Norwegian tuba player and composer Daniel Herskedal was educated at the Conservatories of music in Trondheim and Copenhagen and is active on the Norwegian and international music scenes. Main performance vehicles are City Stories, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Magic Pocket, Herskedal/Neset and Listen and Lochs/Balthaus/Herskedal. He was voted tuba player of the year in All About Jazz in 2010 and also made his debut as a composer for a professional large Jazz Orchestra that year when Magic Pocket received the “JazZtipendiat” award which resulted in new music for the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Herskedal composes for film, exhibitions, choirs and bands.
