Thomas Strønen

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Thomas Strønen
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Thomas Pohlitz Strønen (2025)
Background information
Born (1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 (age 53)
Oslo, Norway
Genres Jazz
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentDrums
Stronen at Jazz Club Unterfahrt, Munich, 2010 Thomas Stronen Unterfahrt 2010-12-07-005.jpg
Strønen at Jazz Club Unterfahrt, Munich, 2010

Thomas Pohlitz Strønen (born 7 December 1972) is a Norwegian jazz drummer who has recorded more than 70 albums. He has worked with Iain Ballamy, Arve Henriksen, Mats Eilertsen, Ashley Slater, Eivind Aarset, Christian Fennesz, Nils Petter Molvaer, Bobo Stenson, John Taylor, Tore Brunborg, Morten Qvenild, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Sidsel Endresen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Tomasz Stanko, Koichi Makigami, Ernst Reijseger, Nils-Olav Johansen, and Stian Carstensen. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

Strønen attended the Jazz Program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1995–1999). He has participated in the following bands; Pohlitz (solo project), Humcrush with Ståle Storløkken and occasionally Sidsel Endresen, Food with Iain Ballamy and sometimes Christian Fennesz and the Swedish-Norwegian band Parish with Bobo Stenson, Mats Eilertsen trio (with Harmen Fraanje) Meadow with the British pianist John Taylor and Tore Brunborg. Furthermore, he plays with Maria Kannegaard Trio , Reflections in Cosmo (feat. Ståle Storløkken, Kjetil Møster, Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan), Time Is A Blind Guide (feat. Ayumi Tanaka, Ole Morten Vågan, Leo Svensson Sander and Håkon Aase), Trinity and Turanga. He has also made several commissioned works, and produced and arranged works for a variety of artists. Strønen is also an associate professor at Norges Musikkhøgskole . [1] [2]

Strønen is recording for the renowned German label ECM and also for Rune Grammofon. As a composer, Strønen has contributed to the release of over seventy recordings as well as several commissioned works for festivals (including the Bath and Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Ultima Contemporary Music Festival) and radio (DR, BBC, Deutsche Rundfunk, NRK, BBC, Swedish Radio, and others). [1] [3]

Composer of commissioned works

Discography

With Yelena Eckemoff

With Parish

With Food

With Humcrush

With Maria Kannegaard Trio

With Meadow

With Needlepoint

With others

References

  1. 1 2 3 [ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Norges Musikkhøyskole med Thomas Strønen". Cosmopolite.no. (in Norwegian)
  3. 1 2 "Thomas Strønen Session". Nasjonaljazzscene.no. 12 August 2024. (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ "RCD 2051 - Thomas Strønen: Pohlitz". Runegrammofon.com. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Relations". ECM Records. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Thomas Stronen: Parish (2006)". AllAboutJazz.com. 9 March 2006. (John Kelman, 2006)
  7. ↑ "Food Quiet Inlet Review – Music". BBC.co.uk
  8. ↑ "FOOD – Quiet Inlet". ECMrecords.com
  9. ↑ Fordham, John (15 April 2010). "Thomas Stronen/Iain Ballamy/Food: Quiet Inlet – Guardian Music". The Guardian . London.
  10. ↑ Kelman, John (22 November 2004). "Thomas Stronen: Humcrush (2004)". All About Jazz . Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Mosnes, Terje (17 August 2011). "Humcrush: A "Ha!"-opplevelse! – Kultur" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet . Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Maria Kannegaard Trio – på Cosmopolite.no". (in Norwegian)
  13. ↑ "Review Maria Kannegaard Trio: Camel Walk (2008)- AllAboutJazz.com". 22 September 2008. (John Kelman, 2008)
  14. ↑ "Meadow – John Taylor, Tore Brunborg, Thomas Stronen - EditionRecords.com". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "Review: Monsters and puppets – Jazznytt JazzINorge.no". Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. (in Norwegian)
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