Ole Edvard Antonsen (born 25 April 1962) is a Norwegian trumpeter,^[1] musician and conductor.

Antonsen was born in Vang, Hedmark, now part of Hamar. He is best known as a solo trumpeter, active in different genres of music; classical music, chamber music, baroque, jazz and pop. Since the mid-2000s, he has also been active as a conductor, foremost with Norwegian Air Force Band.

Discography

• 1989 The Virtuoso Trumpet – (with Einar Henning Smebye on piano)
• 1992 Tour De Force
• 1993 Trumpet Concertos – (with English Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Tate)
• 1994 Popular Pieces for Trumpet & Organ – (with Wayne Marshall on organ)
• 1995 Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Trumpet – (with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons and Mikhail Rudy on piano)
• 1997 Read My Lips
• 1998 Twentieth Century Trumpet – (with Wolfgang Sawallisch on piano)
• 2000 New Sound of Baroque – (with his brother Jens Petter Antonsen (trumpet) and TrondheimSolistene)
• 2002 Ars Nova – (with Solveig Kringlebotn (vocals) and Wolfgang Plagge on piano)
• 2007 Nordic Trumpet Concertos (with Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Christian Lindberg,conductor)
• 2007 The Golden Age of the Cornet (with the Royal Norwegian Navy Band and conductor Ingar Bergby)
• 2008 Landscapes

As a sideman (selection)

• 2002 With Strings Attached – Willem Breuker Kollektief
• 2003 Jan van der Roost In Flanders' Fields Vol.39 – Jan van der Roost
• 2004 Absolute – Spanish Brass Luur Metalls
• 2004 Frelsesarmeens Juleplate (The Norwegian Salvation Army Christmas album with Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir)
• 2011 Mitt lille land, with other artists

Charts