Anniken Leirkjær

Anniken Leirkjær
Sound designer and technician

Anniken grew up in Marnardal and started her education in sound at Solborg FHS on the Music production course. She has a bachelor’s degree in sound engineering from Noroff Vocational School in Oslo and the University of South Wales, and has experience from both studio and live sound. She’s been employed as a sound technician in Kristiansand Zoo since 2017, at Teateret in Kristiansand, and works with sound design, the technical run of a show, and system engineering. She has also had an extensive internship through the Music Equipment Scheme (Culture Room), and has done freelance assignments for mainly LX Design and UiA.

For Kanon Produksjon, Anniken has been the technician on both THE DUMB WAITER and BOUND, and has sound design on KISSED. For the 2022/23 school year, she was the technician for KISSED both in Kristiansand municipality and in Troms & Finnmark County..