Knut Vaage (b. 1961) lives in Bergen where he works as a composer. He graduated as a pianist and composer from the Grieg Academy in Bergen, and has served as a board member of the composers’ group Ny Musikk, the Norwegian branch of ISCM, and the Norwegian Society of Composers. Vaage has worked in different styles of music, though concentrating on improvised and contemporary music. Many of Vaage’s projects have investigated the boundaries between improvisation and composed music, particularly in the trio JKL, as well as an acoustic/electronic hybrid-sound.
Vaage’s production ranges from symphonic works and opera to solo pieces. His music is frequently performed at concerts and festivals in Norway and abroad. Vaage’s instrumental works include Hidden Songs, commissioned and premiered by the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Chaconne, Gardens of Hokkaido and Tjat, premiered by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Reflex, premiered by the Orkester Norden; Cyclops, premiered by the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra; Rite, premiered by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Futurasjon for orchestra and electronics, premiered by Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Vaage has also written a number of vocal works and works for the stage.
www.knutvaage.com.
Jan 2017
