Career
Winther focuses on experimental and alternative expressions, mostly with the help from an acoustic or electric guitar. The expressions varies as the bands are many, noisepunk from Ich Bin North!, acoustic improvised music from Monkey Plot, alternative rock from Karokh and edgy songswriting from Girl, as well as other projects and solo works. Most of Winther"s work surrounds the field of free improvised music, though also composing original works.
He is educated from the Improvised Music and Jazz Department at the Norwegian Academy of Music with a Master Performance Degree, and in 2014 awarded "Young Jazz Musician of The Year" at Molde International Jazz Festival together with Monkey Plot.
Winther collaborated on the album release Ich Bin North! & Mats Gustafsson (2012) including Joakim Heibø Johansen (drums) and Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (bass guitar), featuring Mats Olof Gustafsson (baritone saxophone). Within the trio Monkey Plot including Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (double bass) and January Martin Gismervik (drums and percussion), he released the latest album Løv Og Lette Vimpler (2013).