Eivind Austad
Eivind Waage Austad is a Norwegian jazz pianist living in Bergen.
Biography
Austad was born in Bergen, Norway, and attended the Jazz program at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, where he received a Bachelor's degree in jazz performance. Later he earned a Master's degree in Music teaching at the Bergen University College. He has been working as a freelance musician since the mid 1990s and has played in different musical settings and with musicians like Kjetil Møster, Thomas T. Dahl, Frode Alnæs, Sigurd Køhn, Elisabeth Lid Trøen, Ole Hamre, Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Frank Jakobsen, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Magne Thormodsæter, Signe Førre, and Sigvart Dagsland. His main jazz projects are his own Eivind Austad Trio and the jazz quartet Living Space, fronted by the saxophonist Kjetil Møster.Austad released his debut solo album Moving in 2015, with his trio including bassist Magne Thormodsæter and drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen. He also collaborates in projects with the multi-artist Ole Hamre, different kinds of theater groups, different band gigs, and as an accompanist for different singers and choirs. He is a long time faculty member of the Grieg Academy, where he holds a post as Associate Professor in jazz piano, ear training, arranging/composition, jazz history and ensemble.
Discography
Solo albums
; With Eivind Austad Trio- 2015: Moving
- 2019: Northbound
- 2022: Live in Oslo
- 2024: Explore
- 2020: ''That feeling''
Collaborations
- 2001: Ein Løvetann
- 2003: Superworldunknown
- 2004: «Forbud mot å fly»
- 2006: Looking On
- 2006: “Circus”
- 2013: “Latin collection”
- 2014: ''All Together Now''