Martin Stangebye is a Norwegian born cellist from Oslo. His education in music stems from some of the best schools in Scandinavia. Martin is an accomplished cellist and a skilled solo player, chamber and orchestra musician.
Martin began playing the cello at the age of six. He showed great talents at an early age, which earned him a spot at the talent program connected to Barratt Due Music Institute.
Martins is very passionate about orchestra literature. When Martin was younger, he traveled around Europe to participate in several youth orchestras. Despite his young age, Stangebye is already an experienced ensemble player and he has played with some of the best Scandinavian orchestras. As well as being a regular substitute in several orchestras in Norway, Martin has been playing with Aalborg Symphony Orchestra for the last years.
Martin has an enormous interest for chamber music. He has won first prize in the Midgard-competition and the chamber music competition at The Norwegian Academy of Music. Stangebye has also played at several international festivals such as the Trondheim Chamber Music Festival, Festival Ppiamissimo and many more. You can watch recordings from different concert and events here. He has received lessons from world class chamber music professors such as Hatto Beyerle and Johannes Meissl.
Martin is continuously searching for new ways to develop as a musician and an instrumentalist. He travels around the world to learn from some of the best cellists, like Johannes Moser, Torleif Thedéen, Andreas Brantelid to name some. Even though he has more experience within the classical music genre, he also loves to be challenged by other genres and different music gigs.
Martin is currently playing on a french cello made by Joseph Nicolas LeClerc (1775).
Education
2016 – 2018: Part one of Bachelor’s Degree in Performance Art at The Royal Danish Academy of Music with prof. Morten Zeuthen
2018 – 2020: Part two of Bachelor’s Degree in Performance Art at The Norwegian Academy of Music with Bjørg Lewis
2021 – 2023: Master’s Degree in Performance Art at Barratt Due Music Institute with Ole Eirik Ree and Louisa Tuck
