Christian Lindberg...

is one of the most remarkable musicians of our time.
His career has taken him from the pioneer who established
the trombone as a solo instrument to the world famous virtuoso to whom the most prominent contemporary composers have devoted more than 80 trombone concerti. He is today regarded as THE trombonist of the 20th century and one of Sweden's foremost international musical personalities. Recently he has parallely established himself as a conductor and is now the chief conductor of two Swedish orchestras.
His early experiments with writing music for his own instrument have developed him into an internationally sought after composer with commissions from orchestras such as Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. There are few other musicians who can show such versatility in their activities as Christian Lindberg and who do so many different things on such a high international level. When an international brass magazine made a ballot to establish the most important brass musicians of the 20th century, Christian Lindberg was voted among the first five together with, among others, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davies and Dizzie Gillespie.

Official site: www.tarrodi.se/cl

Håkan Hardenberger...

began playing the trumpet early and was
soon recognized for his outstanding virtuosity. Håkan is one of the worlds most well known classical artists and he has made many recordings for the

classic labels such as Philips, Decca, EMI and Deutsche
Grammophon. Håkan performs with all the world's
leading orchestras and is a frequent guest at the major
festivals. Alongside a classical repertoar, new compositions
are central to Håkan Hardenberger's musical mission; he has
pioneered works by many of today's composers including
Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze, HK Gruber and
Arvo Pärt. Håkan has performed throughout the world and
appeared in lot's of TV shows and specials. In 1988 he was
a guest in Jim Henson's the Muppet Show.
Official site: www.hakanhardenberger.com

Ole Edvard Antonsen...

is regarded as one of the most outstanding trumpet
soloists worldwide. He won first prizes of the CIEM - competition in Geneva 1987 and the UNESCO competition in Bratislava 1989.
He has performed and recorded with leading conductors like Jansons, Nagano, Sawallish, Tate, Herreweghe and orchestras like
Berlin Phil., BBC Symph., St. Martin in the Fields, Australian Ch. Orch.
and many others. Antonsen has appeared in more than 60 CD productions
of all genres, and premiered over 50 works written especially for him.
His rock-inspired CD Tour de Force sold more than 140.000 copies in
Norway alone, and he has numerous successful collaborations with
pop and jazz musicians, such as John Miles, Mark King, Lisa Stansfield
and Willem Breuker Kollektif. Antonsen's remarkable versatility as
a musician has also led him into composing and conducting.

Jonas Bylund...

was born in Gävle, Sweden and studied
the trombone at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.
In 1989 he won first prize at the prestigious trombone
competition in Geneva (CIEM). The year after he won the
ARD-Wettbewerb i Munich. Jonas has been principal
trombonist in the Oslo and Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestras
and also in Bamberger Symphony Orchestra. He is a member
of the world renown brass quintet Stockholm Chamber Brass.
As a soloist Jonas has premiered many works by
international composers and performed with
several major orchestras all over the world.
Since 1995 Jonas Bylund is the professor
of trombone at the Hochschule für
Musik und Theater in Hannover.