Sven Lyder Kahrs (b. 1959, Norway) studied privately with Finn Mortensen parallel to his studiesat the Conservatory in Oslo under Kolbjørn Ofstad. From 1984 to 1989 he studied privately withBrian Ferneyhough and Emmanuel Nunes and attended advanced courses at IRCAM andRoyaumont. His music has been played at the Ultima, Donaueschingen, Tremplin, and Borealisfestivals, World New Music Days, Nordic Music Days, Tage für neue Music Zurich, Cutting Edgeand Radio France. Performers of his music include ensemble recherche, EnsembleContrechamps, The Arditti Quartet, Nordic Voices, asamisimasa, Ensemble Ernst, EnsembleTraktor, Polygon, Pierre Strauch, Anton Lukoszevieze, David Alberman, Rohan de Saram, NilsHenrik Asheim, Ole-Henrik Moe, Dimitri Vassilakis, the Helge Slaatto/Frank Reinecke duo,Anne-Lise Bentsen, Anders Førisdal, Håkon Thelin, Marco Rogliano, Gaute Vikdal, KarinHellqvist, Heloisa Amaral, Sori Choi, Rolf Erik Nystrøm, Unni Løvlid, Sigyn Fossnes, Rolf Borch, KariRønnekleiv, Kaja Aadne Thoresen and many more. Kahrs has been involved in a number of finearts collaborations. His string quartet “Ein Hauch um nichts”, premiered at the Ultima Festival2000 by the Arditti Quartet and released on Aurora (ACD5035), was awarded the Edvard Prizein 2001. He also received the prestigious Arne Nordheim Composer’s Prize in 2005. His soloalbum “Dew Sparrows Breath” (ACD5017) was nominated for a Spellemann Award 2010 asalbum of the year. His musical universe is based on transience and unpredictable events, on apresence of the moment and the use of fragile structures to unite diversity.