​Career

Performed in Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, France, Austria, Denmark, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Italy, Greece and Spain, in addition to Scandinavia.

Approximately 3-4 commissions or schoolarships per year since 2008 - for orchestras, concert bands, sinfoniettas, choirs, smaller ensembles and soloists. 

Produced electronic pop music which he has been DJ-ing at festivals.
​His music has also been used other pop artists.

Supported by Government Grants for Artists, Art Council Norway, TONO, The Norwegian Composers’ Fund, The Composers’ Remuneration Fund, The Audio and Visual Fund, Norwegian Society of Composers, NOPA, The Lyric Writer Fund and the commissioning ensembles. 
I compose not because of, but in spite of things.”


​Been performed at Ultima Contemporary Music Festival, Nordland Musikkfestuke, Nordlysfestivalen, Per Gynt Stemnet, Nødutgangfestivalen, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Klangspuren Schwaz, Oslo Kammermusikkfestival and Ischia Chamber Music Festival. At the last mentioned, composer in residence in 2014.


​Lived in Oslo since 1996.
Performed
among others by

Arctic Philharmonic, 
Oslo Sinfonietta, 
Bodø Sinfonietta, 
the Sinfonietta BIT20, 
Arktisk Sinfonietta, 
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, 
AJO Ensemble, 
Ensemble Fanfaronner, 
Ensemble Arteriol, 
Norwegian Army Band Northern Norway,
​Norwegian Armed Forces Band.
the Percussion Ensemble Kroumata, 
the Percussionist Kristine Hansen,
The jazz duo Live & Lien,
NorthArc Percussion,
the Italian trio Buonocore-Giugliano-de Vero, 
Ensemble Freithoff,
the Dutch Duo Hevans,
the English Harpsichordist Jane Chapman and Gunnhild Tønder, 
the Tenor Pål Rullestad,
the Greek Violinist Petros Christidis 
and the Canadian Violinist Mira Benjamin.
the Russian Accordionist Sergej Tchirkov,
the Bass Baritone Ketil Hugaas,
the Sopranos Silje Aker Johnsen, Camilla Ediassen 
and Natalia Pschenitschnikova, 
the Pianist Julia Strelchenko, 
the Guitarist Sindre Sortland and Vegard Lund,
the Choirs Schola Cantorum, Ylajali and Majorstuen Children's Choir,
Kampen Concert Band
and 
the Saxophone Quartets - NoXaS and Current.

Also worked with the dancer Helle Siljeholm in a project for children,
and the artist Hilde Aagaard with music performed together with art in
​Greece, Japan and Jotunheimen.

It's all about love. I know.. totally pathetic, but it's true.”

Born in 1977