Arne Hiorth is a norwegian jazz trumpeter who loves to work with international projects. He has recorded with top acts in Norway, like Mari Boine, Bjørn Eidsvåg, Anja Garbarek , Oslo Groove Company (Spellemann Award for Jazz- The Norwegian Grammy ) , Norwegian Broadcast Radio Big Band . Released his first solo album in 2004 , 7 Oliphaunt Images . Arne Hiorth has a long history with music projects in South Africa, oa the Song of Freedom musical about Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu , performed in Cape Town and Oslo in march 2006. From 2007-2011 he was the project leader and musical director of North Sea Big Band - an international big band with a mix of pro's and students, who performed 3 years in a row at Standard Bank Youth Jazz Festival in South Africa. In december 2007 he released the duet album SNOW with Helge Nysted. 2010 he released Loops and Bridges - a pop/jazz/ambient project with singer/songwriter Oddrun Eikli In 2011 he released !Khwa ttu - Music that floats from afar - a San music project involving Eivind Aarset , Kjetil Bjerkestrand , Tebogo Tshotetsi, Sepanya Mahlangu ,Oddrun Eikli and Ottar Nesje . In 2012 came The Kingdom Within - duo project with the great argentine musician Ulises Labaronnie. In the last years he has been working a lot with musicians in Reykjavik and Veneto, writing new music and performing at festivals. Feb 1st 2022 his latest album was released: !Xhole Kae -This Land https://www.arnehiorth.com