Eriksen Name Meaning

Carsten Eriksen

is a Danish 21st century composer and artist. Carsten Bo Eriksen (a.k.a. mbd73) is a prize winning and award nominated composer. He works in the terrain between sound, space, image and form and works freely over genres, as a true renaissance artist. Soundart, installations, videoart, paintings and compositions go hand in hand. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music as a composer (1997-2003), pupil of Professor Ib Nørholm, Ivar Frounberg and Hans Abrahamsen. As a painter he is self-taught. He had his debut from the extended studies program in composition in 2003. Furthermore he has studied at Berklee College of Music, Mass, USA. And has studied the Balinese gamelan music in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, with the musician Pak Tama. In 2004 he was granted by the Danish Arts Foundation with a three year working grant. Since 1991 he has produced and established ensembles, among others the critical acclaimed ensemble Nordlys and art rockband Melonheads. He has established and been active in the realisation of music and medium festivals like the World Music Days (1996) and ARTRA (2000).And he was a boardmember of the concert society for contemporary music Musica Nova (1997-2000). He's been appointed member of KODA's collective tape funds assets (2003/2004). He's been appointed jury member of ISCM (Danish section)(2000). In 2002 he was nominated for a Danish Music Award (grammy) for best chamber music release with his ensemble Nordlys on the record label DaCapo Records. In 2001 he was the 1st prize winner of the Danish Art Foundations electronica competition. In 2005 he won the 2nd prize for best journalism on the internet INSOMNIA, creating the sound. He is also committed to work with a broad scope of collaborators, as with multi-scoped artist and singer Martin Hall, visual artist Jesper Fabricius, the symphony orchestra Copenhagen Philharmonics and Athelas Sinfonietta.