Erik Håkon Halvorsen

Erik Håkon Halvorsen is a Bergen based musician and composer. As a musician and producer he has had a long time collaboration with the sápmi (native people of northern Scandinavia) Joik-er/singer Johan Sara jr.

Besides sápmi music he has worked in a variety of genres including Latin-American, African, Jazz and pop, working with artists like Daniel Amaro, Angélic Kidjo, Bergen Big Band, Olav Dale, Helen Eriksen and Sondre Lerche. He has released two albums with Erik Halvorsen trio. The debut-album was warmly welcomed by bbc music.

As a composer he holds a masters degree from The Grieg Academy at the  University of Bergen, and is currently a PhD candidate studying under professor Dániel Péter Biró. Halvorsen is a member of the Norwegian Society of Composers. He has composed acoustic and electroacoustic pieces, and has had collaborations with Kitchen Orchestra, Mean Steel and Ensemble Noor.