Tore Størvold
About
I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Music, where I do research and teaching in musicology.
I have completed a project on music, nature, and cultural identity in Iceland. My monograph, Dissonant Landscapes: Music, Nature, and the Performance of Iceland, is published by Wesleyean University Press.
I have an interest in ecocriticism and music. I have published articles on pop music and the climate crisis and musical responses to hydro-power. I am particularly interested in the role of music for understanding and envisioning the human-environment relationship, for instance in my article on musical aesthetics and volcanic landscapes in Iceland. I am member of an interdisciplinary network for environmental humanities at my university. I am also taking part in NTNU's research program in the 'blue humanities'. My forthcoming article won the Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History.
In my current research, I approach music and music-making as cultural technologies for the promotion of ecological literacy. I am especially interested in music's ability to express varied and exciting concepts of nature. Each year I teach a course on music, nature, and climate crisis.
I also have a research interest in film music and music in audiovisual culture. In that context, I have published articles on Hildur Guðnadóttir's music for the television series "Chernobyl" and on nature and masculinity in Justin Timberlake's music videos.
Competencies
Publications
2025
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Størvold, Tore.
(2025)
Musical Submersion in Anthropocene Seas: Oceanic Aesthetics in Björk and John Luther Adams.
Twentieth-Century Music
Academic article
2024
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Devine, Kyle;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Størvold, Tore;
Kraugerud, Emil.
(2024)
Supreme Auctions.
Music - composition
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Størvold, Tore;
Tran, Kim Arvid Leon;
Lindquist, Ellen Sherry;
Wilhelmsen, Viktor Govasli.
(2024)
NTNU Forskningskonsert: Musikk i landskap og landskap i musikk.
NTNU Forskningskonsert: Musikk i landskap og landskap i musikk
Other presentation
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Størvold, Tore;
O’Shea, Susan.
(2024)
On Dissonant Landscapes: Tore Størvold and Susan O’Shea, in conversation.
IASPM Journal
Academic article
2023
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Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel.
(2023)
Konsert med Podcasts, Sheffield.
Musical performance
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Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel.
(2023)
Konsert med Podcasts, London.
Musical performance
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Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel.
(2023)
Konsert med Podcasts, Oxford.
Musical performance
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Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel.
(2023)
Konsert med Podcasts, Manchester.
Musical performance
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Størvold, Tore.
(2023)
Naturally Connected: Exploring Icelandic Artists’ Ties With Nature.
The Reykjavík Grapevine
Interview Journal
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Størvold, Tore.
(2023)
Erfitt fyrir tónlistarfólk að brjótast undan staðalímynd íslenskrar náttúru og þjóðernis.
Morgunblaðið
Interview Journal
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Devine, Kyle;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Størvold, Tore;
Kraugerud, Emil.
(2023)
Summerland, 1992.
Music - composition
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Størvold, Tore.
(2023)
Dissonant Landscapes: Music, Nature, and the Performance of Iceland.
Wesleyan University Presss
Wesleyan University Presss
Academic monograph
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Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Kraugerud, Emil.
(2023)
Podcasts.
Music - composition
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Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Størvold, Tore.
(2023)
Cockatoos.
Music - composition
2021
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Størvold, Tore;
Richardson, John.
(2021)
Radioactive Music: The Eerie Agency of Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Music for the Television Series Chernobyl.
Music and the Moving Image
Academic article
2020
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Størvold, Tore.
(2020)
Sounds Icelandic. Edited By Þorbjörg Daphne Hall, Nicola Dibben, Árni Heimir Ingólfsson and Tony Mitchell. Sheffield: Equinox, 2019. 233 pp. ISBN 13 978 1 78179 145 5.
Popular Music
Book review
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Størvold, Tore.
(2020)
Musical aesthetics below ground: volcanic action and the geosocial in Sigur Rós’s “Brennisteinn”.
Journal of Aesthetics and Culture
Academic article
2019
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Størvold, Tore.
(2019)
Dissonant Landscapes: Nature and the Musical Imagination of Iceland.
07 Gruppen
07 Gruppen
Doctoral dissertation
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Hawkins, Stan;
Størvold, Tore.
(2019)
Justin Timberlake's "Man of the Woods": Lumbersexuality, Nature, and Larking Around.
