Stein-Erik Olsen (born 8 September 1953) is a Norwegian classical guitarist and professor of guitar at the University of Bergen, known from collaborations with such as Gro Sandvik, Roar Engelberg and St Martin in the Fields and a series of recordings.
[1] Olsen is a graduate of the Bergen Musikkonservatorium, the Norwegian Academy of Music and Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique.
He has given concerts all over Europe, with an international debut in Wigmore Hall, London in 1986.
This recording has received international attention and generated rave reviews, with interviews and stories in such Classical Guitar Magazine.
[3] In 2011, Olsen prepares recordings of guitar concerts with the chamber orchestra St Martin in the Fields.