Kristine Tjøgersen’s (*1982 in Oslo, Norway) compositional practice is characterized by curiosity, imagination, humor and precision. Through her work, she creates unexpected auditory situations through playing with tradition. She has a special interest in the interplay between the visual and the auditory and how they affect each other.

Nature in motion and process is often reflected in her works, and collaboration with researchers and biologists is for her a source of new sound and scenic ideas that allows her to incorporate organic forms into the music. As Tjøgersen puts it: »By giving nature a voice in the concert hall, I want the audience to get to know valuable forms of life, and to raise awareness of what can be lost if humans continue to change nature.«

Tjøgersen studied the clarinet from the Norwegian Academy of Music. She then pursued a master’s in composition from Anton Bruckner Universität in Linz, Austria. Her works have been performed by Ensemble Recherche, Klangforum Wien, SWR and WDR Symphonieorchester, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as at festivals including ECLAT, Ultraschall, Wien Modern and others.

In 2020 she received Norway’s top composer award, the Arne Nordheim Prize. In 2021, she was awarded Work of the Year from the Norwegian Society of Composers for her Piano Concerto. Her work »Between Trees« was the selected work of the 2022 International Rostrum of Composers in Palermo and won the Coup de Coeur des Jeunes Mélomanes from Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco in 2023. 2025 saw Tjøgersen honored with a Composer Prize from the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.