Hedvig Mollestad

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Hedvig Mollestad (2019)
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Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen (born February 4, 1982 in Ålesund ) is a Norwegian fusion musician (guitar, vocals, composition, also organ), who leads her own trio and has worked with Jon Eberson and Jarle Bernhoft .

Live and act

Mollestad, who comes from a musical family, initially played the acoustic guitar. Because she was interested in rock music and jazz , she received an electric guitar for confirmation . She graduated from the Norges Musikkhøgskole Oslo with a jazz degree. She initially worked with groups such as Bronco Busters, Sweet Potatoes, Vom and her Thomassen Trio. As a guest musician, she recorded with the cumshots .

The Hedvig Mollestad Trio, which the guitarist and singer founded with bassist Ellen Brekken and drummer Ivar Loe Bjørnstad in 2009, is quite successful in Norway and operates between a psychedelic - stoner rock and guitar-heavy free jazz . After its inception, the trio not only performed in Norway, but also toured Europe, Malaysia, Japan and the USA. His albums, which have been released since 2011, as well as the appearances, have received some critical praise. She also played in the groups of Jon Eberson and Hilde Marie Kjersem; she has released two albums with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra . With the Jarle Bernhoft Band, with whom she recorded the album 1: Man 2: Band , she performed at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in 2011 .

Prizes and awards

In 2009 Mollestad received the jazz talent prize as young jazz talent of the year at the Moldejazz Festival .

Mollestad at Øyafestivalen 2012

Discographic notes

  • Shoot! ( Rune Grammofon 2011)
  • Jon Eberson Group The Coarse Sand & The Names We Wrote (JEG Records 2011)
  • El Doom & The Born Electric (Rune Grammofon 2012, with Brynjar Takle Ohr, Håvard Takle Ohr, Ole Petter Andreassen, Morten Lunde, Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen and Jon Eberson, Ståle Storløkken, Mikael Lindquist and Hilde Marie Kjersem)
  • All of Them Witches (Rune Grammofon 2013)
  • Enfant terrible! (Rune Grammofon 2014)
  • Smells Funny (Rune Grammofon, 2019)
  • Ekhidna (Rune Grammofon, 2020, with Susana Santos Silva , Marte Eberson , Erlend Slettevoll, Torstein Lofthus, Ole Mofjell)

Web links

Commons : Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hedvig Mollestad in the Norwegian charts
  2. ↑ a b Ann-Sofi S. Emilsen: Hedvig Mollestad . In: Store norske leksikon . January 15, 2016 ( snl.no [accessed July 6, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Hedvig Mollestad Trio . TD Ottawa Jazz Festival (National Arts Center). June 24, 2014. Accessed May 21, 2016.
  4. ^ A b John Kelman: Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Enfant Terrible (2014) , All About Jazz. July 20, 2014. Accessed May 21, 2016. 
  5. ^ A b John Kelman: Hedvig Mollestad Trio: All Of Them Witches (2013) Review . In: Music Reviews . All about jazz . May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  6. ^ Matthew Wright: John McLaughlin / Hedvig Mollestad, Royal Festival Hall . November 21, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ Svein Magnus Furu: Enveisbillett til Bloksberg (Norwegian) . In: Music Reviews , March 14, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2016. 
  8. ↑ Hedvig Mollestad - Ekhidna. Supervised Proggen, June 20, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Mollestad, Hedvig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mollestad Thomassen, Hedvig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian fusion musician (guitar, vocals, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Ålesund