Kent Olofsson
Composer
Kent Olofsson (1962) is a composer with an extensive artistic output of over 180 works that span a broad field of genres, ensemble types and contexts including music for orchestra, chamber music, electroacoustic music, music theatre, radio plays, rock music, music for baroque instruments and works for dance performances and installations. Since 2009 he is collaborating with Swedish theatre group Teatr Weimar. Their productions have been widely recognized also internationally with performances as "Hamlet II: Exit Ghost", "A Language at War" and "Arrival Cities: Hanoi", the latter composed for Vietnamese instruments, chamber ensemble and electronics. In his thesis from 2018, "Composing the Performance - An exploration of musical composition as a dramaturgical strategy in contemporary intermedial theatre" he discusses his work and methods as composer in performing art contexts.
www.composingtheperformance.com
