I'm interviewed on Ballade.no

Read the full interview here:

http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2008091015203032411078

Interview by Ida Habbestad / Ballade.no

Fantastic reviews for HLA

In January I joined the HLA orchestra in a small studio on Norways west-coast; Oceanside studio. It was a really nice happening, the recording session. And I felt the tunes turned out great. Now all the Norwegian reviewers hail this album as her best, and an album which …

Thom Hell's new record - success

I just noticed that Thom Hell (or Thomas Helland) was rated on 5th place of the Norwegian Top 20-list. I'm happy for him, his music, and of course for my string arrangements to contribute in his apparently big success in his release. Check out the album, you'll …

Recieved travel fundings

I recently recieved a pleasent note that I got this grant, allowing me to travel and visit/have lessons with one my favorite composers: Carola Bauckholt. I will visit her in Cologne in medio June, listen to her new stage piece on the Witten-festival. After that I will …

Choir piece performance in May

After finnishing this piece, which originally was composed for a project choir in Berlin ( 1. of July), I thought it would be appropriate to also have a Norwegian performance. Solistkoret, which is one Norway's best choirs, wanted to perform it 17th of May this year. I …

Thom Hell's new album"God if I saw her now"

Yesterday Thom gave me, and the other contributers on the recording, his new-and-still-warm record. It's one of finest song collections I've heard in a long time. I have made 5 string arrangements on it, and I must admit they sound great after being produced and mixed …

Does the body make sense?

The singer Silje Aker Johnsen comissioned this piece this spring. It was premiered on the 29.08, with Kristine Tjøgersen on clarinet and Wendy Greenberg on percussion. I was beyond impressed by their performance, I hope you'll like it to. The piece has simple visual …

2

Trenger jeg utdype? Om du var begge steder (trolig ikke, jeg så deg ikke), trenger du ikke lese videre. Pendrys ikke-skillelse mellom hva og hvordan, og den stakkarslige vestlige kunstmusikkens intellektualisering og legitimering (representert gjennom komponisten Wolff …

1

Med tanke på den traderende virksomheten komposisjon har vært, kan man se på den avantgardistiske påvirkning fra omtrent 100 år tilbake som et relativistisk populærkulturelt element, som gjennom sin innsnikende tyngde har endret 'komponering' fra det å være en …