About
Petter Dalane is a Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader born in Bergen in 1994, now living in Oslo.
He known from projects such as Petter Dalane Quintet and Get Your Goat, and is the founder of Cosmic Swing Orchestra, where he has served as pianist and musical director since 2018. He has had on and off colloaborations with John Pål Inderberg since 2017, and through his concert series Petters Jazzjam he has collaborated with numerous renowned musicians such as Knut Riisnes, Sun Mi Hong, Ingebirgt Håker Flaten, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Hildegunn Øiseth.
During Trondheim Jazzfestival in May 2023 he was awarded the title of NTNU Ambassador.
From 2016 to 2018 Dalane frequently attended workshops held by the legendary bebop pianist and jazz pedagog Barry Harris (1929-2021), studying the music of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, some of his most prominent musical influences.
PROJECTS
2022 - Petter Dalane Quintet
2022 - RAT TALK
2020 - Petter Dalane Trio
2018 - Cosmic Swing Orchestra
2017 - Petters Jazzjam
2016 - 18 Petter Dalane Sextet
COLLABORATIONS
2024 - Ambos Mundos with Lusion Capote
2022 - Johanna Reine-Nilssen og Petter Dalane
2018 - Øyvind Mathisen’s Get Your Goat
2018 - Vebjørn Mamen Sings Bird
2018 - 19 2019: A Jazz Odyssey!
2017 - Concerts with John Pål Inderberg
2024 - Erlend Kongtorp Quartet
2024 - Luison Y Cuba
RELEASES
2024 Petter Dalane - “Quintet” - Fjordgata Records
2022 Cosmic Swing Orchestra - “Cosmic Swing Orchestra” - Fjordgata Records
2022 Get Your Goat - “Get Your Goat” - AMP
AWARDS // RECOGNITION
2022 TONO Stipend
2023 NTNU Ambassadør
2022 TONO Stipend
PRESS
Review of Petter Dalane - “Quintet” by Tor Hammerø for Nettavisen, 2024
Review of Petter Dalane - “Quintet” by Torkjell Hovland for Jazznytt, 2024
Review of Petter Dalane - “Quintet” by Lars Mossefinn for Dag og tid, 2024
Album review of Cosmic Swing Orchestra by Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen, 2022
Album review of Get Your Goat by Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen, 2022
Album review of Get Your Goat by Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts, 2022
Album review of Get Your Goat bt Torkjell Hovland in Jazznytt Magazine sommeren 2022
Review of Petters FestJam Vossajazz, by Audun Vinger, Now’s the time, 2021
Review of Petters FestJam Vossajazz, by Bjørn Sandnes, Avisa Hordaland, 2021
Interview at Vossajazz with Anikken Sunde, Jazzklubben, 2021
EDUCATION
2020 - 22 Masters degree at Jazz Program, NTNU
2020 - 22 Pedagogy, NTNU
2017 - 20 Bachelors Degree at Jazz Program, NTNU
2016 - 17 Musicology, NTNU
2015 - 16 Music Technology, NTNU
2014 - 15 Marine Technology, NTNU
2013 - 14 Trøndertun Folkehøgskole
COURSES
2016 - 18 Workshops with Barry Harris in Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.
WORK AS EDUCATOR
2024 Teacher at TUP, NMH
2023 - 24 Teacher at Nordre Follo Kulturskole
2022 - 23 Teacher at Jazz program, NTNU
2023 Teacher at Trøndertun Folkehøgskole
2022 Week long workshop Sund Folkehøgskole
2022 - 23 Teacher at Landslinje for jazz ved Molde Videregående Skole
2021 - 23 Teacher at Musicology, NTNU
2018 - Private teacher
OTHER
2023 - Board member and curator of Regndans Festival
2018 - Working board member - Cosmic Swing Orchestra
2024 - 27 Statens vararepresentant i representantskapet i Festspillene
2023 - 24 Board member - Tempo (Musikkontoret i Trøndelag)
2021 - 22 Member of working group - SFU application Jazz Program, NTNU
2017 - 19 Board member at Trondheim Jazzforum