About

Solveig Sørbø is a composer, music producer and musician who makes opera, chamber music, film scores, electronic music, as well as alternative fusion music with Pysj and atmospheric music with Naturhistorisk. She has played concerts in Norway, Germany, Slovakia and Italy, her music has been featured in audiovisual productions (including the DR series “Pleaser”), been played in festivals, and she scored the documentary film “Hans pluss Liv” (NRK). She is interested in mixing symphonic sections with electroacoustics and synthesized sounds, employing various tonalities and incorporating improvised elements and sonifications. With a strong commitment to traditional elements including melody and harmony she aims at creating music that has a standalone value as well as supports the vision defined by the project. She has written the critically acclaimed opera Heroin Chic together with Maria Kjos Fonn, which premiered in Romania in February 2025 and had its second concertante rendition in Norway in February 2026. In 2022 she also released the song cycle Five Songs of the Bodied with Susanna Wolff. Solveig also has a past in academia and as a radio journalist and co-created MusicLab. Currently, Solveig is composing her second opera The Wild Duck.

Heroin chic (opera) – a very short introduction

Om Song’s Blooms (avant-pop)

Solveig Sørbø. Photo by Linnea Syvertsen.