Kristine Tjøgersen (b. 1982) holds a Master of Arts in Composition from the Anton Bruckner University in Linz in Austria, where she studied with Carola Bauckholt, and a Master of Arts in Clarinet from the Norwegian Academy of Music, where she studied with Hans Christian Bræin. Her compositional practice is characterized by curiosity, imagination, humor and precision, and in her work she creates unexpected and absurd listening situations by playing with tradition. She is particularly interested in the interplay between the visual and the auditory and how they influence each other. In 2021 she was awarded "Work of the Year" by the Norwegian Society of Composers for her piano concerto. In 2022 she won the International Rostrum of Composers in Palermo with her orchestral piece Between Trees.