Bjørnar Habbestad

Flutist educated in Bergen, London and Amsterdam. Works as a soloist, chamber and ensemble musician in Scandinavia, Europe, Asia and the US, covering musical grounds from classical contemporary to noise, electro-acoustic and free improvised music. Habbestad has collaborated with a a range of composers in both the acoustic and electroacoustic domain and is responsible for the Norwegian premieres of works by Sciarrino, Ferneyhough, Nono and others. Recent activity includes a commision for the opening of the Borealisfestival with Pascal Baltazar (FR), the solo part in Luigi Nono`s epic work "IO - frammento dal prometeo" at the Bergen Festival and a collaboration with Berlin based percussionist Burkhardt Beins. Habbestad is a founding member of the N-Collective, Artistic Director of +3DB records and a co-curator at Lydgalleriet, a Bergen based gallery for sound art.