Mona Krogstad (04.09.1995) is a norwegian saxophone player and composer based in Trondheim, Norway. She mainly works with jazz and rythmic improvised music, and she released her debut album as a bandleader, Virgo Sun, 2th of september 2022.

After studying at Birka and Fridhem Folkhögskola in Sweden, she went on to do a bachelors degree in jazz at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Here she studied under teachers as Eirik Hegdal, Mette Rasmussen, Klaus Holm and Oscar Grönberg. In 2019, the last year of her degree, Mona moved to Stockholm for an exchange year at Royal Collage of Music (Kungliga Musikhögskolan) under Fredrik Ljungkvist. After her degree she studied one year of music pedagogy and one year of arrangering/composition at NTNU in Trondheim.

In 2017 Mona was titled “cultural talent of the year” by Sparebank1 SMN for being an initiator in the music scene in Trondheim, including creating a festival with a focus on equality and diversity, called Unisfestivalen. Mona and Ida Willadsen made this festival twice (2017, 2018) , and also a concert series with different artists during two years. In 2022 she got awarded a stipendium “Cultural price” from Trondheim Kommune, and in 2023 she got a price from Kongsberg Jazzfestival & DNB “Establishment stipendium” for up and coming musicians.

Krogstad is known for her work as musician and composer in the expressive band JUNO. They released their critically acclaimed debut album "Young Star" (2020, Jazzland Recordings), produced by Kristoffer Lo, and were awarded "Artist of the Year" the same year by the Norwegian tabloid “Subjekt”. Later, the band was part of the Nordic Jazz Comets - a talent program where each Nordic country selected one band / artist to represent the country. Now they have released their second album “Myriad Path” (2023) on Jazzland Recordings.

Krogstad can also be found in projects with guitarist Hedvig Mollestad, Superspreder, Ladybird Orchestra, Skjæbnen, Heidi Skjerve, Starlight Big Band and the theater performance "Mother of a nation" by Nosizwe Baqwa (Awarded the Heddaprisen 2022 for best musical theater performance). Now she is currently with her own band, and she shows clear lines and inspiration from the jazz traditions and saxophonists such as Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson, as well as more modern expressions drawn from her many experiences as an already experienced musician.