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Born in 1968, Arve Henriksen studied at the Trondheim Conservatory from 1987-
1991, and has worked as a freelance musician since 1989.

He has worked with many musicians familiar to ECM listeners, including Jon Balke (with whose Magnetic North Orchestra he has played extensively), Anders Jormin, Edward Vesala, Jon Christensen, Marilyn Mazur, Audun Kleive, Nils Petter Molvar, Misha Alperin, Arkady Shilkloper, Arild Andersen, Stian Carstensen, Dhafer Youssef, Hope Sanduval, the Cikada String Quartet, The Source and more. He has played in many different contexts, bands and projects, ranging from working with koto player Satsuki Odamura, to the rock band Motorpsycho via numerous free improvising groups with Ernst Reisiger, Sten Sandell, Peter Friis-Nilsen, Terje Isungset, Marc Ducret ,Karl Seglem et cetera. Today he is working with Supersilent, Christian Wallumrod Ensemble and Trygve Seim Ensemble.

He has composed music (commission) to Bale Jazz, Vossa Jazz, "My own private furry" (dance performance) and to "FRED" (theatre performance). He was <artist in residence> at Moers Jazzfestival 2006 and he has been a part of the European Jazz Launch project 2004-2006.

Henriksen says: "An interest in sound-making was there from the beginning of my work with the trumpet. I have spent many hours on developing a warm sound, for instance, but not only that. In my opinion, the trumpet has vast potential for tone and sound variations that we still have not heard. At one point, I think it was in 1988, Nils Petter Molvar lent me a cassette of shakuhachi flute playing. Then things changed."

Henriksen began collecting recordings of Japanese music, with koto, biwa, shakuhachi and other instruments: "I let the music 'ring' and develop in my head. I was astonished by the sound of this flute..." The shakuhachi's roots in the tradition of Zen Buddhism fascinated the trumpeter, as did its "meditative and minimalistic expressive quality. "This has made me work with tone and sound making in a new direction.”

But his interest doesn’t stop with this. He has been inspired by all sorts of folk music, also the Norwegian. He is now interested to work with more contemporary and composed music. He has also spent time on electronics and different treatments on the trumpet. And during the last years has also been focusing on his singing.

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Born in 1968, Arve Henriksen studied at the Trondheim Conservatory from 1987-
1991, and has worked as a freelance musician since 1989.

生於一九六八年，Arve Henriksen一九八七至一九九一年就讀特隆赫姆音樂學院，一九八九年開始成為自由身樂手。

Henriksen與很多ECM聽眾熟悉的樂手合作過，包括Jon Balke﹝Henriksen經常為Magnetic North Orchestra彈奏﹞、Anders Jormin、Edward Vesala、Jon Christensen、Marilyn Mazur、Auden Kleive、Nils Petter Molvar、Misha Alperin、Arkady Shilkloper、Arild Andersen、Stian Carstensen、Dhafer Youssef、Hope Sanduval、Cikada弦樂四重奏及The Source等等。Henriksen演奏範圍廣泛，參與過不少樂隊和合作計劃，與十三弦琴手Satsuki Odamura合作過，亦透過與Ernst Reisiger、Sten Sandell、Peter Frils-Nilsen、Terje Isungset、Marc Ducret、Karl Segiem等組成即興組合跟搖滾樂隊Motorpsycho合作。他現時與Supersilent、Christian Wallumrod Ensemble和Trygve Seim Ensemble合作。

Bale Jazz和Vossa Jazz都曾委託Henriksen作曲，其他作品還包括My Own Private Furry舞蹈表演和FRED劇場表演。Henriksen是二零零六年德國默爾斯爵士節的「駐場藝術家」及參與了二零零四至二零零六年的歐洲爵士推廣活動。

Henriksen說：「由開始玩小號開始，我已經對製造聲音深感興趣。例如我花了很多時間鑽研如何吹出溫暖的音色，但我興趣絕不止於此。我相信小號潛質豐厚，變化多端，可以用它吹出很多我們還未聽過的聲音。大約是一九八八年左右，Nils Petter Molvar借了一盒尺八的錄音帶給我，事情從那時開始改變。」

Henriksen開始搜集日本音樂的錄音，例如十三弦琴、日本琵琶、尺八以及其他樂器。「我任由這些音樂在我的腦裡迴旋發展。我被這笛子的聲音震撼……」尺八來自佛教禪道的根源及其「冥想式簡約表現手法」令這名小號手著迷。「從它我找到創造音色和聲音的新方向。」