Astrid Nyborg Berg is a young Norwegian classical musician currently based in Malmö, Sweden.
In addition to her occupation as a professional guitarist and chamber musician, she is also active in the fields of arranging and contemporary composition.
As a musician, Astrid has performed at stages like The Norwegian Opera House, Uppsala Concert Hall, Helsingborg Concert Hall, Malmö Live, The Hallwyl Museum, Sentralen, Palladium, Uppsala Guitar Festival, Kirseberg Guitar Festival and more.
She has received a work grant from Malmö Stad, and scholarships from The Norwegian Society of Composition, Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien and, Gunnel og Bertil Svenssons Stiftelse, Helge Axelsson Johnssons Stiftelse, and Malmö Stad.
She has also been a chosen participant at the International Guitar Contest of José Tomás Villa de Petrer and the International Classical Guitar Competition of Finland.
Bergs formal education started at Foss Gymnasium where she was a student of the guitarist Per-Kristian Larsen. She also received lessons in arranging and composing, which culminated in a guided project where she collaborated to write music which was performed live in concert by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
From there, she enrolled at the Norwegian Academy of Music where Erik Stenstadvold and Geir-Otto Nilsson guided her guitar education. During these years, she also studied baroque counterpoint and modernistic composition techniques.
The last part of her Bachelor’s degree was achieved in Malmö Academy of Music with Göran Söllscher and Gunnar Spjuth in 2019. This became the first experience with arrangement. With the guidance of Prof. Göran Söllscher, who is well recognized for his arrangements of J. S. Bach, Berg arranged the seven movements of Bach’s first cello suite for guitar.
Berg kept studying with Söllscher and David Hansson for her master’s degree. Her exam paper “Fortissimo like a world of sound - Arranging piano music by Grieg for classical guitar” described the process of arranging and performing Edvard Grieg’s “Last Spring” and “Homesickness”. This was the beginning of a long project lasting to this day.
After her Master’s Degree, Berg spent a year studying culture project development. Her main projects were arranging more music by E. Grieg and M. Ravel.
Throughout this time, she has attended masterclasses with Marcin Dylla, Stein-Erik Olsson, Zoran Dukic, Alexander Ramirez, Richardo Gallén, Lorenzo Micheli and others.
Master Exam Consert, Rosenbergssalen, Malmö, June 12th 2021
J. Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranjuez, Adagio
Piano: Olle Sjöberg.
