Eivind Buene

Eivind Buene studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music from 1992 to 1998, and in 1999 and 2000 he was composer in residence with the Oslo Sinfonietta. Since 2000 he has been a freelance composer living and working in Oslo. He has written for international ensembles and institutions, such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Musikfabrik and Fondation Royaumont, and his music has been performed at prestigious venues like Centre Pompidou, Berlin Philharmonie and Carnegie Hall. Buene also frequently…

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Eivind Buene studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music from 1992 to 1998, and in 1999 and 2000 he was composer in residence with the Oslo Sinfonietta. Since 2000 he has been a freelance composer living and working in Oslo. He has written for international ensembles and institutions, such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Musikfabrik and Fondation Royaumont, and his music has been performed at prestigious venues like Centre Pompidou, Berlin Philharmonie and Carnegie Hall.

Buene also frequently engages in collaborations with improvising musicians, developing music in the cross-section between classical notation and improvisation. He has released a number of records, among them Possible Cities/Essential Landscapes, for which he received a Spellemann award (Norwegian Grammy) in 2012. In addition to music, Buene has written three novels and a collection of essays. His third, and most recent novel, Oppstandelse, was released in Spetember 2016.
From 2015, Buene is assistant professor in composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music.