Education
Svendsen started his jazz career within Kongsberg Big Band, was a year at Toneheim folkehøgskole and later studied Performing jazz music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Svendsen started his jazz career within Kongsberg Big Band, was a year at Toneheim folkehøgskole and later studied Performing jazz music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
In 2007 he was awarded Kongsberg Jazzfestival"s talent scholarship. During the Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 2010, Svendsen referred to as The festival"s busiest musician by Laagendalsposten when he performed seven gigs in different constellations during the festival. In 2011 he received Kongsberg Municipality"s Cultural Grant. for sitt arbeid medical byens tradisjonelle julejam.
After this he have performed among others with the briliant Japanese pianist and band leader Ayumi Tanaka in the band Nakama with the release Before The Storm (2015) and the exiting Ayumi Tanaka Trio with the release Momento (2016).
2007: Kongsberg Jazzfestival"s talent scholarship.