Kai Grinde Myrann
Kai Grinde Myrann is established as one of his generation's most sought-after conductors. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Norwegian Navy Band, as well as Artistic Director for Ensemble Temporum and Aksiom, two distinguished ensembles for contemporary music. Myrann also does guest appearances with all of the Norwegian professional symphony orchestras and military bands, in addition to several smaller ensembles, bands and choirs.
After graduation from the Norwegian Academy of Music with a Master's Degree in conducting in 2013, he immediately won the positions as Assistant Conductor both in the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Then he held a scholarship in conducting at the Arctic University in Tromsø. From 2021 he is part of Talent Norge's carieer launch programme Opptakt.
Myrann is the artistic director of Aksiom, an nine-man strong ensemble for new music that he co-founded in 2010, and he has lead the ensemble into becoming a sought-after ensemble in the Nordic contemporary music scene. He is also the conductor of Ensemble Temporum, an ensemble founded in 2016 specializing in classic masterpieces of the contemporary music repertoare. Holding a Bachelor's Degree in composition from the Norwegian Academy of Music and Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin, and with his conducting experience, Myrann is a trusted interpreter of contemporary music.
Myrann's discography is recently extended with several releases of contemporary music, and is now comprised of recordings with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Sinfonietta, Nordic Voices, Aksiom, Ensemble neoN and Ensemble Freithoff, and additional releases are in the offing with among others Ensemble Temporum. Several of the recordings are nominated for Spellemannsprisen, for instance “Songs from the Planet of Life” by Helge Iberg, which won the prize in 2019.
In 2014, Myrann finished the Princess Astrid International Music Competition with a place in the semi-final, being the best among the Norwegian cometitors. 2011–2014, Myrann was the Chairman of the Norwegian board of Ung Nordisk Musik, which in 2013 arranged the festival in Oslo, featuring music written by 35 young Nordic participatin
Kai Grinde Myrann is represented by On Stage Management.
Next concert:
Pavilion concerts with Marinemusikken
Time: May 17 – 24 2024
Place: Horten, Telemark and Oslo
