Rolf-Erik Nystrøm

Rolf-Erik Nystrøm is a Norwegian saxophonist and contemporary music composer. He was educated at Norwegian Academy of Music, where he noe lectures within improvisational-based contemporary music.

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(Objekt ID 7574)
Object type Person
Born April 23, 1975
Functions Composer, Musician, Pedagog
Nationality Norwegian
Gender Male
Website Rolf-Erik Nystrøm
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Rolf-Erik Nystrøm has been a soloist with all the major Norwegian symphony orchestras, and with Basel Symphony Orchestra and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has been active in bands such as Poing, Dozo, Hero and Zanussi five, and has contributed to about 50 records within different musical genres.

In 2006 he released his first solo record, Concepts of Sorrow & Dangers at the label Aurora. The record was nominated to the Norwegian music award Spellemannprisen 2006 in the contemporary music category. As a composer, he has written music for the stage, TV documentaries and chamber concerts.

Johan Haugen and Rolf-Erik Nystrøm were nominated for The Hedda Award 2019 in the best audiovisual design category for lighting design and music for The Birds, Nordland Theatre.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia, no.wikipedia.org, 20.10.10, http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf-Erik_Nystr%C3%B8m

The Hedda Award, www.heddaprisen.no, 16.10.19, https://www.heddaprisen.no/nominerte/2019

Involved in productions (11)
Title Premiere Role
Simplicissimus (Theater CorpusTeater Innlandet) April 28, 2021 Composer, Musician
JSK Corona Sessions #1-10 (Jo Strømgren Kompani) April 24, 2020 Musician
The Birds (Nordland Theatre) February 9, 2019 Actor, Music
Congress of Dreams (Krakk Noir) Navember 25, 2015 NIL, Composition, Musician
The Angel of Corruption (Krakk Noir) September 7, 2012 Musician
Thousand Rooms (Company B. Valiente) October 18, 2011 Musician, Composition
Etudes () September 17, 2010 NIL, Other
Winter – a silent sleep (Polish Dance TheatreCompany B. Valiente) January 16, 2010 Musician
Don Carlos (Susanne Øglænd) August 28, 2008 NIL, Musician
Mot himlaleite!* (Towards the area between the mountain and the sky) (Dansdesign) March 6, 2008 Musician
Psycho Sufi () 2004 Musician