Øyvind Hegg

Øyvind Hegg-Lunde (born 12 February 1982 in Lærdal, Norway) is a Norwegian drummer and composer, raised in Borgund, Lærdal, but today resides in Bergen. He is known from collaborations with José Gonzalez, Junip, Arve Henriksen, Ståle Storløkken, Frode Haltli, Trygve Seim, Per Jørgensen, Terje Isungset, Håkon Kornstad, Kurt Johannessen, Stein Urheim, The Megaphonic Thrift, Odin Staveland, Odd Martin Skålnes, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Nils Petter Molvær, Eivind Aarset and Marilyn Mazur.

Career Hegg-Lunde and Stephan Meidell with Erlend Apneseth Trio at the 2016 Nattjazz. Hegg-Lunde holds a Master's degree in jazz/improvised music at Griegakademiet and the Högskolan för scen och musik in Gothenburg. He is active in several separate projects, like Building Instrument, Erlend Apneseth Trio, Strings & Timpani, Electric Eye, BERG, Crab is Crap, Glow, Krachmacher, The Big Almost, PSST, Oliva/Abbuehl/Hegg-Lunde, Susanne Abbuehl.

Since 2001 he has toured clubs and festivals in Norway and Scandinavia, as well as Europe, America, Africa. He has collaborated with other art forms such as dance, poetry, theater, performance art and VJs. He has received various scholarships and awards, including Nattjazz sin Vitalpris.

Together with co-composer Stephan Meidell, Hegg-Lunde got brilliant reviews for his commissioned opening concert Voice & Strings & Timpani for the 2016 Nattjazz. It was presented with musicians like Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Eva Pfitzenmaier, Kim Åge Furuhaug, and Stein Urheim.

Hegg-Lunde has written commission work for among others Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Ultimafestivalen, Nattjazz, Førdefestivalen, Bajazzfestivalen, Dance Company FRIKAR, Borealisfestivalen.

Honors

2007: Vital/Nattjazz talent award 2017: «Åra» (Hubro) 2019: «Salika, Molika» (Hubro) 2021: "Lokk" (Hubro)

With 'Strings & Timpani' 2016: Hyphen (Hubro) 2017: «Brak 20» w/Mari Kvien Brunvoll (EDDA Music) 2020: "Voice & Strings & Timpani" (Hubro)

With 'Fri Steel' 2021: "Fristil" (Eget Selskap)

With 'Wendra Hill' 2021: "Ungdomskilden" (Playdate Records)

With 'BERG' 2020: «Berg» (ANUK)

With 'Jacob Öhrvall' 2019: "Long Gone" (Killing Music)

With 'Fredrik William Olsen' 2017: «Kosmos og Kaos» (Grappa)

With 'Oliva/Abbuehl/Hegg-Lunde' 2017: «Princess» (Vision Fugitive)