list of works.
2024.
2023.
2022.
2021.
2020.
2019.
2018.
2017.
2016.
2015.
2014.
- Vi (3') - for actor and double bass, commissioned by Marius Kolbenstvedt on the poem by Ghayath Amaldhoun (premiered at the HUMAN festival in March 2024)
- nara (75') - chamber opera in collaboration with librettist Linda Gabrielsen, premiere at Borealis festival March 2025 in Bergen, Norway and Greek premiere at Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Athens, Greece
- välillä (15') - for organ, piano and brass quintet, commissioned by Nynorsk messingkvintett, premiere in autumn 2024
- over terskelen (høyre fot) (20') - for countertenor and Pierrot ensemble, commissioned by LUXensemble, premiere in late 2024, in Helsinki, Finland.
2023.
- hortensia (15') - for octet, written for Ensemble Phoenix Basel (CH) as part of the Trabant project
- toisin kuin sinä (20') - concerto for percussion, accordion and string orchestra, premiere on October 28, 2023 in Tallinn, Estonia. Written for Jennifer Torrence and Momir Novakovic. Second performance on April 26, 2024 at OnlyConnect festival in Oslo Norway.
- vihik (m) (12') - for saxophone quartet, commissioned by JÓR quartet (DK/NO/SE)
- The Altersea Opera (Fragments for Lap-See Lam) (60') - music for Lap-See Lam and Kholod Hawash's exhibition in the Nordic Pavilion of Venice Biennale 2024, commissioned by Asrin Haidari and Moderna museet.
- You are the secret (3', excerpt) - miniature music theatre work for quintet and two voices, written for Tacet(i) Ensemble and friends, with libretto by Evelyn Jean Pine
- i beinet, der bønner rødmer (16') - for orchestra
2022.
- cómo sangre la galopa (2'30") - based on Concha Méndez's text of the same name for alto voice and tenor saxophone (Premiere on June 21, 2022, Fentener van Vlisslingenzaal, Utrecht, Netherlands; featuring Annely Leinberg and Kristel Marand)
- söpöhöpö (7') - for mezzo-soprano, percussion, electric piano, viola and cello (Premiere on December 23, 2022, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre by Tacet(i) Ensemble)
- Det här är ögonblicket (30') - boutique opera for two soprano voices and two accordions (Premiere in summer 2023 as part of the festival Helsingin oopperakesä in Helsinki, Finland)
2021.
- Stabat Mater (50') - based on Pergolesi's original work and co-composed with Maja Linderoth, for soprano, countertenor, brass quintet and electronics (Premiered August 2021: Oslo, Norway, written for Nynorsk Messingkvintett Marie van Luijk and Sean Bell)
- jos se haihtuisi savuna (9') - for string orchestra (Premiere August 2022 as part of UNM Festival, Reykjavik)
- vihik (i) (15') - for electric string quartet (Premiered October 2021: Gdansk, Poland, written for NeoQuartet)
- Intermezzi (20') - for six voices (Premiere 2022: Oslo, Norway, written for Nordic Voices with texts by Linda Gabrielsen)
- vihik (j) (9') - for brass quintet (Premiere August 2021: Leksand, Sweden)
- vihik (g) (~14') - for accordion and string quartet (Premiered July 6th, 2022, Fribourg, Switzerland, by Teodoro Anzellotti and Sine Nomine Quartet; broadcasted on Radio Suisse)
- luft.õhk.ilma (~7') - for flute, clarinet in B-flat, alto saxophone, trombone and balloons (Premiered December 16th, 2021)
2020.
- vihik (f) (7'30") - for soprano and harpsichord (Premiered on 2nd September, 2020: Tallinn, Estonia)
- det blåser en kald vind (8'30") - for saxophone dectet with texts by Linda Gabrielsen (Premiered in April 2020 by Nordic Saxophone Collective on Faroe Islands and in Aarhus, Denmark)
- minn(i)e - chamber opera for 5 singers, 5 accordions and improv. guitarist with texts by Linda Gabrielsen, Maarja Kangro and Chapman Chen (Premiered on October 20th, 2020: Sakala3 Theatre, Tallinn, Estonia)
- vihik (h) (7') - for mezzo-soprano, cello and 3 guests
- shulammite (g) (10') - for solo violin (Premiered April 18, 2021: St. Petersburg, Russia)
2019.
