Lene Grenager

Lene Grenager (1969) grew up in Halden and studied cello and composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. She has worked profesionally since 1995 as both cellist and composer. As composer, she has written for ensembles such as Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Cikada, Bit 20, Trondheim Sinfonietta, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Alpaca, Ensemble Zwischentöne and Duo Ego and has collaborated closely with soloists such as Rolf Borch, Tanja Orning, Håkon Stene, Michael Francis Duch and Marianne Baudouin Lie. She has had portrait concerts at Ultima and Borealis festivals and her music has been performed at among others Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Novembermusikk, Sound of Stockholm, Ilios and Kalvfestivalen. As a cellist she is specialised in improvised music and works mainly in the quartets SPUNK and Lemur and in duo with the singer Sofia Jernberg. With these constellations she has played concerts all over Europe and in USA and at festivals such as Donaueschinger Musiktage, Huddersfield CMF, Tectonics, Novelum, Moldejazz and Kongsberg Jazzfestival. In addition, she has held single concerts and collaborated with Joelle Leandre, Sten Sandell, Ellen Fullman, Albatrosh, Trondheim jazzorkester and Phantom Orchard Orchestra. Grenager is interested in notation and how different ways of notation music influences the musicians and the sounding result. She collaborates with musicians from different traditions and this results in scores within a range from precise notation to graphic notation. Electronics and samples are an integrated part of several works. She has worked as producer, musician and composer on a number of of recordings including solo release "Slåtter, slag og slark”, “Affinis suite" and "Systema Naturae" which was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy Award in two categories in 2013. In the years 2009-2013 and 2002-2004, she had an annual work grant from the Arts Council. She has also been awarded the young Lindeman Price 2002. Aug 2015