Geir Øystein Lysne (born 9 October 1965 in Trondheim, Oslo) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), Composer and a famous Big band leder. He is the son of Dr. Ing. and Professor Dagfinn Lysne (1934–2000).[1]
Lysne has composed and arranged for orchestras, Big band, Corps choirs, small bands and electric acoustic music for solo instrument. His compositions have been performed in concert or on radio/TV in over 30 countries. Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble have released five albums, the last four on the German label ACT.[2]
Lysne has been conducter/director on tour with Bobby McFerrin, Joe Lovano, Stefano Bollani, Mory Kanté, Nils Landgren.[2] He is Associate Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and is a highly sought guest lecturer in Europe.[3]
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Conductor and musical director [link]
As conducter Lysne has worked with a number of national and international ensembles:
- North Deutscher Rundfunk Big Band (Hamburg)
- Hessischer Rundfunk Big Band (Frankfurt)
- Danmarks Radio big band (København)
- UMO Jazz Orchestra (Helsingfors)
- The Orchestra (København)
- Klüvers Big Band (Aarhus)
- Det Norske Blåseensemble
- Kristiansand blåseensemble
- Forsvarets stabsmusikkorps
- Kongelige norske marines musikkorps
- Forsvarets musikkorps Vestlandet
- Luftforsvarets musikkorps
- Forsvarets musikkorps Nord-Norge
- Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
Diskografi [link]
Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble [link]
- Korall (ACT, 2003)
- Aurora Borealis – Northern Lights (ACT, 2002)
- Boahjenásti – The North Star (ACT, 2006)
Geir Lysne Ensemble [link]
- The Grieg Code (ACT, 2009)
Som medvirkende [link]
- Heaven (ACT, 2003) Christof Lauer & Norwegian Brass
Priser og utmerkelser [link]
- «Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik» with the album «Boahjenásti»– with his one compositions.
- Nominated the Danish Music Award Jazz with the album «Boahjenásti»
- German Critics Award with the album «Live in Berlin»– with his one compositions.
- Spellemannprisen 1990 with Oslo Groove Company.
- Nominert til Edvard prisen (Tono)-2000 for verket M.B. skrevet for Geir Lysne ens.
References [link]
- ^ "Geir Lysne Biography - Store Norske Leksikon". https://snl.no/Geir_Lysne.
- ^ a b "Geir Lysne Biography - MIC.no". https://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2003101611155229410391.
- ^ "Debutkonsert med Musikkhøgskolens eget storband - NMH". https://www.nmh.no/Nyheter/2010/11/debutkonsert_med_musikkhogskolens_eget_storband.
