norway, and started his career in 1992 with his production company Lindberg Lyd, followed by the record label 2L which he created with Wolfgang Plagge and Jorn Simenstad in 2001. [2] The company specialises in high quality recordings of Nordic classical music, often recorded in concert halls, churches, etc.
The 2L record label has received 46 Grammy nominations, including 38 (as of 2024) for Mr Lindberg in craft categories Best Engineered Album, Best Surround Sound Album, Best Immersive Audio Album and Producer of the Year. Proving his dominance in Best Surround Sound Album, he received three nominations in a field of five at the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016. [3] Lindberg has also been nominated in other categories, such as Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical.
He finally won his first Grammy Award in 2020 for Best Immersive Audio Album. [4] Up to and including the 67th Grammy Awards, Lindberg has received 38 nominations with one win.
He usually works with Norwegian and other Scandinavian ensembles and soloists, such as the Trondheim Soloists, Ensemble 96, Uranienborg Vokalensemble, [5] Nidarosdomens jentekor and Det Norske Jentekor.
