Stephan Meidell


Stephan Meidell is a Norwegian guitarist and composer living in Bergen.

Biography

Meidell studied jazz at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and uses his background in jazz and improvised music within rock, pop music, noise and sound art in bands like Cakewalk, Krachmacher, Velkro, The Sweetest Thrill, and Vanilla Riot.
Meidell started the concert series Playdate in 2009 and has been chairman of Ny Musikk Bergen in the period 2012-2014. He got brilliant reviews for his solo debut album Cascades, and for his commissioned opening concert Voice & Strings & Timpani for the 2016 Nattjazz. In addition to co-composer Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, with musicians like Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Eva Pfitzenmaier, Kim Åge Furuhaug, and Stein Urheim. He is also a music critic for the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende.

Discography

Solo album

; With 'Mr. Eart'
; With 'Vanilla Riot'
; With 'Velkro'
; With 'Krachmacher'
; With 'Cakewalk', trio including Ivar Loe Bjørnstad and Øystein Skar
; With 'The Sweetest Thrill'
; With Erlend Apneseth
;With 'Strings & Timpani'