ITEC 2001 Artists

Tormod Flaten was born in Oslo, Norway in 1975. He grew up in the small village Vestre Slidre playing euphonium in the local school band. He moved to Bergen on the west coast of Norway in 1994, and is the principal euphonium player with the top Norwegian brass band, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag. Flaten has studied euphonium with Kim Lofthouse and Grethe Tonheim at the Bergen Music Conservatoire, gaining the highest possible marks. He has also taken classes in trombone and arranging/composing and will earn his Bachelor of Music degree this spring.

Tormod Flaten has entered solo contests with numeral successes such as: Winning the Norwegian Solo Championship for Wind Instruments in 1996, 3rd prize in the 1st European Solo Competition for Brass Instruments in Munich-99 and 2nd prize in the RNCM International Tuba Euphonium Festival in Manchester-00.

Flaten has had several pieces written for him, and his repertoire list includes a wide range of pieces and genres. He is regularly featured as a soloist with his own band, other wind and brass bands and in recitals with piano. He plays frequently with the professional military bands, and has performed with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra on different occasions, including Holst's "The Planets". Besides playing the euphonium, he teaches private students, conducts bands and works as a brass instructor all around the Bergen area.