Photo: Charlotte Wiig.
Areas of Expertise
- Edvard Grieg
- History of music theory
- Music theory pedagogy
- Norwegian music history
- Music analysis
Education
- PhD in Music Research (Music Education), Norwegian Academy of Music, 2022
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Oslo, 2019
- MM in Music Theory, Norwegian Academy of Music, 2018
- BA in Musicology, University of Oslo, 2016
Professional Experience
- 01/2026–present: Associate Professor of Music History, Norwegian Academy of Music
- 07/2025–12/2025: Senior Lecturer in Music Theory, Mälardalen University
- 08/2024–06/2025: Lecturer in Music Theory, Mälardalen University
- 08/2022–07/2024: Researcher and Project Manager for the Norwegian Academy of Music History Project, Norwegian Academy of Music
- 09/2019–07/2022: Doctoral Research Fellow, Norwegian Academy of Music
Selected Publications
- ‘On Music Theory in Eighteenth-Century Norway: Johan Daniel Berlin’s Musicaliske Elementer (1744) and the Transfer of Theory’. Eighteenth-Century Music 22/ii (2025), 199–220.
- ‘Ernst Friedrich Richter and the Birth of Modern Music Theory Pedagogy’. Music Theory Online 30/iii (2024).
- Høyere musikkutdanning: Historiske perspektiver (co-edited with Ø. Varkøy & E. M. Stabell). Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2023.
- ‘Music Theory Pedagogy in the Nineteenth Century: Comparing Traditions of Three European Conservatories’. Journal of Music Theory 66/i (2022), 63–91.
- Harmony in Conservatoire Education: A Study in the History of Music Theory in Norway (PhD dissertation, monograph). Norwegian Academy of Music, 2022.
- ‘Schematic Deformation: Systematic Linearity in Grieg’s “Takk” and Other Lyric Pieces’. Music Analysis 40/ii (2021), 227–252.
- ‘To symfonier og et mysterium: Om formbehandlingen i de første symfonisatsene til Grieg og Svendsen’. Studia Musicologica Norvegica 46 (2020), 41–60.
- ‘Edvard Griegs øvelser i harmonilære og kontrapunkt’. Studia Musicologica Norvegica 44 (2018), 57–78.
Publications
- Trolls, Norwegian Identity, and the Musical Uncanny: Agathe Backer Grøndahl’s I Blaafjellet, Op. 44 2025
- Backer Grøndahl’s ‘Great Troll’: A Challenge to Griegian Troll Music 2025
- On Music Theory in Eighteenth-Century Norway: Johan Daniel Berlin’s Musicaliske Elementer (1744) and the Transfer of Theory 2025
- Dansk musikteori og dens ophav 2024
- On Aesthetic Value Judgements in Norwegian Music Theory 2024
- A Piece of Poetry? Agathe Backer Grøndahl’s “Sérénade” 2024
- A guide to understanding the first things about music: Johan Daniel Berlin and the first Scandinavian theory textbook (1744) 2024
- Learning from history: On music theory and value judgement 2024
- Norges musikkhøgskoles historieprosjekt: Sluttrapport 2024
- NMH50: Historieprosjektet 2024
