Karsten Brustad


Karsten Brustad is a Norwegian contemporary composer and guitarist.
Brustad studied classical guitar in the first half of the 80s at the Buskerud og Østlandets Musikkonservatorium. He has been tutored in composition on an individual level, and has been active as a composer for the last two decades.
Brustad has written works for orchestra, choir, chamber ensembles as well as solo instruments. He has composed a number of electro-acoustic works for other art forms, TV, video and theatre. Through his career, Brustad has also focused on integrating electronics with acoustic instruments. A number of Brustads pieces have been released on CD and he has received a series of commissions and grants for his work.
In partnership with his wife Kari Beate Tandberg, Brustad has composed works for the sculptures that constitute the Artscape Nordland project.

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Selected works