Guttorm Guttormsen

Guttorm Guttormsen
Guttorm Guttormsen
	Guttormsen in a break during production of Peer Gynt with Mo Hornmusikk, ; October 2007
Background information
Born	28 June 1950 (age 71); Mo i Rana, Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor, musician
Instruments	Flute, saxophone
Years active	1971-present

Guttorm Guttormsen (born 28 June 1950) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone), arranger and composer.^[1]

Career[]

Guttormsen was born in Mo i Rana. After moving to Oslo (1969), he appeared with Ivar Antonsen's Band at «Festspillene i Nord-Norge» (1971). Later, at Skien, he led a big band, and led his own quintet with, among others, Bjørn Kjellemyr with a series of recordings. He attended Kongsberg Jazzfestival several times, also with his own quartet (1975, 1979), and «Guttorm Guttormsen/Per Kristian Ekholt Big Band» (1976). He led his own Quintet, including with Lars Klevstrand, Jon Balke, Carl Morten Iversen, Espen Rud, releasing the album Høysang (1978).

Musical Director of «Teater Ibsen» and within Jon Eberson Quartet, Per Husby dedication orchestra (1984–1988) and contributed on albums by «Trio de Janeiro», and the release Distant Reports (2001) by «Nordnorsk Jazzforum».

He is best known for his compositions for theater, including a variety of performances^[2] at Nationaltheatret, «Det Norske Teater» and «Teater Ibsen» where he is music director.

He was also the director of "Ibsens Gåte" in 1997 which was a musical interpretation of Ibsen.

Guttormsen has composed music for a number of Norwegian artists like Anne Grimstad Fjeld, Agnes Buen Garnås, Knut Buen, Lars Vik (Fritjof Fomlesen), Kine Hellebust to mention some. He has been a studio musician for a number of Norwegian music productions and artists like Lars Klevstrand.

He lives in Langesund since 1993.

Honors[]

Buddyprisen 1979
«Rana kommunes kulturpris» 1987
«Telemark fylkes kulturpris» 1989
«Hydroprisen» 1990
«Skien bys medal» 1991
«Bamble kommunes kulturpris» 2001
«GS Bankens tiltakspris» 2001

Other

«Bamble kommunes restaureringspris » 2004^[3] with his wife Elisabeth Guttormsen

Discography[]

Solo albums[]

Soturnudi (MAI, 1975), with Brynjulf Blix, Carl Morten Iversen & Espen Rud

As band leader[]

Albufeira, Guttorm Guttormsen Kvartett, 1979
10år, Guttormsen/Ekholt Storband, 1980
Both albums were re-released in 2008, in remastered editions.

Collaborative works[]

Høysang, Guttorm Guttormsen and Lars Klevstrand, 1977
Riv ned gjerdene),Guttorm Guttormsen and Lars Klevstrand,1976

Produsent[]

Samme jord Kine Hellebust, 1993

Composistions[]

Theater[]

According to aintervju på Riksteaterets sider Guttormsen has composed music for more than 200 plays.

Draumens hjarte, Grenland Friteater, 2004
No Doctor for the Dead, Grenland Friteater, 2004
Peer Gynt i Grenland, Grenland Friteater, Teater Ibsen og Kinesiske dansere, 2004
Peer Gynt (培尔·金特), Grenland Friteater, Teater Ibsen og Fan Theatre, 2004, som 顾特姆·顾特姆森
Salome, New Theater, Yale U., New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 2003
Peer Gynt, Grenland Friteater og Teater Ibsen, 2003 (På oppdrag for Mo Hornmusikk arranger for janitsjarkorps i 2007)
1900. Maskespill og Maskefall, Den Nationale Scene, 2002
Gullhjelmen, Teater Ibsen, 2002
Harde tak, Grenland Friteater, 2002?
Pinocchio, Det Norske Teatret, 2001
Ole Brumm, Centralteateret, 2001
Å være død er for lettvint, Grenland Friteater, 2001
Fomlesens ferie, Grenland Friteater, 2000
Dopa Lax, Grenland Friteater, ????
Gode tider - for de onde, Grenland Friteater, ????
Den innbildt syke, Grenland Friteater, 1999
Høyt sill, Grenland Friteater og Riksteatret, 1999
Riksgjøglerne, Grenland Friteater og Riksteatret, 1999
Goldbergvariasjoner, Nationaltheatret, 1997
En rosenkål for mye, Grenland Friteater (1996)
Slangehud, Nationaltheatret, 1995
Smuglere, Grenland Friteater, 1995
Kirsebærtreet blomstrer i mai, Nationaltheatret, 1995
Blue is the Smoke of War, Grenland Friteater, 1994
Naar vi døde vaagner, Nationaltheatret, 1994
Sarah Bernhardt, Nationaltheatret, 1987
Jomfruer - Eller lengselsens geografi, Nationaltheatret, 1986
Trojanerrinner, Nationaltheatret, 1984
Det er ikke mitt bord, Den Nationale Scene, 1978