Drums
& Percussion
Born
the 30th of September 1964 in Oslo, where he still resides. He has his Masters
degree in music from the Institute of Music at the University of Oslo. Since 1991,
Ottar has worked as freelance musician and educator. The list of artists with
whom he has recorded, toured and appeared on TV with include The Oslo Gospel Choir,
Bjørn Eidsvåg, Hanne Krogh, Anja Garbarek, Øystein Sevåg
and many more. Ottar has been involved a very interesting university project about
how children posess, and how adults seem to lose (through there need to control),
the natural ability to improvise - The course is called "The Muse Within".