Artist Insights

Holder of the world records for playing the highest and coldest concerts, Norwegian saxophonist and extreme athlete Håkon Erlandsen discusses his life in music. And what it’s like to hike 6 hours in the snow to a gig carrying your instrument, PA and a generator.

What it’s like to hike 6 hours in the snow to a gig carrying your instrument, PA and a generator and what happens when you put a saxophone in a deep freezer for 24 hours. Norwegian jazz saxophonist and extreme endurance athlete Håkon Erlandsen describes how combining the great passions in his life have led him on a unique voyage of musical and personal discovery. The holder of records for the world’s highest and coldest concerts and now attempting the 7 summits while composing music along the way, Håkon draws inspiration from nature and the people he meets, believing physical and musical training to be perfect partners, and music to be the one and only true international language.

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He’s played with Michael Bublé, Robbie Williams and Seal, and his big band has 15M views on YouTube. Pioneering young trumpet player and producer Louis Dowdeswell discusses his journey in music.

The challenge of achieving consistency, the importance of getting the trumpet section on your side and how sometimes you can learn the most when you’re eating a taco. Pioneering young trumpet player and producer Louis Dowdeswell discusses a musical journey that has taken him from watching his mother’s band in Bristol to more than 15M YouTube views for his own big band. Louis picks out his most memorable performances from an extraordinary list of gigs that includes some of the world’s leading artists and orchestras.

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The first British winner of Amateur Live Night at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem, singer, songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson discusses her earliest musical memories, the importance of personal development, and meeting Maya Angelou.

What Maya Angelou told a young singer, songwriter and cellist that so inspired her. London-born Ayanna Witter-Johnson, the first British winner of Amateur Live Night at the legendary Apollo theatre in Harlem, discusses her earliest musical memories, the importance of personal development, what she learnt from her actor father about performing and her passion for helping other women in music. It’s a journey that’s as much spiritual as musical, putting fear and self-doubt to one side in order to truly connect with the audience and tell the story in the very best way she can.

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