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Solveig Sørbø

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Solveig Sørbø
Born
Oslo
Notable workLove Theme, Heroin Chic (opera), MusicLab (research project)
StyleClassical, pop
Children3
FatherGunnar Hasle
Websitesolveigsorbo.com

Solveig Sørbø (born 1986)[1] is a Norwegian composer, music producer, performing artist and former librarian and radio journalist.[2]

Music

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Solveig Sørbø scored the music for the 2021 documentary film Hans pluss Liv by Mari Bakke Riise. Her piece Love Theme is inspired by the story and has been released in several versions including ones featuring Catharina Chen[3][4][5] and Ayumi Tanaka. In january 2024 The Norwegian Radio Orchestra performed the piece orchestrated by Henrik Skram during Meloditimen[6] in NRK's Grand Studio.[7] Sørbø also writes chamber music and opera.[8] Fragments from her opera Heroin Chic which she wrote with author and librettist Maria Kjos Fonn was performed in the Fartein Valen hall of Stavanger konserthus in 2022,[9] and in 2024 as part of the four hundredth anniversary of Kvadraturen.[10] The full-length world premiere took place as an opera in concert in Iași on 25 February 2025 to much critical acclaim[11][12][13][14] with Susanna Wolff and Sofia Neacșu in the main roles as the adult and child "Elise" respectively.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Sørbø has also released popular music with her band Pysj.[22][23]

Academic work

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As a librarian at University of Oslo Library Sørbø coinitiated the research concept MusicLab[24] together with professor of music technology Alexander Refsum Jensenius at RITMO. In MusicLab each event is both a concert and an instance for data collection and both music, data and research results are shared openly. MusicLab has collaborated with Danish String Quartet, Abels tårn and The Norwegian Radio Orchestra[25][26] and research output has been published in Music & Science.[27] The collaboration with Danish String Quartet about musical absorption was awarded the prize for "event of the year" by DR.[28][29][30][31]

Radio journalism

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In 2022–2023 Sørbø worked as a radio journalist in NRK. She hosted the shows Musikkfrokost, Sommerfrokost, God formiddag[32] and Levende musikk,[33] and was a researcher and reporter for Arena, Drivkraft and Studio 2. In 2020–2021 Sørbø created the fm radio show and podcast Solveigs Speisa Musikk[34] at RadiOrakel.[35] The show, which received funding from Medietilsynet, focussed on underground music and musicology, and Norsk Lokalradioforbund nominated Sørbø for Prix Radio as host of the year i both musical- and verbal radio.[36] Sørbø has freelanced for ULTIMA Oslo Contemporary Music Festival as a hostess and sound editor, and produced a radio portrait of Raven Chacon which was broadcast on Stegi radio.[37][38]

Family

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Sørbø is the daughter of physician and zoologist Gunnar Hasle, sister of opera singer Susanna Wolff and actress and singer in Klossmajor Maja Sørbø,[39] and mother of memory athlete and Norwegian champion of Pi memorization[40] Penelope Sørbø.[41]

