Jono El Grande

Progressive rock, Musical Artist

1973 –

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Who is Jono El Grande?

Jono El Grande is the stage name of Jon Andreas Håtun.

Jono El Grande is an autodidactic Norwegian composer, band leader, guitarist and conductor. He cites as his major sources of influence Captain Beefheart, '60s Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Igor Stravinsky and Art Rock. Jono El Grande claims that his extreme mixture of genres and timbres is a result of his musical vision: moving away from the traditional concept of 'music as a result of social processes'.

Although Jono El Grande is enjoying modest growth on the European avant-garde scene, he is most well known in his own country for his eccentric and amusing performance art/dada-inspired live shows. In 2000 he formed The Jono El Grande Orchestra, renamed Jono El Grande & The Luxury Band in 2005.

Jono El Grande has released five albums, Utopian Dances, Fevergreens, Neo Dada, "Phantom Stimulance" and The Choko King in addition to contribute with compositions on other projects. Jono El Grande served as festival composer for Happy Days 2007, presented by Ny Musikk, the Norwegian section of ISCMInternational Society For Contemporary Music. He also became a member of Norwegian Society Of Composers fall 2010. He played at the Zappanale #22 and world premiered a new orchestral piece for the Bergen located sinfonietta orchestra BIT20 Ensemble December 2011.

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Jul 29, 1973
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on July 23, 2013

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