Anniken Paulsen

Anniken Paulsen  (born 28 April 1955 in Greåker) is a Norwegian contemporary composer and pianist.

Career
Paulsen studied piano with Reimar Riefling and at the Østlandets Musikkonservatorium (today the Norwegian Academy of Music), specializing as a soloist. Her debut as a pianist came in 1980 with a full-night concert featuring works by Franz Liszt, Arnold Schoenberg, Robert Schumann, Anton Webern, and Maurice Ravel. Later, Paulsen studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Selected works

 * Korinter 13 : For organ, choir and percussion (2016)
 * 2014 Overture (2014)
 * Four Reasons : For string quartet & soprano (2014)
 * Circle of Life (2011)
 * RissKiss (2007)
 * Tidspunktet (2000)
 * Credo eros (1999)
 * Arctic Light (1997)
 * A Bit of Kilimanjaro : Quartet for Saxophones (1992)

Discography

 * Arctic Brass, Burning Ice (2001)