TERJE VIKEN
percussionist and composer
Biography
Ever since my early teenage years I dreamt of playing in a large symphony orchestra. In 1991 I became principal percussionist in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and this started my journey as a musician. The great classics - Beethoven, Shostakovich, Mahler - among other composers of great substance, are still just as amazing and important to me today in my current job as co-principal percussionist of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, where I have been for the last 22 years.
I enjoy playing chamber music, have performed as soloist with multiple orchestras and participated in a number of festivals. Every year I teach at summer courses with The Norwegian National Youth Orchestra.
As a teenager and later as a student at the Norwegian Academy of Music, I discovered contemporary music. Several composers made a huge impression on me, inspiring my own compositional creativity. My activities as a composer have flourished in recent years with new pieces of mine performed by great musicians and published by Norsk Musikkforlag.
I still get goosebumps almost every week at work. Being involved in music on a daily basis - playing, composing and listening – makes my life rich and colourful.
List of works
"Movements II" 2019
for two percussion players
( written for PERCelleh )
"Fragments from Cold" 2019
for flute and electronics
( written for Helen Benson - WP 15/3 2019 )
"Reverberations" 2019
for percussion trio and electronics
( Written for Bathos Trio - WP 16/6 2019 )
«Triplex I»
for clarinet
( written for Lars Hilde performed at UNM, Copenhagen 1996 - published at Nasjonalbiblioteket / nb.no )
«Glimpses»
for flute og percussion
(written for Peter Kates og Ingela Øien, perfomed at Ultima Festival )
«Shadow to Shadow»
for timpani, gongs, bells and electronics
( written for Tom Vissgren and published by Norsk Musikkforlag )
«Shadow to Shadow II»
for timpani, gongs and bells
( published by Norsk Musikkforlag )
«Canzona«
for double bass
( published by Norsk Musikkforlag written for Dan Styffe and performed at Bayerische Basstage in October 2018 )
«5 Pieces»
for double bass
( published at Norsk Musikkforlag and recorded by Dan Styffe on his CD «Postcards from Oslo» ( Prima Facia ) )
«Movements»
for 4 percussionists and electronics
(written for the Oslo Philharmonic Percussion Ensemble )
«Three Etudes»
for timpani
( published at Nasjonalbiblioteket / nb.no )
«Elements A-B-C« electronic noises
( for photo exhibition DOK : 18 in Fredrikstad, May 2018 )
News
November 23 : concert including my piece "Fragments from Cold" for flute and electronics
and check this out: https://soundcloud.com/user-483739682
2019
"Triplex I" for clarinet ( published at Nasjonalbiblioteket /
)
"Three Pieces" for timpani
( published at Nasjonalbiblioteket )
March 15 : " Fragments from Cold " for flute(s) and electronics ( performed by Helen Benson at Sentralen, Oslo )
June 2019 : new piece for percussion trio Bathos
August 8 -11 : "movements II" for PERCelleh ( at Rosendal Chamber Music Festival )
2018
August 25 : "Shadow to Shadow" ( performed by Rune Halvorsen at Kammerfest i Østfold )
October 27 : "Canzona" for double bass ( world premiere by Dan Styffe at Bavarian Bassdays )
Contact
+47 922 87 133