I november 2025 samlet tolv kunstnere med interesse for krysningen mellom ny musikk og figurteater seg på Gamle Munch i Oslo for en intensiv samarbeidsuke. Blant dem var musikere, komponister, en scenograf, en tekstildesigner, og en skuespiller. Utforskingen resulterte i…

22 November at 15:00 in Foredragssalen, Gamle Munch, Tøyen

«EFUNGELIUM TRISTI» by Damkapellet & Sono Figures Society
WP Koncertkirken, Copenhagen 15 February 2025 (VinterJazz)

Josefine Weber Hansen: soprano
Nadia Okrasko: piano
Irene Bianco: percussion
Mika Persdotter: viola
Nicole Hogstrand: cello

Marte Røyeng & Sarah Buchner: puppeteer, composition
Nat Johns:…

Composed by Marte Røyeng
Performed by Aurora Pambianchi Øvrelid, Sarah Buchner, Marte Røyeng
Puppet built by Nat Johns
Filmed by Manuel Madsen

Malm & Eng is a collaborative project with Siril Malmedal Hauge and Marte Røyeng. On November 1st they release their first album as a duo on Dugnad rec, called ‘det flyvende inni meg’. The album features Jonas Røyeng as…

On her first pop release since Reach in 2019, Marte has teamed up with producer and brother Jonas Røyeng to make a three-track EP which swings towards the extremes of everything from American Folk to Dubstep. Find Otherend on Bandcamp…

As part of the group Sono Figures Society I will be performing a newly composed collaborative work alongside Sarah Buchner and Nat Johns at Klub PRiMi on March 26 in Copenhagen. Show starts at 20:30. Sono Figures Society performs a…

 Incredibly inspiring to have my first effort at a chamber ensemble piece featuring puppetry – "Wecarryus" (2023) – premiered in the stunning Grünewaldsalen in Konserthuset Stockholm by Damkapellet (long time dream collaboration come true) thanks to a commission from Konstmusiksystrar…

My piece “INNI” (2019) for solo percussion will be performed by Anders Kregnes Hansen on September 8th at Friscena, Gjøvik, Norway – as part of the festival Inn:pust 2023. Programme

Photo by Nat Johns

SONO FIGURES SOCIETY is the newly founded group of the two artists, composer/performer Marte Røyeng and vocalist/composer Sarah Buchner. They met over their shared fascination for contemporary puppet theater and experimental sound, aiming to contribute through…

The Blomsterbed collective was interviewed on Spillerom Søndag about who they are and their staircase performance "Rite of Passage" in the Munch museum on Only Connect Festival of Sound.

Spillerom is a radio show devoted to contemporary music from the…

«STUP» is a visual concert project with music by Malm & Eng (Marte Røyeng and Siril Malmedal Hauge) and visual theatre by Ellen Jerstad & Vega Drake Carlsson. Featuring the percussion duo Rattlebelles (Nora Sjøgren and Ylva Bråten Rian) and…

LOWAL, a duo piece composed by Marte for violinist Larissa Terescenko and guitarist Tormund Blikra Vea, premiered in November at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. "LOWAL is about efforts to be self-sufficient and escaping external influence. It is also…

Marte was featured as one of three composers in a portrait interview on Spillerom Søndag, a radio show devoted to contemporary music from the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.

«Møt tre komposisjonsstudenter på Norges musikkhøgskole, og tre nye stemmer i norsk…

Click here to listen to excerpts of Marte Røyeng's works as a contemporary composer

Marte's composition for solo piano has been selected to be performed at the Ung Nordisk Musik festival in Aarhus, Denmark in August 2021.

Sounds from tourists…

Review of "Reach" in Nettavisen / Tor de Jazz (in Norwegian)

«Hun synger fint, arrangementene er sofistikerte og særdeles smakfulle, produksjonen til Even Ormestad (Jaga Jazzist, aha) er nydelig og det musikalske tonefølget fra en rekke sjangerfrie, unge jazzmusikanter som…

In a new live session video of her song "Shake Yourself Awake», Norwegian singer/songwriter Marte Røyeng displays timeless musical storytelling on loss and human resilience.  

«On this haunted beach / I leave my dreams behind»  
These are the…

Shot and directed by Alvilde H. Naterstad

(in Norwegian)

Kveldsåpent, NRK P1

Klassisk Vorspiel, NRK P2

Vestfoldsendinga, NRK P1 Vestfold

Marte Røyeng – Reach

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Norwegian singer, songwriter and composer Marte Røyeng's debut as an album artist comes with «Reach» (Oslo Session Recordings). Produced by Even Ormestad, the…

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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Lk6x9K 
iTunes: https://apple.co/2YaQHzZ

Marte's album debut comes out 24 May on Oslo Session Recordings. It will be available for purchase on vinyl, CD as well as digital streaming.

The first single off the album will be out on 3 May!

From Herr Nilsen, Oslo, January 2018.

Photo: John Nordahl