- vihik (c) (10') - for mezzo-soprano voice and orchestra (Premiered on May 15, 2019: Metodisti kirik, Tallinn, Estonia by Nele Erastus and the EAMT symphony orchestra)
- hvorfor pusen? (20') - operetta for 3 voices and chamber ensemble with a libretto by Linda Gabrielsen (Premiered on September 18, 2019: Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China under Shanghai New Music Week)
- vihik (d) (8'30) - trilingual work for SA choir
- ukse taha (9') - for mixed ensemble (Premiered on 25th January 2020, Boswil and Basel, Switzerland)
- vihik (e) (7'30) - for reed quintet, subtitled "fem spørsmål stilles om Ekeberg"
2018.
- natt-öö-夜 (36') - for soprano, harp and accordion (Premiered on May 31st, 2018: Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia by Elisabeth Hetherington, Liis Viira and Matti Pulkki)
- støy og støv (3') - for bass recorder, violin, bass viol, harpsichord and white noise (Premiered on June 29, 2018: Porvoo, Finland with members of the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra)
- Gjennom garden: memoratorium for manne- og guttestemmer (45') - (Premiere in Autumn 2021, commissioned by and co-created with Marius Kolbenstvedt, performed by Frank Havrøy, Eirik Raude and Sølvguttene)
- messe norvégien profane (16') - for brass quintet and countertenor (Premiere June 9th, 2019 by Nynorsk messingkvintett and Sean Bell at Jakob kirke, Oslo, Norway)
- vihik (a) (5') - for string quartet (Premiered on 1st of February, 2019: Spadina Theatre, Toronto, Canada by the Rolston String Quartet)
- isjoriske forsteder (35') - for soprano and electronics or chamber ensemble (Premiere May 2nd, 2019 at Rahvusraamatukogu, Tallinn, Estonia by Elisabeth Hetherington and Hans-Gunter Lock)
- vihik (b) / shulammite (e) (10') - for flute, violin, cello and piano (Premiere March 29th, 2019 in Nynorskens hus, Oslo and April 7th, 2019 in St. Petersburg by MolOt ensemble)
- Codex Osloënsis (14') - for violin, cello, audience volunteer and actor (Premiere on March 31st, 2019 in St. Petersburg by [instead] ensemble and friends)
- kj/ærlige ord (3') - for 3 voices and ensemble (Premiered by Orkest de ereprijs March 2nd, 2019 at Gigant, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands)
2017.
- 23.27 (70') - for storyteller and accordion (Premiered on March 23rd, 2017 and repeated performance on March 26th, 2017: Sentralen, Oslo, Norway at the Norwegian Storytelling Festival by Heidi Dahlsveen and Andreas Angell)
- Utreise (12') - for storyteller and accordion (Premiered on March 24th, 2017: Jakob kirke, Oslo, Norway by Oda Aunan and Andreas Angell)
- shulammite (c) (11') - for violin, cello and piano (Commissioned by Land's End Trio, Alberta, Canada, premiered in February 2019 at Rosza Centre, Calgary, Canada)
- [jeg gir faen i magnoliaen?!] (18') - opera scene with text by Linda Gabrielsen, for soprano, baritone, 2 accordions, cello and lights (Premiere on September 16th, 2017: Oslo National Art Academy, as a part of the Ultima Festival)
- vev.myriade (12') - for violin, hardingfele and ensemble (written for Ensemble +47, premiere September 2018)
- shulammite (d) (8') - for violin, cello and piano (written for MolOt Ensemble in St. Petersburg, Russia, premiered on November 26th, 2017: Repin Institute for the Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia; second performance on April 11th at the Philharmonic Hall of Novosibirsk)
- tusenfryd som et grøntlys (15') - for accordion (written for Matti Pulkki, premiered on January 11, 2018 at Musiikitalo in Helsinki, Finland)
- ring dem som (sk)river postkort og si at blekket har tørket (10') - for solo cor anglais, solo violin and mixed ensemble (written for Ukho Ensemble in Kiev, Ukraine, premiered in Kiev, March 2018 under the baton of Luigi Gaggero)
2016.
