David Bratlie (1972) has a diploma in compositional studies from the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has been teaching composition at the Academy for the past two years. Bratlie has written music for chamber ensembles, soloists and orchestras as well as electroacustic music. He has cooperated with several of the leading performers of contemporary music in Norway, Cikada, Oslo Sinfonietta, Poing, Kjell Tore Innervik, Einar Henning Smebye, Rolf Erik Nystrøm, Thomas Kjekstad, Sunneva Rødland Wettre and Magnus Loddgard as well…
David Bratlie (1972) has a diploma in compositional studies from the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has been teaching composition at the Academy for the past two years. Bratlie has written music for chamber ensembles, soloists and orchestras as well as electroacustic music. He has cooperated with several of the leading performers of contemporary music in Norway, Cikada, Oslo Sinfonietta, Poing, Kjell Tore Innervik, Einar Henning Smebye, Rolf Erik Nystrøm, Thomas Kjekstad, Sunneva Rødland Wettre and Magnus Loddgard as well as Nordic Voices – with national and international performances in concerts and festivals.
Bratlies compositions – both his instrumental and vocal music – often has an approach to the religious. One of his general motivations is to illuminate and reflect over important parts in the Biblical texts – such as the nature of the revelation and the inherent potential of expression in the texts.
2008