The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1964 in Norwegian music.

Events

May

* The 12th

Bergen International Festival Bergen International Festival ( no, Festspillene i Bergen) is an annual international music and cultural festival in Bergen, Norway. Biography The Bergen International festival is the largest festival in the Nordic countries in its genre and ha ...

started in

Bergen, Norway Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, secon ...

June

* The 1st

Kongsberg Jazz Festival Kongsberg Jazz Festival or Kongsberg Jazzfestival is an international jazz festival that has been held annually in Kongsberg, Norway, since 1964. Artists Several worldwide great artists have visited Kongsberg during this festival; internation ...

started in

Kongsberg, Norway Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...

July

* The 4th Moldejazz started in

Molde, Norway Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of t ...

Albums released

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K ; Karin Krog * ''By Myself'' (Philips Records)

Deaths

; June * 18 –

Egil Rasmussen Egil Rasmussen (28 April 1903 – 18 June 1964) was a Norwegian writer, literature critic and pianist. Rasmussen was born in the village of Bossekop in Alta, Norway. He grew up in Tromsø after Rasmussen's family moved to the city when he was 3 y ...

, author, literature critic and pianist (born

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

). ; July * 1 –

Sigurd Islandsmoen Sigurd Islandsmoen (August 27, 1881 – July 1, 1964) was a Norwegian composer. Sigurd Islandsmoen made significant contributions to the music of the Church of Norway. In all he wrote some 70 opus, among these five feature-length works for ...

, organist and composer (born

1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ...

Births

; January * 11 –

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen (born 11 January 1964, in Oslo) is a Norwegian contemporary composer. Life Aagaard-Nilsen grew up in Kabelvåg on Lofoten in northern Norway. From 1986 to 1990 he studied at the Bergen Conservatory of Music (now known ...

, contemporary composer. * 27 –

Trond Sverre Hansen Trond Sverre Hansen (born 27 January 1964 in Narvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums). He is the son of jazz trombonist, Viggo Hansen and is considered one of the most prominent Norwegian drummers in the bebop genre. Career Hanse ...

, jazz drummer. ; February * 1 –

Bugge Wesseltoft Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft. Career In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after ...

, jazz pianist, composer, and music producer,

Jazzland Recordings Jazzland Recordings is a Norwegian jazz and improvised music label based in Oslo, Norway, often associated with nu jazz. It was founded in 1996 by pianist Bugge Wesseltoft to release his "New Conception of Jazz" and operate as a standalone label. ...

. * 23 – John Norum, rock guitarist,

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. ; March * 13 – Reidar Skår, keyboardist, composer, and music producer. ; April * 22 –

Johannes Eick Johannes Eick (born 22 April 1964) is a Norwegian bassist (double bass and electric bass guitar), the son of bassist and vibraphonist Jürgen Eick (b. 1937), and the older brother of musicians Trude Eick and Mathias Eick. In his youth he played ...

, jazz bassist. ; May * 4 **

Roy Lønhøiden Roy Lønhøiden (born in Kongsvinger, Norway, on 4 May 1964) is a Norwegian composer and singer-songwriter in the country music genre. His music is considered a blend of traditional Norwegian folk and American roots music. Biography Lønhøid ...

, singer, songwriter, and composer. **

Terje Isungset Terje Isungset (born May 4, 1964) is a Norwegian drummer. From his background in jazz and traditional Scandinavian music, he has designed musical instruments from non-traditional materials, including ice. Career Isungset was raised in Geil ...

, percussionist and composer. * 13 –

Harald Devold Harald Devold (13 May 1964 – 19 February 2016) was a Norwegian jazz musician (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute) from Vadsø, Finnmark. He is also known as a big band organizer, music producer and music political activist. He was born ...

, jazz saxophonist (died

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

). * 31 –

Carl Petter Opsahl Carl Petter Opsahl (born 31 May 1964 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian priest, jazz musician and journalist. Career Opsahl was involved in the establishment of "Caledonia Jazzband" (1982) and toured in New Orleans (1983), whereupon he settled t ...

, priest, jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and journalist. ; June * 1 – Gottfried von der Goltz, violinist and orchestra conductor. * 9 – Roger Arve Vigulf, clarinet soloist and composer. * 13 –

Helge Lilletvedt Helge Lilletvedt (born 13 June 1964 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer and arranger, known from collaborations and album releases with Herborg Kråkevik, Anne Dorte Michelsen, Vamp, Göran Fristorp, Terje Ryp ...

, jazz keyboardist, composer, and music arranger. ; July * 17 –

Aslak Dørum Aslak Dørum (born 7 August 1964 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian writer and bassist of the Norwegian rock band DumDum Boys. Career Dørum joined DumDum Boys in 1993, after having been closely associated with them for years, and been responsi ...

, writer and bassist,

DumDum Boys DumDum Boys are a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim. They are one of the most successful Norwegian rock acts of all time, and are considered one of the "four great" bands who popularized modern rock with Norwegian lyrics in the mid-to-late 1980s ...

. * 24 –

Dagfinn Koch Dagfinn Koch (born 24 July 1964, in Kristiansund, Norway) is a musician. He studied at the State Academy of music (Norges musikkhøgskole) (Lasse Thoresen, composition; Olav Anton Thommessen, orchestration; Bjørn Kruse, arranging; Mads Claesson, ...

, composer and musician. * 26 –

Roar Engelberg Roar Engelberg (born 26 July 1964 in Hamar, Norway) is the first international Norwegian artist on Panpipes, known for his long lasting and productive cooperation with Stein-Erik Olsen. Career Engelberg became interested in panpipes as a 12-year ...

, panpipes player. ; August * 10 –

Kåre Kolve Kåre Kolve (born 10 August 1964) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), and the older brother of the vibraphonist Ivar Kolve. He is known as bandleader of his own Kåre Kolve Quartet, several album releases and the collaborations ...

, jazz saxophonist and composer. ; September * 8 – Joachim «Jokke» Nielsen, rock musician and poet (died

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

). * 19 –

Bjarne Brøndbo Bjarne Arnstein Brøndbo (born 19 September 1964 in Namsos, Norway) is the vocalist and the front figure in the Norwegian rock group D.D.E. since the start in 1992. Brøndbo has previously played in the bands Humanic (1978–1985) and After Dark ( ...

, singer and songwriter, D.D.E. ; December * 5 –

Arve Furset Arve Eilif Furset (born 5 December 1964 in Askvoll, Western Norway) is a Norwegian composer, jazz musician (piano, keyboards) and music producer, known from a series of record releases and cooperations with the likes of Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Kje ...

, composer, jazz pianist, keyboardist, and music producer. * 25 –

Torbjørn Økland Torbjørn Eirik Økland (born 25 December 1964) is a Norwegian musician. Together with Øyvind Staveland he was the founder of the Norwegian band Vamp The VaMP driverless car was one of the first truly autonomous cars Vamp The VaMP driverless car was one of the first truly autonomous cars Dynamic Vision for Perc ...

References

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Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

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