Steinar Aadnekvam

In May-June 2019 Steinar Aadnekvam traveled to Maputo, Mozambique for a series of concerts and workshops in collaboration with Deodato Siquir and local artists.

The collaboration with Losen Records continued with the release of the album Freedoms Trio (2016), which in turn became the name of his working band and world jazz collaboration featuring bassist Rubem Farias from São Paulo, Brasil and drummer, singer Deodato Siquir from Maputo, Mozambique. Their sophomore album "Freedoms Trio II" (Losen Records) was released in 2018. Between 2016 and 2019 'Freedoms Trio' performed over 120 concerts across Europe at main jazzclubs and festivals in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Kosovo, Azerbaijan and were notably selected to perform at the Jazzahead Festival Overseas Night in Bremen, Germany in 2018 and at the NAMM Show 2019 Official Artist Selection in Anaheim, California - USA.

In 2015 Aadnekvam signed for the Norwegian label Losen Records for his fourth studio album Freedoms Tree (2015), featuring an international ensemble including various guest performers and recorded at the classic Atlantis Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. The whole album was then performed in concert at the 2016 Stavanger International Jazz Festival, MaiJazz featuring the 7 piece original ensemble.

In 2009 Aadnekvam was nominated for the 'Young Nordic Guitarist Award' by the Uppsala International Guitar Festival, and in 2010 finalist at the 'Norsk JazzIntro' at Moldejazz he started his own record label 'MMYH Records' (Music Makes You Happy) with his debut album Simple Things (2010). In the following years he played feature concerts at clubs and major jazz festivals in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Poland and Romania and later turned to working on his two Brazilian album collaborations Abacaxeiro and 'Ecology' and extensive concert touring, masterclasses, tv appearances and radio broadcasts related to these in the Nordics and in Brasil.

Steinar Aadnekvam (born 4 April 1984 in Bergen, Norway), is a Norwegian jazz guitarist.