Curriculum Vitae

Name: Martin Andreas Hirsti-Kvam Born: 27. August 1991 Adress: Borger Withs gate 21, 0482 Oslo, Norway Phone number: (+47) 97797655 Email: [email protected] website: www.hirsti-kvam.com

Education

2013-: Bachelor in Composition, Norwegian Academy of Music 2012-2013: Exhange year to St. Olaf College, Minnesota, USA 2010-2013: Bachelor in Musicology, University of Oslo

Workshops, performances (excerpt):

2016: Workshop with Cikada String Quartet 2016: inside the chamber premiered and taken on tour by Edvard Munch Ensemble 2016: Co-founder of +47 ‒ ensemble for contemporary music comprising of current and former students at the Norwegian Academy of Music 2016: ”???” for solo singer and video premiered at the Ultima Contemporary Music festival by Dagfinn Andersen 2016: ”o” performed in the Chamber Sessions at the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt 2016: Sparks chosen as one of the pieces to represent Norway at UNM (young nordic music) in Aarhus 2016: Inner Ear Music for solo cello and video premiered by Sverre Barratt-Due 2016: ”o” premiered by Aksiom Ensemble 2015: Gjenklang for string quartet and electronics premiered at Festspillene i Nord- Norge, by Quartetto Testosterone 2015: Sparks premiered by Barratt-Dues Chamber Choir conducted by Lars Notto Birkeland at Fagerborgfeststpillene 2015 2015: ”Vi står stille” premiered by NMH’s Chamber Choir and conductor Kjetil Almenning 2015: Participating in a workshop with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra 2014: Participant in the ”Next Generation” programme at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2014: Workshop with Esbjerg Ensemble 2014: Piece performed at Fagerborgfestspillene (Fagerborg festival) 2014: Several pieces performed by NMH Big Band i Oslo, and by Prime Time Orchestra in Asker, Bærum og Fredrikstad 2013-: Studying composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Henrik Hellstenius, Eivind Buene and guest professors Simon Steen-Andersen, Maja Ratkje, James Dillon and Kaija Saariaho 2013: Piece premiered by the Oslo Cathedral Choir at the international Church Music Festival