1992 saw Kverndokk being bestowed with one of the main prizes of the Juilliard Composers Competition with his orchestral work
Selene. For his work
Initiasjon for fiolin og orkester, Kverndokk received the 1993 First Prize in the category for composers under the age of 30 at the
International Rostrum of Composers held in
Paris. Kverndokk has composed two solo concertos, both premiered by the
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra;
Concerto for oboe and orchestra (1996) and
Concerto for flute and orchestra (1998). His
Peer Gynt Fantasi was composed for violinist
Arve Tellefsen and the
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for a summer concert premiere at Oslo's
Holmenkollen in 2000. During the 1999-2000 concert season, Kverndokk served as the
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra’s composer in residence. February 2003 saw his
The Crystal Cabinet for violin, piano and orchestra premiered by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Kverndokk’s first opera,
The Falcon Tower, was premiered in 1990 with a cast of singers and musicians from the
Norwegian Academy of Music. The opera’s libretto was based on
Erik Fosnes Hansen’s novel by the same name. Kverndokk’s children’s opera
George’s Magical Medicine was commissioned by the
Kristiansund Opera and premiered in 1995 and was bestowed with a Work of the Year Prize from the
Norwegian Society of Composers in the same year. The opera has subsequently seen performances domestically by the
Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Bergen’s Opera Vest and by the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and internationally at the
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. The children’s operas Max and Moritz and Supersize Girl, commissioned by the New York Opera Society, saw premieres in
Washington, D.C. in 2010 and 2013 respectively. With librettist and singer
Øystein Wiik, Kverndokk has penned a number of musicals. Their first joint project was the musical
Sofie’s World, premiered at the Schlossfestspielen Ettlingen, Germany in 1998. 2001 saw the premiere of the musical
Vincent, which depicted the life of painter
Vincent van Gogh, again at the Schlossfestspielen Ettlingen. 2002 saw the premiere of musical
Dangerous Liaisons, a work based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's novel of the same name, at the Theater Pforzheim, Germany. In autumn 2003, Kverndokk and Wiik’s musical
Homeless, based on Hector Malot’s novel, premiered at Oslo’s
Det Norske Teatret. Theater Erfurt premiered the musical "MartinL." at the
DomStufen-Festspiele in 2008. This work was later nominated for the
Nordic Council Music Prize. Kverndokk has composed a number of church music works including
Te Deum (2010) for the Norwegian Soloist's Choir,
Mass (2007) for Nordic Voices,
Nidaros Mass (2010) for Nidaros Cathedral Choir and
Sommerens Maria (2011). Autumn 2015 saw the release of the album
Fuge der Zeit, which featured a mass penned by Kverndokk for Nordic Voices based on the work
Missa Brevis, originally commissioned by the 2002
Fartein Valen Dagene. 2005 saw Kverndokk debuting as a film composer with the score for Danish motion picture
Chinaman, produced by Fine & Mellow. Kverndokk's most recently composed orchestral work is
Symphonic Dances written for the
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in commemoration of Norway's Centenary Celebration of its Constitution in 2014. In later years, Kverndokk has also composed a number of chamber music works, including
Three Pictures (2012) for
Tine Thing Helseth, the string quartet
La Nouvelle Athènes (2014) for the Danish String Quartet and
Offertorium (2015) for Trio ClariNord. Kverndokk's latest chamber work,
Offertorium for clarinet, cello and piano, was premiered at the
Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival in September 2015. ==Production==