Mathilde Grooss Viddal (1969)
(Saxophones, clarinets)
Mathilde Grooss Viddal is an artist whose work goes beyond the boundaries of genre.
Her education in music and composition comes from the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo and the Music Conservatory in Agder. She has also attended Gjøvik Engineering College where she completed training as a television and radio programme engineer.
From 1993–1995, she held the title Regional Musician in Mo i Rana. She has worked as a programme engineer for NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio, NRK Television, and Norsk Filmstudio as. She has been a permanent employee as a saxophone and clarinet teacher at the Bærum School of Music and Culture since 1999 and is also a bass clarinet teacher at the University of Oslo.
In 2003 Grooss Viddal participated at the BIME International Marionette festival in Portugal with a project called, “Musicians and Birds” in cooperation with visual artist Karin Køltzow, sculptor Mette Nissen Melson, and vocalist Marianne Natvig. She and fellow musician Trude Eick have started the duo Eick/Viddal and created their own performance stage for free-improvisational music. In 2006, she received a three-year grant from the Arts Council Norway. Mathilde's homepage
Mathilde Grooss Viddal is an artist whose work goes beyond the boundaries of genre.
Her education in music and composition comes from the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo and the Music Conservatory in Agder. She has also attended Gjøvik Engineering College where she completed training as a television and radio programme engineer.
From 1993–1995, she held the title Regional Musician in Mo i Rana. She has worked as a programme engineer for NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio, NRK Television, and Norsk Filmstudio as. She has been a permanent employee as a saxophone and clarinet teacher at the Bærum School of Music and Culture since 1999 and is also a bass clarinet teacher at the University of Oslo.
In 2003 Grooss Viddal participated at the BIME International Marionette festival in Portugal with a project called, “Musicians and Birds” in cooperation with visual artist Karin Køltzow, sculptor Mette Nissen Melson, and vocalist Marianne Natvig. She and fellow musician Trude Eick have started the duo Eick/Viddal and created their own performance stage for free-improvisational music. In 2006, she received a three-year grant from the Arts Council Norway. Mathilde's homepage
