Harald Dahlstrøm (born 2 March 1961 in

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) is a Norwegian

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musician (piano and Hammond B3 organ), known for participation on a series of records, from collaborations with musicians like Kenneth Sivertsen and Dance with a Stranger, and as band leader for his own lineups.

Career

Dahlstrøm had a ''Harald Dahlstrøm Project'' performing his own compositions at

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1997, and has been engaged at Den Nationale Scene from 1981 to date where he has been a theatre musician for plays like "Les Miserable", "Evig Ung" and "Folk og røvere i Kardemommeby". He has been musical director for the brothers

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on their show "Ylvis – En konsert", and been studio musician for among others Kenneth Sivertsen og Dance with a Stranger. Dahlstrøm made musical arrangements for the album ''Strange Afternoon'' (1991) by the band "Secret Mission" from Bergen. He is also a member / musician and organizer of the in Bergen, hugely popular band "Voksne Herres Orkester" playing to full houses every week at Logen scene in Bergen. In recent years he has participated in the

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notion "Fargespill".

Honors

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prisen 1995

Discography

Under his own name

*1989: ''Gynt'' (), with

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, Knut Skodvin,

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& Tone Ljøkelsøy *1998: ''Är jag född så vill jag leva! – Syv sanger fra Bellman forestillingen i Logen, Bergen'' ()

Collaborative works

;With

*1999: ''Design by Sound'' *2000: ''Café Hysen Noir'' ;With other projects *1998: ''One Day in October'', with Kenneth Sivertsen *2004: ''Eine Kleine Kraftmusik'', with Fliflet/Hamre *2005: ''Ocean'', with Tron *2008: ''Good to Go'', with Erik Moll

References

External links

Francesca Strano – HARALD DAHLSTRØM – Kultur Logen 20.8.11
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahlstrom, Harald 20th-century Norwegian pianists 21st-century Norwegian pianists 20th-century Norwegian organists 21st-century Norwegian organists Norwegian jazz pianists Norwegian jazz composers Male jazz composers Musicians from Bergen 1961 births Living people Norwegian male pianists 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Male jazz pianists