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Biography
Julian Skar (born in 1981) is a Norwegian composer and multi-media artist.
Career
Skar studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Asbjørn Schaathun, Rolf Wallin and Ivar Frounberg. Skar has also studied composition at the Universität der Künste in Berlin with Professor Daniel Ott and Wolfgang Heiniger, focusing on new technology and music theatre. Skar has also studied piano and composition at the Grieg Academy in Bergen.
Skar’s compositional output includes a number of works within electronic music and music theatre. Since his student days, Skar has maintained an equal footing in the contemporary as well as pop music worlds. This has resulted in a diverse output that includes releases with artists such as Nils Bech and Susanna Wallumrød.
In 2008, Skar founded Ensemble neoN with Jan Martin Smørdal, and is currently the one half of the ensemble’s artistic directorship as well as its in-house composer.
Discography
- Susanna Wallumrød and Ensemble neoN, The Forester (2013)
- Nils Bech, Look Inside (2012)