Marte Maaland Eberson

Marte Maaland Eberson
Marte Eberson at Vossajazz 13 April 2014. (Photo by Knut Andersen)
Background information
Born	(1987-12-12) 12 December 1987 (age 29) Oslo, Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Keyboards
Labels	Universal Music
Associated acts	Highasakite Machine Birds Morning Has Occurred

Marte Maaland Eberson (born 12 December 1987) is a Norwegian keyboardist and composer, known from bands including Machine Birds, Morning Has Occurred and Highasakite. She is the daughter of the guitarist Jon Eberson.

Eberson was born in Oslo, and obtained her formal musical education from the Music program at Foss videregående skole, "Sund Folkehøgskole", followed by a bachelor's degree from the Jazz program at Griegakademiet (UiB) in Bergen. She is involved in many different bands and various musical contexts, most recently with the band "Eberson Funk Ensemble", a band including her guitarist father Jon Eberson, Pål Thowsen, Sigurd Hole and Kim Erik Pedersen at Victoria, the Norwegian National Jazz Scene in Oslo 2013.

In spite of her young age, Eberson has an impressive record. She won the "Jazz i sikte" with the band "Lugom Trio", second place in "Urørt" final 2011 with the electronica duo "Machine Birds", and one of her new projects, Morning Has Occurred, with Natalie Sandtorv, won the "Jazz i sikte" 2012. In 2012, she was rewarded with the Sildajazzprisen. She is also a member of the critically acclaimed indie band Highasakite, and has been playing with "Sjur Miljeteig Group" since 2014.