Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen is a Norwegian percussionist, performer, improviser, composer and writer. She is constantly challenging herself as an artist, seeking to extend herself, finding new sounds, new expressions, including voice and body as natural parts of her instrument.

Ane Marthe writes text and music, and her compositions usually combines these elements. She is also an improviser, both as a soloist and in various constellations. Her artistic practise is currently concerned with nature and the outdoors, seeking ways to connect with the more-than-human, and imagining other possible worlds and futures.

Besides her own work she plays with Pinquins, Ensemble neoN, The Touchables and Plexus Polaire. She collaborates with artists such as Guro Skumsnes Moe, Håvard Skaset, Jessie Marino, Inga Margrete Aas, Jean-Philippe Gross, Stéphane Garin, Thore Warland, Solveig Styve Holte, Mina Weider, Kjersti Alm Eriksen, Janne-Camilla Lyster, Maia Urstad, Simon Løffler, amongst many others.

With Plexus Polaire she won the Hedda Prize 2022 for Best Audiovisual Theatre, for the music in the show Moby Dick. The evening length work I N T E R V A L L (Pinquins/Alm Eriksen 2023) is nominated as “Composition of the year” 2024 by The Norwegian Composers Society. Ane Marthe/Pinquins/Ensemble neoN is nominated for the Norwegian Grammy Award 2024 for the album “My favorite thing” with music by Jan Martin Smørdal.

In 2025 Ane Marthe will perform at festivals and concert series such as: Darmstadt International Festival (Germany), Time and music (Finland), Kalv Festival (Sweden), nyMusikk Trondheim (Norway) and Riverrun (France).