Julian Skar (born 1981) is a Norwegian composer and multi-media artist.
Career
Skar studied composition at the
Norwegian Academy of Music with
Asbjørn Schaathun
Asbjørn Schaathun (born 22 June 1961) is a Norway, Norwegian contemporary composer.
Career
Schaathun studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London and IRCAM in Paris.
Schaathun founded the Norwegian Academy of M ...
,
Rolf Wallin Rolf Wallin (born 7 September 1957) is a Norwegian composer, trumpeter and avant-garde performance artist.
Biography
Wallin was born in Oslo, where he studied with Finn Mortensen and Olav Anton Thommessen. He later studied at the University of Ca ...
and Ivar Frounberg. Skar has also studied composition at the
Universität der Künste
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...
in Berlin with
Daniel Ott
Daniel Ott (born 6 September 1960) is a Swiss composer.
Career
Born in Grub AR, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Ott graduated in 1980. Afterwards he worked as a teacher in the regions of Basel and Graubünden and worked in independent thea ...
and Wolfgang Heiniger, focusing on new technology and music theatre. Skar has also studied piano and composition at the
Grieg Academy in
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
.
Skar’s compositional output includes a number of works within electronic music and music theatre. Since his student days, Skar has maintained an equal footing in the contemporary as well as pop music worlds. This has resulted in a diverse output that includes releases with artists such as Nils Bech and
Susanna Wallumrød.
In 2008, Skar founded
Ensemble neoN with Jan Martin Smørdal, and is currently the one half of the ensemble’s artistic directorship as well as its in-house composer.
Production
Selected works
*''Exhaust and Renew: For piano solo'' 2016
*''Paralleller og paradokser for piano trio'' 2013
*''Flow my tears for Soprano and ensemble'' 2013/2014
*''Transcend and transform'', piano concerto featuring soloist Ole Kristian Bye and the Trondheim Sinfonietta". 2012
*''Lys'' 2010
*''Spor'' 2010
*''Arie'' 2009
*''Essay om ekskludering'' for typewriter, percussion and electronics 2008.
*''Schrieb'' 2008.
*''Who´s there'' for Cello, Video and electronics 2007
Stage productions
*''Ikkje sant'', multi-media production 2013.
*''Ballettlaboratoriet'' 2011
*''Schrieb'' 2008.
*''Visitt'' dance production 2012.
* ''Jamsis'' 2010.
*''Neverland'' theatre 2010
*''Gokk'' theatre 2008
Source:
Discography
*
Susanna Wallumrød and Ensemble neoN, ''
The Forester'' (2013)
*Nils Bech, ''Look Inside'' (2012)
References
External links
List of works supplied by the National Library of Norway
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1981 births
21st-century classical composers
Norwegian contemporary classical composers
Norwegian male classical composers
Living people
21st-century Norwegian male musicians