Dagfinn Koch

Who is Dagfinn Koch?

Dagfinn Koch is a musician.

He studied at the State Academy of music, and at Hochschule der Künste Berlin.

He has been freelancing since 1994, and has written music for orchestra, chamber and theatre music, opera, ballet and fine art installations. Besides that has he worked as an arranger for amongst others Finn Coren and Lucifer Was. He has been a member of the Oslo Philharmonic program committee and a member of the board in the Composers society and in the evaluation committee of TONO.

Dagfinn has lived in Oslo since 2005, and in Germany for 13 years. In addition to composition, he has worked in a youth club, as a teacher in a music school in Oslo, Bærum and Bergen, as a music copyist and engraver, and as a sound engineer. He has received several scholarships from TONO and was granted a two year scholarship from the Norwegian Ministry for Cultural Affairs in 2006. He was accepted as a member of the Composers society in 1991.