Origin Norway Name Stein-Erik Olsen Website Official website | Instruments Guitar Occupation(s) Musician Albums Mosaic | |
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Born 8 September 1953 (age 70) Bergen, Hordaland ( 1953-09-08 ) Genres Contemporary and classical music Similar People Roar Engelberg, Ketil Hvoslef, Olivier Chassain, Ida Presti, Alexandre Lagoya | ||
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Stein-Erik Olsen (born 8 September 1953 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (guitar) 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.
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Stein Erik Olsen
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 recited concerts all over European, with an international debut in Wigmore Hall, London in 1986.
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. In 2011, Olsen prepares recordings of guitar concerts with the chamber orchestra St Martin in the Fields.