Jan Gunnar Hoff has been active as a professional jazz pianist and keyboardist since 1979. As an artist and co-leader, he has released 23 albums including 4 solo piano recordings on the US Grammy- winning label 2L. Hoff established his own band, Jan Gunnar Hoff Group in 1993 and in 2014 he received the Buddy Award, Norwegian jazz's highest award. Hoff is a Steinway Artist and he has played concerts in cities such as Tokyo, New York, London, Istanbul, LA. In 2004, Jan Gunnar Hoff received the Edvard (Grieg) Prize as a composer for his jazz mass Meditatus, a popular choral work. Jan Gunnar Hoff's compositions have been performed in his band projects with jazz greats such as Alex Acuña, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny and Maria João, and several of Hoff ́s larger works have been recorded. In 2022-2023 Hoff is performing extensively in Germany, Romania and Estonia. He is working both solo and in different groups with Gary Husband, Per Mathisen, Nguyen Le, Carsten Lindholm, Jasper Somsen a.o. Jan Gunnar Hoff also works as a professor at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø and at UiA in Kristiansand.