Sunleif Rasmussen

Sunleif Rasmussen is the foremost Faroese composer of contemporary music. He studied in Norway and then returned to the Faroe Islands as a music teacher and jazz pianist. Rasmussen became familiar with spectral music, which has its roots at IRCAM in Paris, and the work of composers such as Tristan Murail. He has produced a number of works combining electronic and acoustic instruments, some produced in co-operation with DIEM (the Danish Institute for Electro-Acoustic Music).