Career
Nygård is a graduate of the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2005), where he started his own Billington Trio including fellow students Ove Alexander Billington (piano) and Andreas Amundsen (double bass). He has participated in the bands Hubtones, In Front, Platoon, Stjern and Schap9. He is one of the most popular jazz drummers in Norway, who made his mark in many genres.
Having worked with numerous artists both in Norway and internationally.
He has collaborated on several occasions in the twice Grammy nominated band Sharp 9 Hermund has also worked as an arranger and musical director, among others, with Yngvar Numme, and in the television show Senkveld with the duo Thomas & Harald. With his own Hermund Nygård Quintet including with Knut Riisnæs (saxophone), Kevin Dean (trumpet), Anders Aarum (piano) and Audun Ellingsen (bass) gave a concert on "Herr Nilsen" in 2013.
