Awards

2018 The Lindeman Composer Prize (Lindemanprisen)

2017 Norwegian Emmy for Composer of the Year (Spellemannprisen – Årets komponist) for the album “Chronotope” (Lawo Classics LWC1129)

2016 The Norwegian Music Publishers’ Award, Work of the Year in the category classical/contemporary music, for “Chronotope”

2010 Work of the Year – Jury’ Special Prize, for “Timaios”, awarded by The Norwegian Society for Composers and Lyricists (NOPA)

1990 The City of Oslo Culture Scholarship

1996 The vocal group Christiania Camerata awarded 1st prize in the category contemporary music, with the work “Vanitas” at the Tolosa Choir Festival, Spain

1995 Best work for stage, for “Tvilling” (Beate Grimsrud/Ketil Skøyen/Bjørn Kruse), at the International Festival for Experimental Theatre in Cairo, Egypt.

1992 Work of the Year, for “Saxophone Concerto”, awarded by The Norwegian Society for Composers and Lyricists (NOPA)

1987 Work of the Year, for the opera musical “Adam” (libretto: Philip Kruse), awarded by The Norwegian Society for Composers and Lyricists (NOPA)

1985 Bærum kommunes kulturpris

1984 Work of the Year, for “Jubilate”, awarded by The Norwegian Society for Composers and Lyricists (NOPA)

1983 Fernes Opern Preis der Stadt Salzburg, for the NRK TV opera “A Game of Chess” (libretto: Arild Feldborg, directed by Veselina Manolova)