Arve Henriksen @ Mengi, Reykjavik 27 March 2014

Norski trompetleikarinn Arve Henriksen er einn af virtustu trompetleikurum djassheimsins. Hann hefur meðal annara unnið með Hilmari Jenssyni, Skúla Sverrissyni, Misha Alperin, Jon Balke, Dhafer Youssef, David Sylvian, Hope Sanduval og Sidsel Endresen. Auk þess að vera framúrskarandi trompetleikari með sérstakan flautu-líkan hljóm hefur Arve einnig einstaka söngrödd. Arve hefur gefið út fjölmargar hljómplötur, ýmist sem sólólistamaður eða í félagskap við aðra tónlistarmenn. Hann hefur jafnframt unnið tónlist fyrir kvikmyndir, unnið með ýmsum spunahópum, leikið með norska rokkbandinu Motorpsycho sem og japanska koto-leikaranum Satsuki Odamura. Hann hefur einmitt leitað nokkuð í brunn japanskrar tónlistar, safnað þjóðlegri tónlist þaðan og tekið inn Zen Búddískar hugmyndir henni tengdar. Arve var tilnefndur til tónlistarverðlauna Norðurlandaráðs 2009 & til evrópsku jazzleikaraverðlaunanna sama ár. Born in 1968, Arve Henriksen studied at the Trondheim Conservatory from 1987-1991. He has worked with many musicians including Hilmar Jensson, Skuli Sverrisson, Misha Alperin, Jon Balke, Dhafer Youssef, David Sylvian, Hope Sanduval and Sidsel Endresen. He has played in many different contexts, bands and projects, ranging from working with koto player Satsuki Odamura, to the rock band Motorpsycho via numerous free improvising groups and has made music for films and documentary programs. He has been nominated to Nordisk Råds musikkpris in 2009 and also nominated to European Jazz musician of the year 2009. He has a long discography counting over 110 records in total. Arve Henriksen began collecting recordings of Japanese music, with koto, biwa, shakuhachi and other instruments: "I let the music 'ring' and develop in my head. I was astonished by the sound of this flute..." The shakuhachi's roots in the tradition of Zen Buddhism fascinated the trumpeter, as did its "meditative and minimalistic expressive quality. "This has made me work with tone and sound making in a new direction."