Øyvind Torvund, b. 1976. is a Norwegian composer. Often there is a paradoxical mixture of elements in his music: melodies encounter conceptual ideas, acoustic chamber music together with lo-fi sounds from home made instruments. Many of his pieces circles around the idea of an archaic music and the representation of naïve idyllic situations. He has been a composer in residence for Oslo Sinfonietta, written pieces for ensemble Ascolta, Ensemble Zwischentöne, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Plus Minus ensemble and Yarn/Wire. His pieces have…
Øyvind Torvund, b. 1976. is a Norwegian composer.
Often there is a paradoxical mixture of elements in his music: melodies encounter conceptual ideas, acoustic chamber music together with lo-fi sounds from home made instruments. Many of his pieces circles around the idea of an archaic music and the representation of naïve idyllic situations.
He has been a composer in residence for Oslo Sinfonietta, written pieces for ensemble Ascolta, Ensemble Zwischentöne, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Plus Minus ensemble and Yarn/Wire. His pieces have been performed in Donaueschinger Musiktage, Maerzmusik, Ultraschall, Ultima, Transit festival, Huddersfield, Other Minds festival and at the Darmstadt International Ferienkurse. In 2012 he received the Arne Nordheim composer prize and in 2013 he was a DAAD-fellow in Berlin.
June 2015