Kristoffer Eikrem

Kristoffer Eikrem
Born	(1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 (age 35) Molde, Norway
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, music producer
Instrument	Trumpet
Labels	NorCD

Website	www.kristoffereikrem.com

Musical artist

Kristoffer Eikrem (born 6 June 1989 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet), composer and photographer, based in Oslo, Norway.^[1]

Career

Eikrem holds a bachelor's degree in jazz performance from the Norwegian Academy of Music (2010). He has been recognized as trumpeter with Pixel, and won the 2016 Jazzstipendiat at Moldejazz. During the 2016 festival in Molde he got on stage with his own quartet and featured the American cool jazz saxophonist Jimmy Halperin.^[1]^[2]

Honors

2015: Recipient of the Jazz stipend awarded by Shell at Moldejazz^[1]

Discography

With Kjetil Jerve

2014: Feeling // Emotion (NorCD)

With Fredfades

2015: Jazz Cats (KingUnderground Records)^[3]

With Mopti

2013: Logic (Ocean Sound Recordings)
2015 in music|2015: Bits & Pieces (Jazzland Recordings)^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Shells Jazzstipend 2015 til Kristoffer Eikrem" (in Norwegian). Moldejazz. 2015-07-13. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
^ "Kristoffer Eikrem Quintet feat. Jimmy Halperin" (in Norwegian). Moldejazz. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
^ "Kristoffer Eikrem". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
^ "MOPTI & Bendik Baksaas - Bits & Pieces". Musical reviews (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no. Retrieved 2016-10-29.