Helge Sunde


Helge Sunde is a Norwegian composer and musician, known for his compositions in contemporary music and jazz for large ensembles and for his works as music arranger for symphony orchestras in collaboration with artists.

Career

Sunde has a diploma in composition from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where he studied under guidance of Olav Anton Thommessen, Bjørn Kruse, Lasse Thoresen and Alfred Janson. His diploma work Festina lente is available on the album Absolute Pling-Plong: Eight ways of making music, performed by the BIT20 Ensemble. During his studies he was awarded "Work of the Year" by NOPA, together with Anneli Drecker and Nils Johansen from the band Bel Canto, for the work "Tierre Obletz". Sunde was awarded the Spellemannprisen 1990 within the band Oslo Groove Company, and was also nominated within Sharp9, as well as within Norske Store Orkester as Sunde also is musical director for.
His compositions has been written for and performed by ensembles like Kringkastingsorkesteret, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Oslo Sinfonietta He has also contributed to the show "Barnas Supershow" on Norwegian television NRK. Sunde collaborates in the Ophelia Orchestra and has contributed to releases by Ole Paus, Motorpsycho and Trygve Seim.

Honors

;With Kringkastingsorkesteret
;With Ensemble Denada
With Eberhard Weber