Arve Eilif Furset (born 5 December 1964 in Askvoll, Western Norway) is a Norwegian composer, jazz musician (piano, keyboards) and music producer, known from a series of record releases and cooperations with the likes of Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Kjersti Stubø, Elin Rosseland, Johannes Eick, Vigleik Storaas, Jostein Hasselgård, Eivind Aarset, and Norma Winstone.
He also worked regularly with bands like the quintet First Set, with whom he performed at festivals in Lillehammer, Vossajazz and Moldejazz, the trio Konerne ved Vandposten and Orleysa.
[2] In the late 1990s he also worked with pop musicians like the band Flava to da bone and Lynni Treekrem.
Furset was orchestra leader and composer of Trøndelag Teater and participated in more than thirty of the ensembles tours.
[3] He composed and produced two songs for the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest, and the title I'm Not Afraid To Move On, sung by Jostein Hasselgård was the winner in the Norwegian finale, and 4th in the international finale.