The Virtuoso Trumpet – Ole Edvard Antonsen

Trumpet virtuoso Ole Edvard Antonsen

A CD with tastfully virtuosity from beginning to end. The excellent interplay between the two talented musicians Ole Edvard Antonsen and Einar Henning Smebye takes us through the pieces of Suter Meister, Francaix, Hvoslef, Bitsch, Pascal, Cushing, Honegger, Friedman and Jolivet.

Ole Edvard Antonsen has on this album put together pieces that partially continues the tradition of the virtuoso solo concert pieces transferred to the concert hall chamber music with piano as an integrated instrument. The selected pieces are overweight grade and some stylistic similarities: they are all musician and trumpet utilizes many sides.

Ole Edvard Antonsen has won several awards in national and international competitions. He gives solo concerts with symphony orchestras, ensembles, piano and organ, and performs on radio and television both at home and abroad. Einar Henning Smebye is a member of the New Music Ensemble and contemporary music as a natural part of their repertoire. Smebye has been active in the Norwegian music both as a soloist and chamber musician.