Anniken Paulsen (born 28 April 1955 in Greåker) is a Norwegian contemporary composer and pianist.

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Career

Paulsen studied piano with Reimar Riefling and at the Østlandets Musikkonservatorium (today the Norwegian Academy of Music), specializing as a soloist. Her debut as a pianist came in 1980 with a full-night concert featuring works by Franz Liszt, Arnold Schoenberg, Robert Schumann, Anton Webern, and Maurice Ravel. Later, Paulsen studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music.[1]

Paulsen worked with lyricist Thomas Howarth Kay to create the musical Destiny! Key works since the turn of the 21st-century include Circle of Life, which depicts the creation of earth (premiered by the Norwegian Wind Ensemble); 15 første sanger til Destiny, music for the drama documentary Edvard Munchs Mødre (for piano trio); 2014 Overture (DNBE); Four Reasons (for soprano and string quartet); and Kid, Viking, King & Saint (Olav) (for flute and guitar).[2]

Paulsen has received commissions from the Arts Council Norway, Concerts Norway, NRK, Arctic Brass, the Festival of North Norway and has had her works featured at festivals Føling i Fjæra, Månefestivalen in Fredrikstad, the Festival of North Norway Autunnale, ILIOS-festivalen and Glengfestivalen.

Production

Selected works

• Korinter 13 : For organ, choir and percussion (2016)
• 2014 Overture (2014)
• Four Reasons : For string quartet & soprano (2014)
• Circle of Life (2011)
• RissKiss (2007)
• Tidspunktet (2000)
• Credo eros (1999)
• Arctic Light (1997)
• A Bit of Kilimanjaro : Quartet for Saxophones (1992)

Discography

• Arctic Brass, Burning Ice (2001)

References

External links

• List of works supplied by the National Library of Norway