He studied with Robert Rønnes, Eirik Birkeland, Knut Sønstevold and Ole Kristian Dahl.
He had the position as Principal bassoon in Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (Sweden), Norwegian Opera (Norway), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (The Netherlands) and is now Principal Bassoon player of The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Danmark) and the NDR SinfonieOrchester in Hamburg (Germany).
Audun: "When working with top-conductors such as Valeri Gergiev we are required to be totally flexible musicians. For this we need good tools for playing. A perfect bassoon reed should in my taste contain following qualities:
- A warm complete sound that is easy to change in timbre, but still sustain the same sound from pppp - ffff without forcing it.
- Equal resistance through the whole register and same intonation in any octave.
- A lot of air-resistance but low lip-pressure."
"After experiments guided by Hans Wisse we now developed a new reed model that contains all qualities mentioned above. The reed has a narrowed convex blade. (length 28/29mm)
This new high tensioned Halvorsen-shape combines the best with a medium-hard or even hard cane. I totally trust on Hans expertise to select the cane from the various plantations for the best results on my model. With canes from the most French plantations, like Marion, Rigotti and Silvacane, and the Spanish Medir plantation for example, we gain the desired results."
Remark: Only recommended for advanced players. For this type of reed a good breath support has been required. (H.W.)
This new high tensioned Halvorsen-shape combines the best with a medium-hard or even hard cane. I totally trust on Hans expertise to select the cane from the various plantations for the best results on my model. With canes from the most French plantations, like Marion, Rigotti and Silvacane, and the Spanish Medir plantation for example, we gain the desired results."
Remark: Only recommended for advanced players. For this type of reed a good breath support has been required. (H.W.)