Ketil Bjørnstad Musical artist

Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz".He is an artist on the ECM record label, but has also published some 20 books (predominantly novels) and a number of poetry and essay collections.He has collaborated with other ECM artists, including cellist David Darling, drummer Jon Christensen, and guitarist Terje Rypdal.

Personal facts

Ketil Bjørnstad
Birth dateApril 25, 1952
Birth place
Oslo
Hometown
Norway

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Musical artist

associated musical artist
David Darling (musician)
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Chamber jazz
Post-bop
Third stream
Classical music
Folk jazz
New-age music
instrument
Piano
record label
ECM Records

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Ketil Bjørnstad on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://aschehougagency.no/Authors/Aschehoug/Aschehoug-Fiction/Bjoernstad-Ketil
  2. http://www.aschehoug.no/forfattere/alfabetisk/vis?contentItemId=648551
  3. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/titlelist.php?cat=%2FArtists%2FBj%F8rnstad+Ketil%23%23Ketil+Bj%F8rnstad
  4. http://www.kalleklev.no/artist_files/artist_idx.php?id=38
  5. http://www.ketilbjornstad.com