Bloomsbury Academic
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Kraugerud, Emil;
Størvold, Tore;
Devine, Kyle.
(2019)
Dragging the Lake.
Music - composition
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Devine, Kyle;
Kraugerud, Emil;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Størvold, Tore.
(2019)
First Things First.
Music - composition
2018
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Størvold, Tore.
(2018)
Music and the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant: Style, Aesthetics, and Environmental Politics in Iceland.
Popular music and society
Academic article
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Størvold, Tore.
(2018)
Sigur Ros: Reception, borealism, and musical style.
Popular Music
Academic article
2016
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Størvold, Tore;
Howland, John.
(2016)
Beats, Strings and Volcanic Things: Cross-genre Musical Practices in the Independent Music Scene in Reykjavík, Iceland
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Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Masters thesis
Journal publications
-
Størvold, Tore.
(2025)
Musical Submersion in Anthropocene Seas: Oceanic Aesthetics in Björk and John Luther Adams.
Twentieth-Century Music
Academic article
-
Størvold, Tore;
O’Shea, Susan.
(2024)
On Dissonant Landscapes: Tore Størvold and Susan O’Shea, in conversation.
IASPM Journal
Academic article
-
Størvold, Tore.
(2023)
Naturally Connected: Exploring Icelandic Artists’ Ties With Nature.
The Reykjavík Grapevine
Interview Journal
-
Størvold, Tore.
(2023)
Erfitt fyrir tónlistarfólk að brjótast undan staðalímynd íslenskrar náttúru og þjóðernis.
Morgunblaðið
Interview Journal
-
Størvold, Tore;
Richardson, John.
(2021)
Radioactive Music: The Eerie Agency of Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Music for the Television Series Chernobyl.
Music and the Moving Image
Academic article
-
Størvold, Tore.
(2020)
Sounds Icelandic. Edited By Þorbjörg Daphne Hall, Nicola Dibben, Árni Heimir Ingólfsson and Tony Mitchell. Sheffield: Equinox, 2019. 233 pp. ISBN 13 978 1 78179 145 5.
Popular Music
Book review
-
Størvold, Tore.
(2020)
Musical aesthetics below ground: volcanic action and the geosocial in Sigur Rós’s “Brennisteinn”.
Journal of Aesthetics and Culture
Academic article
-
Størvold, Tore.
(2018)
Music and the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant: Style, Aesthetics, and Environmental Politics in Iceland.
Popular music and society
Academic article
-
Størvold, Tore.
(2018)
Sigur Ros: Reception, borealism, and musical style.
Popular Music
Academic article
Artistic productions
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Devine, Kyle;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Størvold, Tore;
Kraugerud, Emil.
(2024)
Supreme Auctions.
Music - composition
-
Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel.
(2023)
Konsert med Podcasts, Sheffield.
Musical performance
-
Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel.
(2023)
Konsert med Podcasts, London.
Musical performance
-
Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel.
(2023)
Konsert med Podcasts, Oxford.
Musical performance
-
Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel.
(2023)
Konsert med Podcasts, Manchester.
Musical performance
-
Devine, Kyle;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Størvold, Tore;
Kraugerud, Emil.
(2023)
Summerland, 1992.
Music - composition
-
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Devine, Kyle;
Størvold, Tore;
Kraugerud, Emil.
(2023)
Podcasts.
Music - composition
-
Kraugerud, Emil;
Devine, Kyle;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Størvold, Tore.
(2023)
Cockatoos.
Music - composition
-
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Kraugerud, Emil;
Størvold, Tore;
Devine, Kyle.
(2019)
Dragging the Lake.
Music - composition
-
Devine, Kyle;
Kraugerud, Emil;
Jones, Ellis Nathaniel;
Størvold, Tore.
(2019)
First Things First.
Music - composition
Books
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Størvold, Tore.
(2023)
Dissonant Landscapes: Music, Nature, and the Performance of Iceland.
Wesleyan University Presss
Wesleyan University Presss
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
-
Hawkins, Stan;
Størvold, Tore.
(2019)
Justin Timberlake's "Man of the Woods": Lumbersexuality, Nature, and Larking Around.
Bloomsbury Academic
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Størvold, Tore.
