Ole Marius Sandberg

Musician, composer and producer

About me:

I am a professional musician on electric and acoustic bass living in Bergen, Norway.

I completed my education at Jazzlinja, which is part of the Trøndelag Music Conservatory (now known as the Institute of Music at NTNU), during the years 1996 to 1999.

Since then, I’ve performed in numerous concerts and different types of shows.

Mostly in Norway, but also in Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Russia, Lithuania, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Czech republic, Slovenia, Ireland, Scotland, USA and Canada.

I am both an artist with my own band, and a versatile freelance musician working with jazz, pop, rock, folk and other genres. I have done a lot of theater work on musicals and various other plays.

I also write and produce music for my own quartet and for other projects. My own music is a kind of contemporary jazz. I have released three albums as an artist and I'm currently working on the next one.

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Some current 2025 projects:

Ole Marius Sandberg quartet - an ongoing project started in 2013.
New album release - Via Saracco - 29.08.2025 on digital streaming platforms. We went into a location studio in the beginning of march and recorded the compositions for my upcoming fourth album. It is now finished and released on (almost) all the major streaming services and at Bandcamp.com.

Other things in 2025:

The project Resonans with vocal ensemble Volve vokal where I both composed and played bass. We did some concerts with this music on USF, Bergen in september/october. This was made possible with an artist grant I got from Vestland County.

Photo by Dawid Bania/Lumir

The musical Så som i himmelen running on Bergens biggest theater
Den Nationale Scene. The popular swedish play originating from a movie with the same name. I have the electric and acoustic bass chair on the show run from september 2025 to the end of february 2026.

Trøen/Arnesen quartet (from 2017). This band has for the last two years been touring with a piece of music originally comissioned of Elisabeth Lid Trøen for the festivals Vossajazz, Oslo jazz festival and Jazzfest in Trondheim. We released the recording of this music in september 2025 and has gotten som nice reviews on it. In addition to playing bass, I also did the album mixing.

A video trailer is available here!
We also did a gig playing some other tunes in february.

Voksne Herrers Orkester VHO (from 2014). VHO plays weekly concerts (around 35 each year) on mondays in Bergen with new guest artists every week.

Scenedrøm where I have been musical director since 2018. A big art project for singers, actors and dancers with or without disabilities. February 24. this year we did an encore run of our last show that originally premiered at the theater Den Nationale Scene november 2023. A video trailer is available here! And a tv feature here! (starts at 12:48)

Freelancer with Sjøforsvarets musikkorps (from 2004).
Various productions through the year.

In april I did a hip hop-gig in Bergen with some good friends and some

new acquaintances. Great fun!

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Trøen/Arnesen quartet © Øystein Haara

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Selected list of former projects:

Det Vestnorske Teateret - Musician, co-musical director and responsible for notating all the band arrangements on the series of theater productions Heim 1-4 (and the "best of"-show Heimatt). 2018-2023.
Det Vestnorske Teateret - MD, arranger and musician on the show Min Kenneth in 2021.
Håkon Kornstad - concerts with Tenor battle Norway and EU. 2012-2019.
Helene Bøksle - touring and recordings. 2008-2014.
Dag Arnesen trio, Norwegian song - touring Norway and Eu 2010-2018.
Odd Børretzen trio - with guitarist Thomas T Dahl. 2012.
Jan Eggum - concerts in 2005.
Herborg Kråkevik - concerts in 2007 and 2014.
Bergen big band with Terje Rypdal and Palle Mikkelborg - touring USA and Canada 2012.
Tours with gambian kora master Sanjally Jobarteh 2014-2015.
Christina Bjordal - touring and recording 2005-2008.
Erlend Skomvoll - touring and recording 1998-2003. Nominated for Norwegian grammy for
the album SKOMSORK.
Erik moll - touring and recording 2009-2013. Won Norwegian grammy for country
album Many years to go.
Ivar Kolve - touring with his trio and a quintet with his commissioned work Polyostinat.
Den Nationale Scene - Musician on the shows: Ronja Røverdatter, La cage aux folles, Company, Hellemyrsfolket and the concert shows Syng med. 2001-2024.