Education
Ratkje studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, and got her diploma in 2000.
Ratkje studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, and got her diploma in 2000.
Her music is performed worldwide by performers such as Klangforum Wien, Oslo Sinfonietta, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, British Broadcasting Corporation Scottish Symphony Orchestra, among others She performs and releases music for concerts, recordings, films, installations, theatre, dance and other performances. She has collaborated with, among others, Jaap Blonk and Jazzkammer.
Ratkje is a great source of inspiration to new experimental Norwegian musicians like Natalie Sandtorv and Torgeir Standal in The Jist duo.
1999: Edvardprisen in the category for contemporary music – smaller works for Waves II b.
1999: Edvardprisen in the category for contemporary music – smaller works for Waves II b 2001: Arne Nordheims Composer Prize 2001: 2nd place in the International Competition of Electroacoustic Music Russolo in Paris for composers below 30 years of age 2003: Recipient of an Award of Distinction in the digital musics category at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica 2004: Edvardprisen in the open category for Number Title Performance and Sparkling Water.
Maja is a member of SPUNK, a Norwegian improv group, and Agrare, a performance trio consisting of the noise duo Fe-mail and the Swedish dancer Lotta Melin.
