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Asbjørn Schaathun

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

Career

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Schaathun studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London and IRCAM in Paris.[1]

Schaathun founded the Norwegian Academy of Music’s Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Oslo Sinfonietta.[2]

Prizes and awards

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  • 1987 Norwegian Society of Composers: «Performer of the Year» as artistic director for Oslo Sinfonietta
  • 1991 The Gaudeamus Fondation’s Louis Vuitton Prize for his bass clarinet concerto "Actions, Interpolations and Analyses".
  • 1992 Bang & Olufsen’s Music Prize.
  • 2008 The Lindeman Prize

Production

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Selected works

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  • 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

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  • Nordic Voices, Djånki Don (2008)
  • Stavanger New Music Ensemble, 1-2-3 Happy Happy Happy! (2001)
  • Oslo Sinfonietta, Actions, Interpolations & Analyses (1995)
  • Håkon Austbø, Wanted (2011)
  • Frode Haltli, Looking on darkness (2002)
  • Cikada Ensemble, Svorsk, Swegian (1996)
  • The Cikada Ensemble (1992)
  • Kenneth Karlsson - the view was all in lines (2012)

References

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  1. ^ "Bio from Music Sales Classical". musicsalesclassical.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Bio from MIC Music Information Centre Norway". listento.no. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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