Geir Johnson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Geir Johnson
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Jun 13, 1953(1953-06-13)
Age	71
Birthplace	Fredrikstad
Country	Norway
Birth City	Østfold
Horoscope	Gemini

Geir Johnson Biography

Geir Johnson is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on June 13, 1953 in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway.

Geir Johnson has been active in the field of concert planning and management, first from the early 1980s at the Henie-Onstad Arts Centre in Oslo, later by establishing the BIT 20 Ensemble and the Music Factory festival in Bergen. In the early 1990s he was one of the founders of the contemporary music theatre company Opera Vest in Bergen, today named The Bergen National Opera, financed over the budget of the Ministry of Culture (Norway). From 1989 to 1995 he was President of Ny Musikk, the Norwegian section of ISCM, during which period the organization was also host to the ISCM World Music Days in 1990. From 1998-2009 he was in charge as Artistic and Managing Director of the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, of which he was also one of the founders. As part of this work he has also planned and co-developed music projects in many European countries, as one of the founding members of the festival network Réseau Varèse in 1999.

Johnson studied musicology, philosophy and social sciences at the University of Oslo and University of Bergen, receiving his Ph.D. in 1983. He was visiting scholar at the CCRMA, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University in 1988-89, and was invited as visiting composer to the Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy, in 2010. As a composer he is largely autodidact, having written more than 60 works for various ensembles, soloists and occasions.

Geir Johnson Net Worth

Geir Johnson is one of the richest Composer from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Geir Johnson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Geir Johnson (born 1953), is a composer, writer and initiator of culture projects living at Nesodden outside Oslo. He was born in Fredrikstad, and received his first musical training as a soprano soloist in boys’ choirs in Oslo, followed by music training in piano and singing, as well as choral conducting studies with Knut Nystedt. His own performance career spans from many years of choral conducting, via a short career as singer and keyboard player in a rock band, to performance artist in a multi-artist collective titled The TRASH Ensemble.

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2015 saw Johnson editing the book Viet Nam Overtures, a collection of articles covering the history and development of Transposition.

Facts & Trivia

Mode Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Geir Johnson celebrates birthday on June 13 of every year.