Bjørn Kruse (born 1946 in London, England) studied at UCLA, California, and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where he taught from 1976. He became Professor of Composition in 1997 and is today Professor Emeritus. His list of works numbers more than 150, from chamber and choral music to larger orchestral works and four operas. In addition to composing and lecturing on fine arts topics, he works with painting, having had his latest major exhibitions at Galleri Albin Upp in Oslo, in 2009 (Chaos and Order) and 2010 (Time and Space). His latest book is Thinking Art – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Applied Aesthetics, released in November 2016.
