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Helge Iberg

Born: 27th March 1954, Skien, Norway

Nationality: Norwegian

Helge Iberg is a Norwegian contemporary composer. Iberg studied musicology, history of ideas and religious studies at the University of Oslo under the tutorship of composers Olav Anton Thommessen and Ragnar Søderlind.

As a composer, Iberg has made the transition from jazz to contemporary orchestral music. Iberg’s works have been commissioned and performed by several of Norway’s major symphony orchestras, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and the Oslo Chamber Music Festival.

Iberg is a recipient of a Prix Italia Work of the Year Award for his opera Det ondes problem (1990) as well as nominations to the Edvardprisen and the Spellemannprisen – the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy. Iberg has composed concertos for pianist Christian Ihle Hadland, trumpeter Ole Edvard Antonsen as well as violinists Terje Tønnesen and Atle Sponberg.

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