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Kristian Skaarbrevik

Kristian Skaarbrevik, originally from the west coast city Aalesund, is a guitarist and composer based in Oslo. His music explores encounters between various shades of rock guitar, classical music, improvisation and electronic music. Skaarbrevik grew up in a musical world filled with Kiss cassettes and punk vinyl records. His first conscious encounter with classical music was when he as a child received a tape with the film music of “2001 " A Space Odyssey”, with various composers such as Ligeti. Since he picked up the guitar for the first time, he has improvised and composed music. Skaarbrevik's works and musicianship often involves usage of music technology, graphic and traditional scores and social environments. Skaarbrevik has a Bachelor degree from Berklee College of Music, Boston, where he besides studies in composition and music technology studied guitar with Mick Goodrich