Jakob Thonander Glans

Jakob Thonander Glans is a composer from Oslo who lives and works in Oslo, Warsaw and Gothenburg. He mainly works as a contemporary composer, but he is also active as a guitarist in the hardcore punk-band RONÖM. 

Jakob has a background from the underground punk scene surrounding the infamous punk squat Blitzhuset in Oslo, and considers punk culture to be an essential inspiration in all his artistic work. His music is often heavy, simple and utilises a great dynamic and thematic spectrum – spanning the traditional and experimental to the quiet and intensely loud. His music is bold, naïve and often contains theatrical aspects. His greatest goal as an artist is “to create extreme instantaneous reactions through brutal, sentimental or comical aspects”.

His music has been played in all the Scandinavian countries and he has worked with ensembles such as the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Insimul Sinfonietta, Ensemble K!ART and Ensemble GAEA. His works include opera, symphony, chamber pieces, solo pieces, electronic music, punk-rock and performance art.  

Photo: Thor Brødreskift