Hardanger fiddler Benedicte Maurseth began composing in 2009 with music for Jon Fosse's Wakefulnessat Det Norwegian Theater, Oslo. She later composed for Fosse’s Morning and Night at the National Theater in 2015. Maurseth’s folk background shapes her compositions, which feature lyrical melodies, minimalistic repetition, and flexible performance methods using verbal instruction or graphic scores, allowing artistic freedom and continual evolution. Her commissions include works for Kronos Quartet, Prague Music Ensemble, and Marvel Studios, with solo releases on ECM, Hubro Records, and Heilo. She won the Nordic Music Prize in 2022 for Hárr, and Mirra earned international acclaim and two Norwegian Grammy nominations. As KODE’s House Composer in Bergen for 2026, she is developing a trilogy finale that incorporates sounds from endangered animals in Hardanger fjord.