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Magnetic North Orchestra

Magnetic North Orchestra
Origin Oslo, Norway
Genres Jazz and contemporary music
Years active 1992–2005
Labels ECM Records
Website Magnetic Music Official Website
Members Jon Balke
Per Jørgensen
Arve Henriksen
Jens Petter Antonsen
Morten Halle
Tore Brunborg
Fredrik Lundin
Bjarte Eike
Peter Spissky
Gertrud Økland
Henrik Hannisdal
Odd Hannisdal
Trond Villa
Marek Konstantynowicz
Jonas Franke-Blom
Svante Henryson
Morten Hannisdal
Thomas Pitt
Anders Jormin
Ingar Zach
Helge Norbakken

Magnetic North Orchestra established in Oslo, Norway (1992-2005) was a Norwegian jazz orchestra, created and led by Jon Balke. MNO was originally a jazz ensemble inspired by Oslo 13, put together with strings and percussion. As Olympic musical ambassador from 1993 to 1994, for the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, Jon Balke created the work Magnetic North for a larger group, and under this name (MNO) he has toured in Europe, USA and Japan.

MNO was further developed with fourteen string musicians from "Stavanger Symfoniorkester" for the production Grand Magnetic (2001), and in a version with the "TrondheimSolistene". After 2002 they had close cooperation with Balke's band Batagraf. The lineup has varied from seven to thirteen.


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