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Per Hannevold has been principal bassoon of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since 1979. He was a member of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra from 1974 till 1979. His repertoire includes all of the standard bassoon concerto and chamber music works, and Ruth Bakke’s Illuminations, John Williams’s The Five Sacred Trees, and Jean Françaix’s Concerto. Worldwide appearances include performances in Taiwan, Lithuania, and the Lincoln Center concert honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mr. Hannevold has presented master classes internationally and has served as a juror at bassoon competitions in Finland, France, Lithuania, Latvia, and the U.S. An artist-faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival and School since 1993, Mr. Hannevold is a professor at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen and a member of the Bergen Wind Quintet since 1981. The spring of 2012 he celebrates the 18th anniversary of the Nordic Bassoon Symposium in Bergen. Mr. Hannevold studied in Oslo and Stockholm, and later in the U.S. with Harold Goltzer and Lou Skinner. Mr. Hannevold’s latest CD, the highly acclaimed Music for Per includes Lassen’s Strange Interlude No. 3 in which he imitates rock-guitar riffs, as well as works by David Maslanka and Oivind Westby. He studied conducting with Aldo Ceccato and Sergiu Celibidache.