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This collection of links will grow over time. The world-wide web is an ever growing circle of connexion, and these links are worthy and interesting locations in this huge and growing world of information.

Here is the music academy where I have worked since 1987:

Griegakademiet Institutt for Musikk
in Bergen, Norway

University of Bergen Symphony Orchestra

I have conducted this orchestra regularly since the fall of 2003.

Halldis Rønning

is a former student who is equally at home as a violinist and conductor, having had considerable success lately in the latter category.

Lene Sollesnes Holum

Lene Sollesnes Holum, is another former student of mine. She is very active as a performer and pedagogue and is doing a lot of interesting work in expanding and redefining the received notions about concert presentation, together with like-minded musicians.

Anabel Guaita

A pianist colleague with a very interesting and exciting approach to music making in general.

Brentano Quartet

The web page of the fabulous Brentano Quartet, based in New York. My old friend Misha Amory (we go way back to 1982, when we both played in the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra) is the violist in it.

Guillaume Tardiff

This is the website of Guillaume Tardiff, a good friend and colleague and a fantastic violinist from my generation. He lives and works in Canada, and we are planning to work together in the near future.

Gaius Valerius Catullus

In 2001, in connection with a performance of Carl Orff’s “Catulli Carmina” at the Grieg Academy I translated a number of poems by Catullus into Norwegian. You can find the translations at the link above.

Sofasound

This is the official website of Peter Hammill, one of the musicians who has exerted a very strong influence on me from an early age.

Judge Smith

Judge Smith is one of the two founding members of Van der Graaf Generator. I’ve been working with him on several projects the past two years. A very creative wonderful man. Check the Latest News page for a description of our recent adventures together.

David Jackson

The link to David Jackson's excellent Italian website. He is the legendary Van der Graaf Generator saxophonist, now working almost exclusively on performance projects with the physically and mentally disabled. A wonderful man and musician.

DGM LIVE

This is the website of Discipline Global Mobile (DGM) Live, a company led by Robert Fripp, founding member and guitarist of King Crimson, and another very strong influence.

kether.com

This is the website for Henry Warwick, who designed this website. He is a multi-interdisciplinary artist and professor in the Radio and Television Arts Department at Ryerson University in Toronto. He also keeps an occasional blog Here.

Soundpainting

The web page of Walter Thompson, the creator of Soundpainting. I am a member of the Soundpainting Society and do some of this fascinating stuff from time to time. A small and very unique universe invented and developed by this one man. Step in!

And here are a few links to the pages of some composers that continue to intrigue, ennerve, surprise and fascinate me:

Allan Petersson

(Most of Allan's site is in Swedish, with the occasional English link)

Three absolutely unique and original British composers, very much out ot the beaten track:

http://www.music.mcgill.ca/sorabji/

http://www.havergalbrian.org/

http://www.bluntinstrument.org.uk/foulds/