Magne Thormodsæter
Biography Magne Thormodsæter
Magne Thormodsæter
is an award winning Norwegian jazz musician and composer, and one of Norway´s most popular bass players. He is known from a high number of national and international bands and recordings, and collaborations with musicians such as Terje Rypdal, Hildegunn Øiseth, Paolo Vinaccia and Karin Krog, to mention a few.
Magne has his musical degree from the acknowledged jazz education program at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim in 1998, and has lived and worked in Bergen after completing his studies. Magne has composed, directed and arranged for many different ensembles, and received the Vossa Jazz Award in 2004 for his work with his own band, Bungalow. Thormodsæter has participated on over 100 recordings and albums throughout his career, and he is a desired musician in both national and international jazz collaborations. Some of his projects during the last few years have been with groups such as Svein Olav Herstad trio, Eivind Austad trio, Hildegunn Øiseth Quartet, Frøydis Grorud kvartett, Way Out West, Nduduzo Makhathini, Karl-Martin Almqvist, among others. He also works as Associate Professor at the Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen.
