Frode Thorsen

Frode Thorsen studied the recorder and composition at the Bergen Conservatory of Music and The Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm. Since his debut in 1984 he has been internationally active as a soloist and chamber musician, including with Bergen Barokk, which he founded with Hans Knut Sveen in 1994. Frode Thorsen has also worked as a composer, especially with music for theatre and dance. His discography includes several CD recordings with repertoires spanning the Middle Ages, Baroque and Contemporary music which can be found on a number of labels including BIS, Simax Classics, Toccata Classics and LAWO Classics. Frode Thorsen is professor of recorder and early music at the Grieg Academy (University of Bergen).