Gisle Johnsen
Inventor, musician, teacher and serial entrepreneur.
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Co-founded MusIT and introduced Musicator to the world, selling the music software to both Chinese and US Universities, in addition to organizations like US Army Bands. (2000-2005)
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Gisle founded Grieg Music Education in 2005, and developed the music software Music Delta, the only music education program integrated in the ItsLearning education platform and the most popular software in the US education platform Music First. Celebrated on "The World Finance 100 List" in 2013, presenting the 100 new Business elite of the year. (2005-2015)​​​
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​Gisle developed, together with Yrjan Tangenes, the first multitrack audio player for mobile devices in 2012. This player allowed users to remix a song on their mobile device.
In 2015 Gisle founded a new company called OIID and started working with international record labels to present original music in STEM-format on the OIID platform. Gisle left the OIID company in 2019.
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Co-founded BergenFest, one of Norway’s premier music festivals. (1995 - )
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​Co-founded Bergen Live, Norway’s largest concert promoter, launching with a Rolling Stones concert in Norway (2006), and exiting with a Live Nation buyout in 2019.
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Gisle founded the iTO company together wth Nikolai Johnsen in 2020.
They developed a new tech that transformed a mobile device into a multitrack audio studio.
Private Held: Mus-Tech/Ed - Industry
2020 - 2025
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Gisle founded the SoundPlay Foundation
2018 -
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Founder and owner: Respons Records AS
Privately Held: Music Business
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New York University
Member of the NYU MusEDLab Advisory Board
2013 - 2017
Assistant Professor: Stord/Haugesund University College
2005 - 2013
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Assistant Professor: The Grieg Academy (UiB)
1996-2000
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Head of Education: The Norwegian Music Council (H)
1995-2000
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​Director of the Supervisory Board: Bergen International Festival (Festspillene)
2010-2014
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