I am a musician and composer in the field of microtonal music, informed by Norwegian traditional music and experimental improvised music.
My main artistic interest has become audio-visual, so I am working towards an increased sensitivity to the sensual potential in subtle tonality changes. How does different tonalities influence what we see when we hear sound and what we hear when we see something?
I explore this by playing and writing music in different genres - both for ensembles and for films and other audio-visual projects. I play a lot of concerts (have performed in some 30 countries), and play on records issued by labels such as Motvind Records, Phantom Limb, Leaving Records, Talik, Hubro, SOFA, Drag City and others.
selected venues
international: Alice (København), Ancient Trance Festival (Leipzig), Artacts (St. Johann), Au Topsi Pohl (Berlin), Ausland (Berlin), Bludny Kamen (Ostrava), Brötz (Gøteborg), Cecil Sharp House (London), Counterflows (Glasgow), Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Civic Hall (Fukuoka), Confine Aperto (Ljubljana), De Biljoke (Ghent), EBU Festival (radiosendt over heile Europa), Fanø Free Folk Festival (Danmark), Fizzle (Birmingham), Global (København), Impronedjeljak(Zagreb), Interpenetration (Graz), Jazz & Wine of Peace (Italia), Jazzahead (Bremen), Jazz at Bran Castle (Romania), JazzaJ (Budapest), Jazzatelier (Ulrichsberg), Jazzfest Berlin, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Finland), Klub Gromka (Ljubliana), KM28 (Berlin), Le102 (Grenoble), Loft (Köln), Louth Contemporary Music Society (Dublin), MalmöFolk, Mera World Music Festival (Transylvania), NEXT Festival (Bratislava), November Music (Den Bosch), Nordischer Klang (Tyskland), Offene Ohren (München), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Periscope (Lyon), Platform (Glasgow), Rich Mix(London), Roskilde Festival, Saalfelden Int. Jazzfestival (Austerrike), Sowieso (Berlin), Spektrum (Berlin), Stage Garden (Tachikawa), The Attraction of Taimyr (Sibir), Tønder Festival (Danmark), Universe (Osaka), Urkult (Sverige), Vinterjazz (København), WeJazz (Helsinki), WWW (Tokyo).
Norway: All Ears, Bjørnsonfestivalen, Blow Out!, Blå, Columbi Egg, Drammen Sacred, Dokkhuset, Dølajazz, Festspillene i Bergen, Folkemusikkveka på Ål, Fri Resonans, Førdefestivalen, Gorrlaus, Hilmarfestivalen, Jørn Hilme-stemnet, Kabuso, Kampenjazz, Kulturdugnad Gamvik, Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Maijazz, Mandaljazz, Melafestivalen, Melahuset, Molde Jazzfestival, MUNCH, Nattjazz, Nesodden Jazzklubb, Nonfigurativ musikk, Norwegian Wood, Only Connect, Osafestivalen, nyMusikk, Oslo World, Parkteatret, PØKK, Ranglerock, Riksscena, Stavanger Jazzforum, Sildajazz, Steinkjerfestivalen, Storyville Jazzklubb, Telemarkfestivalen, Trondheim Calling, TrondheimFolk, Tou Scene, Ultimafestivalen, Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, VillVillVest, Vinjerock, Vossajazz, Øyafestivalen.
