Håkon Thelin

Håkon Thelin (born 1976 in Oslo) is a Norwegian double bass player and composer. Thelin holds a master's degree (with a study on percussion techniques on the double bass in modern music, 2003) from the Norwegian Academy of Music. From 2007 to 2011, he worked as an artistic research fellow at the Norwegian Academy of Music with the project A new world of sounds - advancements in contemporary double bass techniques. Thelin is currently Associate Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music where he is teaching subjects on composition and improvisation, as well as giving lessons in contemporary double bass. He has released several solo albums and won the Spellemannprisen 2011 in the contemporary music category for his second album Light. He has also recorded a duo album with Stefano Scodanibbio and a tribute CD to Scodanibbio together with bass players like Mark Dresser, Sebastian Gramms, Jöelle Léandre and Barre Phillips.Together with saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and accordionist Frode Haltli, Håkon forms Poing, an ensemble which, since they started playing together in 1999, have been one of the leading ensembles for contemporary music in Scandinavia.