Kari Beate Tandberg (b. 1958) is trained as a composer and pianist from the Norwegian Academy of Music. She presented her PhD through the National Norwegian Artistic Research Programme (2007). As a composer and research fellow, she has focused on how visual impressions and impulses can form the basis for a sonorous, musical expression. Her compositions have been performed by the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Wind Ensemble, Ensemble Ernst, Cikada String Quartet and Nordic Voices among others. Her works have been presented in Japan, Germany, Scandinavia and broadcasted by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).