(2019)
Dissonant Landscapes: Nature and the Musical Imagination of Iceland.
07 Gruppen
07 Gruppen
Doctoral dissertation
-
Størvold, Tore;
Howland, John.
(2016)
Beats, Strings and Volcanic Things: Cross-genre Musical Practices in the Independent Music Scene in Reykjavík, Iceland
.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Masters thesis
UTSTILLING
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Størvold, Tore;
Tran, Kim Arvid Leon;
Lindquist, Ellen Sherry;
Wilhelmsen, Viktor Govasli.
(2024)
NTNU Forskningskonsert: Musikk i landskap og landskap i musikk.
NTNU Forskningskonsert: Musikk i landskap og landskap i musikk
Other presentation
Teaching
Courses
- MUSV3141 - Björk: Humans, nature, and technology in experimental popular music
- EH8000 - Topics in Environmental Humanities
- MUSV1032 - Music, culture and society after 1900
- MUSV2033 - Bachelor Thesis in Musicology
- MUSV6004 - Music in audiovisual culture
- MUSV3138 - Iceland: Music, Geography, and Nationality on the Edge of Europe
- MUSV3105 - Popular Music Studies
- MUSV3006 - Master's Thesis in Musicology
- MUSV1101 - Music, nature, and climate crisis
- MUSV3004 - Music Studies: Disciplines, Approaches, and Perspectives
- MUSV3147 - Music in audiovisual culture
- MUSV3137 - Music and Ecology
Outreach
2024
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Academic lectureLeyda, Julia; Størvold, Tore. (2024) Screen-Washing: Audiovisual Translations of Norwegian Oil Futures. Sissel Furuseth Oil in Translation: A Workshop on Petro-Aesthetics and Energy Transition , Universitet i Oslo 2024-06-13 - 2024-06-14
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Academic lectureStørvold, Tore; Leyda, Julia. (2024) Screen Greenwashing: Audiovisual Imaginaries of Norwegian Oil Futures. ANEST Storytelling for Environmental Futures , Universitetet i Stavanger 2024-08-07 - 2024-08-09
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LectureStørvold, Tore. (2024) Dissonant Landscapes. Musikwissenschaftlichen Seminar, Universität Heidelberg Forschungskolloquium , Heidelberg 2024-05-07 - 2024-05-07
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Academic lectureStørvold, Tore. (2024) Island Songs: Musical Geography in Digital Media. University of the Faroe Islands Islands and Audiovisual Media , Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2024-06-26 - 2024-06-28
2023
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LectureStørvold, Tore. (2023) Boklansering: Musikk, natur og nasjonalitet på Island. Litteraturhuset i Trondheim Boklansering , Trondheim 2023-10-04 -
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Academic lectureStørvold, Tore. (2023) Björk’s “Oceania” and the Prospects of a Blue Musicology. International Association for the Study of Popular Music IASPM International Biannual Conference , Minneapolis 2023-06-26 - 2023-06-30
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Academic lectureStørvold, Tore. (2023) Dissonant Landscapes. Háskola Íslands / University of Iceland Samfunnsvitenskapelig seminar , Reykjavík 2023-11-01 -
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Academic lectureStørvold, Tore. (2023) Listening to the Anthropocene: Sound, Music and Emergent Environments. Listahákoli Íslands / Iceland University of the Arts Graduate Seminar in Music , Reykjavík 2023-10-27 -
2017
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Academic lectureStørvold, Tore. (2017) Performing Dreamland: Valgeir Sigurðsson’s “Grýlukvæði” in the Context of Environmental Debate in Contemporary Iceland. University of Jyväskylä 21st Annual Symposium for Music Scholars in Finland , Jyväskylä 2017-04-19 - 2017-04-21
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Academic lectureStørvold, Tore. (2017) Sonic Cartography: Record Production and Geographic Space in Ólafur Arnalds' Island Songs. Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production The 12th Art of Record Production Conference , Kungliga Musikhögskolan, Stockholm 2017-12-01 - 2017-12-03
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Academic lectureStørvold, Tore. (2017) Performing Dreamland: Musical Responses to Environmental Debate in Contemporary Iceland. UiO:Nordic Global Challenges - Nordic Experiences , Oslo 2017-03-20 - 2017-03-21