Håkon Thelin

Håkon Thelin is a double bass player and composer. He performs with the ensembles Oslo Sinfonietta and POING, and he regularly visits Ensemble Modern and Musikfabrik. In 2011 Thelin received Norway’s highest award for contemporary music, the Spellemann Prize, for the album Light featuring his own compositions. He has a doctorate in artistic research from the Norwegian Academy of Music and now teaches as an associate professor of contemporary music.