Magnetic North Orchestra

Magnetic North Orchestra
OriginOslo, Norway
GenresJazz and contemporary music
Years active1992–2005
LabelsECM Records
MembersJon 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
WebsiteMagnetic Music Official Website

Magnetic North Orchestra established in Oslo, Norway (1992–2005) was a Norwegian jazz orchestra, created and led by Jon Balke.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ "Magnetic North Orchestra - Bransjeregister MIC.no".
  2. ^ "Jon Balke Biography - SNL.no". 25 February 2020. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian
  3. ^ "Jon Balke & Magnetic North Orchestra Biography - GubeMusic.com".