References

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  1. ^ "Solveig Sørbø - 1 roller i norsk næringsliv" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Solveig Sørbø". 27 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ^ 2022-09-01T08:15:00+01:00. "'Her Strad sounded like a husky voice with a rich timbre': composer Solveig Sørbø". The Strad. Retrieved 15 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Nordal, Ola (14 September 2022). "Spillelistevennlig trombone, en emo Mozart (17) – og ei plate der musikken står bom stille • ballade.no" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ^ Red, Ola Nordal,- (12 October 2022). "Så mange nye, norske innspillinger: Ballade klassisk oppsummerer • ballade.no" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Heyerdahl, Jan Fredrik (13 June 2023). "Meloditimen med KORK" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  7. ^ "30. november 2024 - Meloditimen med KORK" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  8. ^ "NTT: Fra det indieklassiske univers" (in Norwegian Bokmål). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Interactions - Integrations | Composer-in-Residence | Fartein Valen Hall". 4 August 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Oslo Operafestival – OPERAVANDRING I KVADRATUREN (FULLT)" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Heroin Chic - Music | Classix Festival | Județul Iași". 13 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Portrett: Mer enn mørkets fyrstinne" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  13. ^ Ramm, Benedicte (4 December 2024). "(+) Kunne møte 70-åring i leopardtanga på gangen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Heroin Chic, Classix Festival, febbraio 25 2025, Iași, Romania | Guarda online". Operabase (in Italian). 25 February 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  15. ^ "AUDIO. Interviu cu compozitoarea norvegiană Solveig Sørbø". Radio România Muzical. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  16. ^ dvlad (26 February 2025). "Classix Festival 2025: Premiera absolută a operei Heroin Chic de Solveig Sørbø (25 februarie)". Radio Iaşi – Cel mai ascultat radio regional - știri, muzică și evenimente (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  17. ^ Video - Classix Festival 2025: Cinci solişti de operă au pus în scenă un spectacol inspirat de romanul unei scriitoare norvegiene (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 June 2025 – via stirileprotv.ro.
  18. ^ "Spectacolul Heroin Chic. Interviu cu Solveig Sørbø". zilesinopti.ro (in Romanian). 3 March 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  19. ^ Dugstad, Kristian (7 March 2025). "Komponist Solveig Sørbø har laget opera av suksessroman". TONO (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  20. ^ ""Heroin Chic" – Operă în concert (Primă audiție absolută la CLASSIX 2025) – cronică semnată de Ana Cușnir, anul III Muzicologie – Revista Arta". Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  21. ^ Garlea, Mihaela (14 March 2025). "SOFIA ELENA NEACȘU, 13 ANI – CEA MAI TÂNĂRĂ STEA DIN CLASSIX FESTIVAL 2025". Migalo (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  22. ^ "PYSJ". 15 March 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  23. ^ "Pysj". Spotify (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  24. ^ "MusicLab". Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  25. ^ "ABELS KORK - Verdens største(?) musikkeksperiment (1:3) - Abels tårn" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  26. ^ Heyerdahl, Jan Fredrik (23 December 2023). "Abels KORK" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  27. ^ Høffding, Simon; Hansen, Niels Chr.; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (1 September 2024). "Music Research "in the Wild" – Introducing the MusicLab Copenhagen Special Collection". Music & Science. 7: 20592043241294161. doi:10.1177/20592043241294161. ISSN 2059-2043.
  28. ^ ARJ (6 February 2022). "MusicLab receives Danish P2 Prisen". Alexander Refsum Jensenius. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  29. ^ "P2 har uddelt sine priser: Musikalsk teenager blev P2's talent". DR (in Danish). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  30. ^ Kleveland, Guro (3 February 2022). "Dansk-norsk musikksamarbeid kåret til Årets begivenhet av Danmarks Radios P2 • ballade.no" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  31. ^ "MusicLab Copenhagen får Danmarks Radios P2-pris". Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  32. ^ "27. april 2023" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  33. ^ "Harpemyter og -mysterier - Levende musikk" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  34. ^ "Solveigs Speisa Musikk". Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  35. ^ "Solveigs Speisa Musikk". Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  36. ^ "Her er de nominerte fra lokalradio 2021" (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  37. ^ "Ultima presenterer Raven Chacon på Stegi Radio • ultima • oslo contemporary music festival". Ultima Contemporary Music Festival. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  38. ^ "stegi.radio | Onassis Stegi". Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  39. ^ Vinger, Audun (8 November 2024). "(+) Klossmajor slår ut i ny blomst" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  40. ^ Bogen, Annika Celin (23 September 2023). "Penelope (16) har satt norgesrekord i å huske tall" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  41. ^ "Pi World Ranking List". www.pi-world-ranking-list.com. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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