Ole Edvard Antonsen is regarded as one of the most outstanding trumpet soloists world-wide. After winning the First Prizes of the CIEM-competition in Geneva in 1987 and the UNESCO Competition in Bratislava in 1989 he left his position at the Oslo Philharmonic and started his career as a full time performing and recording soloist. Ole Edvard Antonsen has performed as soloist under the direction of the worlds leading conductors such as Jiri Belohlavek, Mariss Jansons, Kent Nagano, Joel Levi, and…
Ole Edvard Antonsen is regarded as one of the most outstanding trumpet soloists world-wide. After winning the First Prizes of the CIEM-competition in Geneva in 1987 and the UNESCO Competition in Bratislava in 1989 he left his position at the Oslo Philharmonic and started his career as a full time performing and recording soloist. Ole Edvard Antonsen has performed as soloist under the direction of the worlds leading conductors such as Jiri Belohlavek, Mariss Jansons, Kent Nagano, Joel Levi, and Jeffrey Tate. He has further performed with orchestras and chamber orchestras like the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Czhech Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Dresdner Philharmonie, English Chamber Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo, Stockholm Radio Orchestra, Württembergisches Kammerorchester, and many others. Antonsen has appeared as a soloist and guest soloist in more than 60 different CD productions of all genres. The rock-inspired CD "Tour de Force" sold more than 140.000 copies in Norway alone. 2004
