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…
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Aug 7 2023
"INNI" for solo percussion at INN:PUST 2023
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

Aug 7 2023
Sono Figures Society at Copenhagen Jazz Festival
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…
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Jun 10 2022
Blomsterbed collective's radio interview on "Rite of Passage"
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…
Read moreJun 2 2022
An exploration of paper and music
«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…
Read moreDec 14 2021
new piece world premiere in Copenhagen
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…
Read moreJun 8 2021
«Spillerom Søndag» interview
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…
Read moreMar 31 2021
"GISP" solo piano piece selected for UNM Festival in Aarhus 2021
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…
Read moreFeb 19 2020
«A Great new voice» – album review
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…
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Nov 11 2019
An urge for going
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…
Aug 12 2019
"Find a Hill" music video
Shot and directed by Alvilde H. Naterstad
Jul 3 2019