Stein-Erik Olsen

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Stein-Erik Olsen
Born (1953-09-08) 8 September 1953 (age 69)
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Genres Contemporary and classical music
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar
Website www.seolsen.com

Stein-Erik Olsen (born 8 September 1953) is a Norwegian classical guitarist and professor of guitar at the University of Bergen, known from collaborations with such as Gro Sandvik, Roar Engelberg and St Martin in the Fields and a series of recordings. [1]

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Career

Olsen is a graduate of the Bergen Musikkonservatorium, the Norwegian Academy of Music and Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. He has also studied under Per-Olof Johnson and Manuel Barrucco. Since 1992 Olsen has been Professor at the Bergen Musikkonservatorium, from 1995 the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen. He has given concerts all over Europe, with an international debut in Wigmore Hall, London in 1986. [2]

The main focus of his work has always been to explore and record non-traditional music, often composed music developed in collaboration with various composers. In one of his latest releases Olsen reconstructed compositions for two guitars by guitar icon Ida Presti. This recording has received international attention and generated rave reviews, with interviews and stories in such Classical Guitar Magazine. [3] In 2011, Olsen prepares recordings of guitar concerts with the chamber orchestra St Martin in the Fields. [1]

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

Collaborative works

With Gro Sandvik
With Roar Engelberg
With Olivier Chassain

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References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Stein Erik Olsen spiller inn gitarkonserter med The Academy of St Martin in the Fields". University of Bergen . Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. "Stein-Erik Olsen Biography". Store Norske Leksikon . Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. "Concert Reviews". Stein-Erik Olsen Official website. Retrieved 18 June 2013.