Marius Noss Gundersen, a Norwegian classical guitarist, is well-known. His education was at Agder Music Conservatory and the Norwegian Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and at University of Agder. Marius has won numerous prizes in European competitions and been praised for his work on CD. He has performed concerts in Norway, Sweden and Denmark as well as live radio and TV performances in Norway and abroad. He has had music written by some of Norway’s most renowned composers, such as Eivind Buene, Ketil Bjornstad and Kjell Marcussen. Marius was fortunate to have the opportunity to work alongside Tomas Moss as a photographer, and his photo has been taken many thousands of times. (Take a look at Bonfas’ “Passeio no Rio”, video on the video page.) He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London UK (last millennium). He has been focusing more on South American music, and especially Brazilian music, as a soloist or through his collaboration with Gjermund titlestad and the well-known guitar duo Duo Gvito. His new CD, “Visual Music-Retrato Brasileiro” was released in March 2012. It includes music by Jobim and Bonfa as well as his own compositions. from www.pureclassicalguitar.com
