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Dr Petter Frost Fadnes is a Norwegian saxophone player, lecturer and researcher based at the University of Stavanger. With a PhD in performance from University of Leeds, Frost Fadnes was for many years part of the highly creative Leeds-music scene, and is a founding member of Leeds Improvised Music Association (LIMA). 

Working in parallel as a musician and a practice-based researcher, Frost Fadnes’ interest is focused on improvisational thinking; methods and approaches within performance. Specifically, his research tends to utilized ethnographic- and reflective approaches within varying degrees of cross-disciplinary theory, contributing multiple perspectives of subjectivity to the improvisational discourse. With this in mind, Frost Fadnes has published on a wide range of performance related topics, such as jazz collectives, cultural factories, film scoring, jazz for young people and improvisational pedagogy.  

Frost Fadnes is Associate Professor at The Faculty of Music and Dance, and former principal investigator for the HERA-funded research project Rhythm Changes: Jazz Cultures and European Identities.  He has released several albums, tours internationally, and continues to seek ‘the perfect melody’ through eclectic musical approaches – mostly within the settings of improvised music. Frost Fadnes performs regularly with The Geordie Approach, Mole, Brink and Kitchen Orchestra. 

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