Håkon Stene
Percussion Tutor
Born in 1977 in Fredrikstad, Norway. Håkon Stene is active internationally as a soloist and chamber musician across multiple genres, initiator and commissioner of new works, recording artist, producer, educator and researcher. His solo and chamber recordings have been awarded the Norwegian Grammy (Spellemann) in the category of contemporary music and “open genre” five times.
He studied in Oslo, Freiburg and San Diego. From 2005–2008, he was selected for the launch program “INTRO” for young soloists by Concerts Norway. As a soloist, he performed with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, London Sinfonietta, Oslo Sinfonietta, 2e2m, Avanti!, Nadar, among others. Furthermore, he plays with ensembles such as asamisimasa (contemporary), Pantha Du Prince (techno), and Nils Økland and Benedicte Maurseth (Folk Impro), including venues and festivals throughout Europe, the U.S., Asia and Australia.
Håkon Stene collaborates with numerous composers across generations and styles. A special interest of his has been the expanded role of the instrumentalist in experimental music. This topic was explored in the research projects “’This is Not a Drum’ – Towards a Post-Instrumental Practice” and the post-doctoral project “Music with the Real” undertaken at the Norwegian Academy of Music from 2010 to 2017. He is a professor of percussion studies at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, and has been co-teaching at the Darmstadt Summer Course’s percussion studio since 2016.