Eirik Hegdal is an highly acclaimed saxophonist and composer, living in Trondheim, Norway. 
 He is leading several bands: Team Hegdal (with André Roligheten, Ole Morten Vågan and Gard Nilssen) Eirik Hegdal / Eklektisk Samband (with Thea Grant, Per Texas Johansson, Josefin Runsteen, Anja Lauvdal, Ole Morten Vågan & Hans Hulbækmo) Eirik Hegdal «Musical Balloon» (with Eivind Lønning, Mattias Ståhl, Nils-Olav Johansen, Ole Morten Vågan and Jon Fält), his folk band «Følk» (with Sofia Jernberg, Unni Løvlid, Gjermund Larsen and Hans Hulbækmo), and the trio en en en (with Michael Duch and Tor Haugerud). He was the artistic leader for the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra from 2002-2017, writing and arranging music for many editions of this ensemble, including great musicians as Joshua Redman, Maria Kannegaard, Pat Metheny and Dave Holland. He is a part of Martin Küchen’s «Angles 9», Skarbø Skulekorps, Alpaca Ensemble, Gard Nilssen’s «Supersonic Orchestras», Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Hegdal is an associate professor at NTNU / Jazz studies in Trondheim. (50% position) He has won a Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) for «best jazz album» with Team Hegdal, been nominated for Spellemann "best composer" in 2019, 2021 and 2022, has been writing music for Trondheim Sinfonietta, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bodø Sinfonietta, Alpaca Ensemble, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, commissioned work for Vossa Jazz (2018) («Musical Balloon»), he was granted the Kongsberg Jazz Festival’s (Norway) own musical award in 2019.