Tanja Orning is a cellist active in the fields of contemporary and experimental music. After studies in Oslo, in London with William Pleeth and at Indiana University with János Starker (as a Fulbright Research Fellow), she held the position as co-principal cellist in the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra for 5 years until she left for Oslo in order to realise a number of projects as a performer, improviser and composer. She performs with groups such as asamisimasa, BOA trio, Dr.Ox as…
Tanja Orning is a cellist active in the fields of contemporary and experimental music. After studies in Oslo, in London with William Pleeth and at Indiana University with János Starker (as a Fulbright Research Fellow), she held the position as co-principal cellist in the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra for 5 years until she left for Oslo in order to realise a number of projects as a performer, improviser and composer. She performs with groups such as asamisimasa, BOA trio, Dr.Ox as well as her solo-project Cellotronics. She has premiered approx. 80 chamber music- and solo works, and has performed at festivals such as Darmstadt, Donaueschingen, HCMF, Ultima, Ultraschall, Wien Modern, Taktlos (Zürich) and Portland Jazzfestival. Since earning her PhD at the Norwegian Academy of Music in contemporary performance practice (2014), Orning works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, and teaches contemporary music at the Norwegian Academy of Music, besides being an active performer.
July 2015