Tom Ottar Andreassen

Tom Ottar Andreassen is one of the leading flute players of his generation in Scandinavia and is in frequent demand as chamber musician and soloist. He is Co-Principal Flute in Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Flute in the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
  A successful debut concert in Oslo in 1993 with the orchestra under the direction of Antonio Pappano led to numerous appearances as soloist and chamber musician at many Norwegian festivals.
  Andreassen has contributed to a number of recordings of Norwegian contemporary music, including as soloist with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in Yngve Slettholm’s “PossibleSelections” and in “Tractatus” by Arne Nordheim with Oslo Sinfonietta.
  Andreassen has for many years also been Principal Flute in the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and has guested with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra.
  Tom Ottar Andreassen studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he has been Professor since 2009.