Bjørn received a Trondheim/Ramallah scholarship in 2007. Since then he has been in the Middle East several times, working with different orchestras at the Edward Said Music Conservatoire. He has been touring Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho and Ramallah with these orchestras. He is currently working on a Nordic tour project with the Palestinian Youth Orchestra in collaboration with the Elverum Chamber music Festival and the Youth Orchestra of Norway.

Bjørn also received a grant from the Norwegian Ministry of of Culture, developing a joint concert between a youth orchestra in Ramallah and a youth orchestra in Trondheim, using videoconference technology to be able to “play together”.

With these projects Bjørn wants to take part in a general music making and orchestra developing in the Middle East.