was born in 1959. He started his musical career as cornetist in the local school band; Florø Skoles Musikkorps. Sunde achieved his formal musical education at the Bergen lærerhøgskole and the University of Oslo. After finishing his education, he has worked as a teacher and educator at various levels such as primary school, high school and music school.
Sunde has been conductor and band-leader of several concert bands, brassbands and jazz ensembles since 1981. On the band side; he has been initator and responsible for several projects focusing on rhythmic music and improvisation. Besides his career on the educational side, Sunde is also active as freelance trumpet-player.