Alf_Wilhelm_Lundberg

Alf Wilhelm Lundberg

Alf Wilhelm Lundberg

Norwegian Jazz musician and composer (born 1979)


Alf Wilhelm Lundberg (born 8 May 1979 in Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (guitar and piano) and composer.[1]

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Career

Lundberg studied music on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium,[2] where he earned specialization in arranging and composition. In 2003 Lundberg was awarded the first prize at the "Umbria Jazz Clinics" in Italia as guitarist in a strong competition. He has subsequently also studied guitar under the guidance of Adam Rogers in New York and Nelson Veras in Paris.

Lundberg has toured England, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Italy and France with bands "All Strings Trio", "Faces" and "Kofi/Makowski Quartet", and played on some of the biggest jazz festivals in Europe, like Kongsberg Jazzfestival, London Jazz Festival and Umbria Jazz. He has also won Sildajazzprisen and the "Haugesund Kommunes Kulturstipend" in 2004. Has been described as one of the best guitarists in Norway and has been compared to jazz and classical giants like Egberto Gismonti, Keith Jarrett and Andrés Segovia by Norwegian reviewers.

Honors

Discography

  • 1999: Aroma, within "Aroma»
  • 2008: Norchestra, within "Norchestra»
  • 2010: Alle E Aleina, with Jan Toft

References

  1. "Håvard Stubø – MIC.no". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. (in Norwegian)
  2. "Jazzlinja". NTNU.no. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
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