Fredrik Norén – lead trumpet

Musical director of the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra and lead trumpet player with the band. After a completed Master in Music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm he freelanced in the Stockholm area until 1998, working in theaters, radio, television, recording sessions, etc. He has worked with many Swedish and international jazz musicians and also international stars such as Natalie Cole, Bob Hope, Ann-Margret, and Susana Rinaldi. Since 1998 he is employed part-time by the Swedish Jazz Federation time as Youth Jazz Consultant in order to promote jazz among young people all over Sweden. http://www.swedejazz.se

Since 2003 he is also employed part-time by the Regional Music Institute of Västernorrland as Jazz Consultant to work with jazz in the region. http://www.musikivasternorrland.nu