- hør på.../聽... (ca. 12') - for guzheng (Premiered on May 31st, 2017: Deichmanske bibliotek (Schous plass), Oslo, Norway by Honghong Zheng)
- Formal Procedures (10'01") - for two alto saxophones (Premiere due on August 13, 2016: Oslo, Norway by Decho Ensemble (US))
- Tune Jejune (7'30") - for symphony orchestra (Rehearsed on March 21 and April 22, 2016: Olavshallen, Trondheim, Norway)
- they combed their hair all the same even after Babel fell (et al.) (15') - for cor anglais, bass clarinet, horn and 12 string instruments
- leier.租客.tenant (alt. leier.johak.tenant) (40') - musical theatre for 3 voices, flute, cor anglais, bass clarinet, horn, 2 violas, cello, bass and harp (Partially premiered on May 31st, 2017: Deichmanske bibliotek (Schous plass), Oslo, Norway)
- shulammite (a) (5'30") - for piano trio (Premiered on May 23, 2016: Vilnius, Lithuania by Thirty Fingers Ensemble; Second Performance on June 4, 2016: Gallery 345, Toronto, Canada; Third Performance on March 28, 2017 by Land's End Ensemble for its 17th annual composition competition: Calgary, Canada).
- å ha et rom mellom mine negler (8') - for accordion and string trio (Premiered on July 30, 2016: Palendriai, Lithuania)
- fold min ryggrad pent om jeg dukker i betong (8'30") - for 2 violas, 2 harps and prepared piano (Premiered on October 26, 2016: Oslo, Norway, Levinsalen)
- utrolig varmt vann (4') - for solo accordion (Premiered on July 30, 2016:Palendriai, Lithuania)
- shulammite (b) (6') - for viola, cello and piano (Premiered on March 22, 2017: Jakob kirke, Oslo, Norway)
- så når han kommer (14')- for countertenor, brass quintet and tape (Premiered on June 11th, 2017: Oslo, Norway and again in Bergen, Norway in September 2017; commissioned by Nynorsk messingkvintett and Sean Bell)
2015.
- Klaverkvintett (11'30") - for piano quintet (Premiered on May 18, 2015, Levinsalen, Oslo, Norway; Second Performance on June 4, 2016, Gallery 345, Toronto, Canada)
- basic.music (9') - for flute, alto saxophone, and accordion
- å trøste (10') - for one player on multiple recorders (Premiered on December 12, 2015, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo, Norway)
2014.
- Xerxine, Wendelle and Myrtl (15')- an operetta (Text: Chris Gilmore) (Premiered on March 21, 2014 at Array Space, Toronto, Canada)
- Canadian Love Songs (35') - for baritone voice solo, cor anglais, double bass, harpsichord and piano
- Empress Lu and Madame Qi (5'30") - for erhu, zheng and piano (Premiered on March 19, 2014; University of Toronto)
- Sepsis (2'30") - for piccolo, cor anglais, bass clarinet and string trio
- one day, i left behind the skeletons within these walls (9') - for erhu, two spoken voices and piano (Co-Premiered on November 12, 2014 at Hart House, Toronto, Canada and Levinsalen, Oslo, Norway)
- ingest thrice, as prescribed: (15') - concerto for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra (Premiered on September 5, 2015: Helsinki Conservatory, Helsinki, Finland)
- Portraits of a Fingernail (9') - for two percussionists and harp (Premiered on January 22, 2015 at Kulturhuset, Oslo, Norway)