Curriculum Vitae

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

Education

2013-2017: Bachelor in Composition, Norwegian Academy of Music 2012-2013: Exhange year to St. Olaf College, Minnesota, USA 2010-2013: Bachelor in Musicology,

Workshops, performances (excerpt):

2017: May: Proposal chosen to be realized at the Spor Festival for Contemporary Music in Aarhus 2017: February: Fortepiano Concerto to be performed by Eirik Fosstveit conducted by Cristian Eggen 2016: Member of the Norwegian Composers’ Society 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 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) 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 2013: Piece premiered by the Oslo Cathedral Choir at the international Church Music Festival

List of works:

Broken Stream for 2 flutes (2013) ’9

”Vi står stille” for SSATBB choir and string quartet (2014) ’8

Ebb and Flow for orchestra (2014) ’3

Sparks for choir with flashlights and organ (2015) ’11

Gjenklang for string quartet and electronics (2015) ’9 o for 9 instruments (2016) ’7

Study for horn and electronics (2016) ’5

Innsnirkling for big band (2016) ’6

Inner Ear Music for solo cello and video (2016) ’18

??? for singer and video (2016) ’10 inside the chamber for string quartet, piano and light (2016) ’8 zoom, study for amplified string quartet (2016) ’4

Concerto for fortepiano and sinfonietta (2017) ’10