Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, also known as HKKS (born 23 July 1965), is a Norwegian percussion and

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player,

Career

Born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen started to play music at the age of seven and grew up playing percussion, piano and tuba. He studied percussion at the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the co ...

. After a short period as principal percussionist in

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(1989) and later

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(1990–91), he went on to study at the

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in Canada and at the Conservatoire National de Région

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with Sylvio Gualda, where he obtained the Prix de Perfectionnement à l'unanimité. He is also a prizewinner from CIEM-competition in Geneva 1992. He has worked with composers like

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and

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, who dedicated to him the piece "Isternia" for cimbalom solo in 2010. As a soloist he has played with ensembles like

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, the Norwegian Opera, BIT20, the Norwegian Soloist Choir and the Norwegian Chamberorchestra. He has been featured on a number of albums with improvised and notated music in jazz, baroque and classical genres, recorded for Ultron Records, BIS, ECM,

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, and Aurora. His solo-album ''OPEN'' won the

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(the Norwegian

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) for 2003. Kjos Sørensen is currently professor in percussion at The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.

Discography

A partial list of his recordings includes: *

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: "First Impression". Misha Alperin, piano,

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, s & b saxophones,

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, French horn/fluegelhorn,

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, bass,

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, drums, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD ECM 1664) *Mikhail Alperin: "Night". Misha Alperin, piano, Anja Lechner, cello, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD ECM 1769) *

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: ''A Flower''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, piano & voice. (CD BIS 1219) *John Cage: ''The Wonderful widow of Eighteen Springs''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, piano & voice. (CD BIS 1219) *John Cage: ''In a Landscape''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, cimbalom. (

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Ultron 001) *

: "Recollections".

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, clarinet, Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion,

Alexander Lonquich Alexander Lonquich (born 28 August 1960 in Trier) is a German classical pianist and conductor. Biography Lonquich studied with Paul Badura-Skoda, Andrzej Jasiński, and Ilonka Deckers-Küszler. He won the first prize at the Alessandro Casa ...

, piano,

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, violin, Hartmut Rohde, viola,

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, cello, Yasunori Kawahara, doublebass. (CD AVI 8553100) *

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: ''Omar''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, vibraphone. (CD BIS 1219) *

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: Chaconne in G-major.

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& Lorenza Borrani, violins, Jonathan Cohen, cello,

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, harpsichord, Stefan Maass & Stephan Rath, lute/guitar/theorbo, HKKS, percussion. (CD DG 477-8094) *

: ''Flow''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, marimba. (CD BIS 1219) *

: ''Readings of Mr.G'' for percussion and strings. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion/voice, Pierre-André Valade, conductor,

BIT20 Ensemble The BIT20 Ensemble is a contemporary music ensemble from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1989. It was formed in the merger of the quartet, Bit4, and Ensemble 20. The ensemble has headquarters at Grieghallen. During its history, BIT20 Ensemble has per ...

. (CD ACD 5047) *Henrik Hellstenius: ''Readings of Mr.G'' for solo percussion. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion/voice. (SACD Ultron 001) *Henrik Hellstenius: ''Ombra della sera''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion, Dan Styffe, double-bass. (CD ACD 5047) *

Jean-Marie Leclair Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder) (10 May 1697 – 22 October 1764) was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, the lesser-known Jean-Marie ...

: ''Tambourin''. Daniel Hope, violin, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass, guitar, HKKS, percussion. (CD DG 477-8094) *

Nicola Matteis Nicola Matteis (Matheis) (fl. c. 1650 – after 1713) was the earliest notable Italian Baroque violinist in London, whom Roger North judged in retrospect "to have been a second to Corelli," and a composer of significant popularity in his time, t ...

: ''Ground after the Scotch Humour''. Daniel Hope, violin, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass, guitar, HKKS, percussion. (CD DG 477-8094) *Moscow Art Trio: ''Music''. Arkady Shilkloper, fr.horn/fluegelhorn,

Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Старостин; born 1 January 1956 in Moscow) is a Russian folk and jazz composer and performer, famous for his modern interpretations of archaic Russian (as well as Sá ...

, voice/clarinet/alto clarinet/folk reeds,

, piano/melodica/claviola/tubes, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion/marimba. (CD JARO 4214-2) *

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: ''Signals''.

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, accordion,

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, electric guitar, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD Simax PSC1328) *

: ''Der göttliche Tivoli''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion-solo. Dorian Keilhack, conductor. Stadtteater Bern. (CD Dacapo 6.220572-73) *Per Nørgård: ''Isternia''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, solo cimbalom. (SACD Ultron 001) *

Diego Ortiz Diego Ortiz (c. 1510 – c. 1576) was a Spanish composer and music theorist in service to the viceroy of Naples ruled by the Spanish monarchs Charles V and Philip II. Ortiz published the first manual on ornamentation for bowed string inst ...

: ''Ricercata segunda''. Daniel Hope & Lorenza Borrani, violins, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass & Stephan Rath, lute/theorbo, HKKS, percussion. (CD DG 477-8094) *Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen: ''Royal Garden''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD ECM 1628) *Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen: ''Open 1–3''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD BIS 1219) *Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen: ''Call''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, cimbalom. (SACD Ultron 001) *Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen: ''Far.''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (SACD Ultron 001) *Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen: ''Fly''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, vibraphone. (SACD Ultron 001) *Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen: ''Hearing Things''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, cimbalom, voice. (SACD Ultron 001) *

Antonio Valente Antonio Valente ( fl. 1565–80) was an Italian Renaissance organist and composer. He was blind from childhood and served as organist of Sant'Angelo a Nilo in Naples in 1565–80. During that time he published two collections of keyboar ...

: ''Gagliarda Napolitana''. Daniel Hope, violin, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass, guitar, HKKS, percussion. (CD DG 477-8094) *

Johann Paul von Westhoff Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656 – buried 17 April 1705) was a German Baroque composer and violinist. One of the most important exponents of the Dresden violin school, he was among the highest ranked violinists of his day, and composed some of the ...

: ''La Guerra cosí nominata di sua maestà''. Daniel Hope, violin, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass, guitar, HKKS, percussion. (CD DG 477-8094) *

: ''Stonewave'' for solo-percussion. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD BIS 1219) *Christian Wallumrød Trio: ''The Birch''.

Arve Henriksen Arve Henriksen (born 22 March 1968) is a Norwegian trumpeter. Career Henriksen was born in Stranda and educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium; he later studied music pedagogy, while he played in «Bodega Band» (1987� ...

, trumpet,

Christian Wallumrød Christian Wallumrød (born 26 April 1971 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, organ and electronic keyboards) and composer, and is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the younger Norwegian generation, known from ...

, piano, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD ECM 1628) *

Iannis Xenakis Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; el, Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde ...

: '' Rebonds''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD BIS 1219) *Iannis Xenakis: '' Psappha''. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion.

Martin Horntveth Martin Horntveth (born 20 September 1977) is a Norwegian musician (primarily drummer), composer and electronica artist. He was born in Tønsberg, and is the younger brother of tubaist Line Horntveth, but is best known as the drummer and key me ...

, live electronics. (SACD Ultron 001)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Hans-Kristian Kjos Norwegian percussionists Living people 1965 births Musicians from Oslo Norwegian Academy of Music alumni