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Bjørn Kruse is a composer and Professor of Composition at The Norwegian State Academy of Music.
He was born on 14 August 1946, in London, and grew up in England, USA and Norway.
He studied at UCLA, California, USA and The Norwegian State Academy of Music, receiving his Diploma in Composition in 1977.
Bjørn has worked professionally as musician, arranger, composer, producer since 1972 within most areas of music.
His compositions are performed all through Europe and the USA. The television opera, "A Game of Chess", won the Fernsehopern Preis der Stadt Salzburg in 1983, and several other works have since won recognition.
The following works were voted "Work of the Year" by NOPA (one of the two Composers´Unions):
"Jubilate" (1984)
"Adam" (1987) and
"Saxophone Concerto (1992).
Among other prizes may be mentioned the Culture Prize of Bærum Kommune (1985) and the Culture Prize of the City of Oslo (1990). Bjørn Kruse was Festival Composer at the Festspillene i Nord-Norge, Harstad, 1994.
Besides a permanent engagement at the Academy since 1976, activities include lecturing extensively throughout Norway on the subject of Composition and Drama.
He is author of three books on music theory, the latest being Den Tenkende Kunstner - komposisjon og dramaturgi som prosess og metode (Universitetsforlaget 1995 - ISBN 82-00-22405-8), which is currently (1999) being translated into English under the title, "The Artist Thinking - the Method and Process of Composition and Drama". The book deals with interdisciplinary concepts, terminology and thought processes, directed at the student/teacher within all areas of Fine Arts studies at college/university levels. A link to a more in-depth English presentation of the concepts in the book are to be found at Kruse's home page.
Contact details and further information
For further details, see Bjørn's home page
or Norwegian Music Information's
biographical pages
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Bjørn Kruse
Borgenbakken 1B
N-0370 Oslo
NORWAY
Tel. 22 49 09 24
or cell phone 907 58 079
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The Norwegian State Academy of Music
PB 5190 Majorstua
N-0302 Oslo
NORWAY
Tel 23 36 70 87
Fax 22 36 70 01
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E-mail Bjorn Kruse