Asbjørn Schaathun (born 22 June 1961) is a Norwegian contemporary composer.

Career

Schaathun studied at the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

and

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

in London and

IRCAM IRCAM (French: ''Ircam, '', English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of Avant-garde music, avant garde and Electroacoustic ...

in Paris. Schaathun founded the Norwegian Academy of Music's Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Oslo Sinfonietta.

Prizes and awards

* 1987 Norwegian Society of Composers: «Performer of the Year» as artistic director for Oslo Sinfonietta * 1991 The Gaudeamus Fondation's

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Prize for his bass clarinet concerto "Actions, Interpolations and Analyses". * 1992

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's Music Prize. * 2008 The Lindeman Prize

Production

Selected works

* ''Ohne Titel – London 1985'' (2016–17) * ''Nations for piano and orchestra'' (2015–16) * ''Concerto Grosso'' (2014) * ''Lament II'' for chamber ensemble (2013–14) * ''Wie die Zeit die Materie verändert'' (III) for orchestra (2007) * ''Musical Graffiti II'', "virtuoso drawings for amplified piano, large ensemble and tape with cosmic sounds" (1983–84) * ''Physis'' for piano and live-electronics (1986/2003) * ''Action, Interpolations and Analyses'', concerto for bass clarinet and large ensemble (1988–90) * ''Double Portrait" for violin and large ensemble (1991-92/1996/2002-06) * ''"s" – Miniatüre pour ensemble'' (1992) * ''A Tabular System...'' for horn, oboe, harp and percussion (1988/1994-95)

Discography

* Nordic Voices, ''Djånki Don'' (2008) * Stavanger New Music Ensemble, ''1-2-3 Happy Happy Happy! '' (2001) * Oslo Sinfonietta, ''Actions, Interpolations & Analyses'' (1995) *

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, ''Wanted'' (2011) *

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, ''Looking on darkness'' (2002) * Cikada Ensemble, ''Svorsk, Swegian'' (1996) * ''The Cikada Ensemble'' (1992) * Kenneth Karlsson – ''the view was all in lines'' (2012)

References

External links

List of Works supplied by the National Library of Norway
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schaathun, Asbjorn 1961 births 21st-century Norwegian classical composers Living people Norwegian contemporary classical composers Norwegian male classical composers 21st-century Norwegian male musicians