Asbjørn Schaathun
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Asbjørn Schaathun (born 22 June 1961) is a Norwegian contemporary composer.
Schaathun studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London and IRCAM in Paris.[1]
Schaathun founded the Norwegian Academy of Music's Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Oslo Sinfonietta.[2]
Prizes and awards
- 1987 Norwegian Society of Composers: «Performer of the Year» as artistic director for Oslo Sinfonietta
- 1991 The Gaudeamus Fondation's Louis Vuitton Prize for his bass clarinet concerto "Actions, Interpolations and Analyses".
- 1992 Bang & Olufsen's Music Prize.
- 2008 The Lindeman Prize
