Audun Waage

Norwegian trumpeter and composer, born June 2nd, 1980 in Bergen, Norway. Having lived in Oslo, London, New York City, he is currently based in Barcelona, Spain. Coming from a family of several generations of musicians, he had the opportunity to jam with his father and his jazz friends from an early age. He started out playing professional gigs around age of 11, and featured as a soloist several times on national TV throughout his early teens. He appeared at many of the major Jazz festivals in Norway, including Mai Jazz in Stavanger, Kongsberg Jazz festival, Molde Jazz festival, and regularly at Nattjazz festival in his hometown Bergen. Aged 14 he received complimentary tuition from Jon Faddis in New York, and at the same age he was also featured to play a set with Jan Garbareks former trio, with Bobo Stenson, Jon Christensen and Lars Danielson. Aged 19 Audun moved to London, where he attended Trinity College of Music. Through making regular trips to New York, he started to work with musicians who had touring activities around the world, which eventually took him to festivals and concert venues in all 5 continents. Audun relocated to Barcelona in 2008, where he is currently based. He has worked live and on albums/DVD’s with among others: Chano Dominguez, Jojo Mayer, Airto Moriera, Scott Kinsey, Janek Gwizdala, Tim Miller, Eric Marienthal, Terje Isungseth, Gwilym Simcock, Orlando Le Fleming, Kike Perdomo, Gregoire Maret, Jasper Hoiby, Franco Piccinno, Ivo Neame and Mike Stern.