[1] From 2000 onwards, Buene has been active as a freelance composer, based in Oslo, writing for a number of ensembles and orchestras at home and abroad.
[3] Buene's works have seen performances at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie and Centre Pompidou.
His debut as a stage composer came in August 2006 with the one act chamber opera September, based on Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.
[4] 2012 saw Buene being bestowed with a Spellemannsprisen Award, the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy, for the album Possible Cities/Essentials Landscapes recorded by the Cikada Ensemble.
[10] For the time frame 2015 to 2019, Buene has been appointed as assistant professor in composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music.