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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​Founded and developed OIID. Gisle was the first to sign with the international major record labels for presenting music in STEM format in mobile devices. (2015-2019)
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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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Founder of iTO
Private Held: Mus-Tech/Ed - Industry
2020 -
Founder of SoundPlay Foundation
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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