Espen Wensaas

Espen Wensaas (born November 14, 1986) is a Norwegian musician and multi-instrumentalist (most notably mandolin, cittern and guitar) residing in Oslo, Norway.

He is mostly known for performing Norwegian and Scandinavian folk music on guitar and modern cittern.

[2] He graduated from the academy in 2015, also receiving the highest grade possible on his final exam concert.

In 2018 he became the first student admitted to the masters program in the folk department at the same academy with guitar and cittern as the main instruments.

Amongst his collaborations are Åse Kleveland, Stian Carstensen, Steinar Ofsdal, Unni Løvlid, Aslak Brimi, Bjørn Kåre Odde, Jelena Tomasevic, Silje Nergaard, Elin Kåven, Carl Morten Iversen, FRIKAR, KORK,[4] Tore Bruvoll, Emil Solli Tangen and Ståle Ytterli.