Knut Olaf Sunde

Norway °1976
research interests: site-oriented music, site responsive practices, site-specificity, soundscape, synthesized material, Place and time, Durational performance
affiliation: Norwegian Academy of Music / Norwegian Artistic Research Programme
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Knut Olaf Sunde is a composer working with conceptual and site-oriented music, extended duration and immersive musical situations. His artistic PhD project Site Awareness In Music – recontextualizing a sensation of another place (Norwegian Academy of Music 2020) explores how context and site influence our perception and interpretation of music. Sunde often combines prerecorded acoustical instruments with processed, synthesized material and soundscapes. He is educated in Oslo and Gothenburg.


Profile photo: Henrik Beck Kæmpe