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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