Introduction
Kristian Oma Rønnes (1991) started to play the bassoon at the age of 5 (“Fagottino”), and he got his first lessons from his father Prof. ROBERT RØNNES. Autumn 2007 he won the audition for being a participant on the Norwegian Academy of Music’s “Talent Program”, the very same year he also became the Academy’s first guest student as a bassoonist. From 2010-2014 Kristian studied his Bachelors at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Prof. DAG JENSEN. From 2014-2016 he’s studying his Masters with Prof. OLE KRISTIAN DAHL in Germany at “Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Mannheim”. During his masters he was also hospitating to “Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía” in Madrid to study with Prof. KLAUS THUNEMANN. Kristian has also had lessons with bassoonists such as Sergio AZZOLINI, Martin KUUSKMANN, Gustavo NUNEZ, Audun HALVORSEN, several wind players from Berlin Philharmonic, and more.
As a SOLOIST Kristian’s international debut was with Antonín Jiránek’s (1712-1761) Bassoon Concerto no. 3 in F major in Steinfurth (Germany) at the age of 14 (April 9th 2006), with Rogaland Youth Symphony Orchestra from Norway. His most recent international soloistic appearance was with Dana Wilson’s bassoon concerto “Avatar”, which he performed on Feudenheim’s 1250 years anniversary (Germany) 2016. He has also gotten several compositions dedicated to him, which he has premiered. Among the composers are: Federico Maria Sardelli (Italian), Filip Sande(Norwegian), Pablo Queipo de Llano (Spanish), Kohei Kondo (Japanese), Quinn Mason (American), Giorgio Pacchioni (Italian), Robert Rønnes(Norwegian), Sevag Derghougassian (Lebanese), Marcus Paus(Norwegian), Dubravko Žerjal (Croatian), and more.
As an ORCHESTRAL bassoonist Kristian has played with several professional orchestras, among them are The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble, Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester (Germany), Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim (Germany), Kurpfalz Philharmonie (Germany), The Icelandic Opera, and more. Autumn 2016 he had contract as the Principal Bassoonist in South Denmark Philharmonic (Denmark), and right after a contract with Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Beside his bassoon studies Kristian is also productive as a COMPOSER, and his compositions, arrangements and restored works have been published by several different publishers from different nations. Among his publishers are: ”National Library of Norway” (Norway), ”Music House Publishing A/S” (Norway), ”TrevCo Music Publishing” (USA), ”Emerson Edition Ltd” (England), “Trübcher Publishing” (England)and ”Cantando Musikkforlag AS” (Norway).
Education
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The Norwegian Academy of Music
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2010-2014
Bachelor, Bassoon
4 years Bachelor with Prof. Dag Jensen
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Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim
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2014-2017
Master, Bassoon
3 years Master with Prof. Ole Kristian Dahl. (my master got extended to 3 years, since I was having contracts in orchestras in Denmark and Iceland during my masters.)
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Escuela de Música Reina Sofía.
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2016
Hospitant, Bassoon
Hospitated in the class of Prof. Klaus Thunemann for 1 semester.
Experience
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South Denmark Philharmonic ("Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester")
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August - October 2016
Principal Bassoon
Contract for Principal Bassoon, Denmark.
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra
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October - December 2016
Associate Principal Bassoon
Contract for Associate Principal Bassoon, Iceland.
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Iceland Opera
- October - December 2016 Associate Principal Bassoon
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The Norwegian Radio Orchestra
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2014
Substitute
Approved as substitute in The Norwegian Radio Orchestra after winning the audition.
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Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
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2005-2017
Substitute
Approved as substitute in Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (Norway) after winning the audition. Kristian was 14 years old the first time he played with this professional orchestra.
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Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester
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2014-2017
Guest Player
I’ve been a Guest Player in Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester (Germany) several times during my master in Mannheim.
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Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim
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2014-2017
Guest Player
I’ve been a Guest Player in Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim (Germany) several times during my master in Mannheim.
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Kurpfalz Philharmonie
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2017
Guest Player
I’ve been a Guest Player in Kurpfalz Philharmonie (Germany) several times during my master in Mannheim.
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The Norwegian Wind Ensemble
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2014
Bassoonist
Bassoonist with The Norwegian Wind Ensemble.
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Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces
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2013-2014
Associate Principal Bassoon
Associate Principal Bassoon with Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
