Steinar Ofsdal (born 4 October 1948) is a Norwegian composer and flutist.

Career

Ofsdal has since 1967 performed on numerous stages in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

, and worldwide in different settings. He has performed alone or within one of his many bands, and is also known as one of the members of the folk group

Bukkene Bruse Bukkene Bruse (established in 1988 in Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk music band, presenting a varied repertoire of traditional and folk-style Norwegian songs, but also including many new compositions based on various Norwegian musical tra ...

, including

Annbjørg Lien Annbjørg Lien (born 15 October 1971) is a Norwegian musician, playing the hardingfele (Hardanger fiddle), violin, and nyckelharpa. Career She first came to national prominence in 1986. Shortly afterwards got a recording deal with the Heilo ...

Arve Moen Bergset Arve Moen Bergset (born 13 March 1972) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer, hardanger fiddler, and classical violinist. He is known both for his solo works as well as for his works with Bukkene Bruse. Life and career He was born in Sandn ...

and

Bjørn Ole Rasch Bjørn Ole Rasch (born 28 July 1959) is a Norwegian artist (keyboards performer), composer, arranger and producer. He is a professor of popular music at the Agder University College. With his wife, Annbjørg Lien, he runs the Kongshavn Studios in ...

. He has written several compositions for his own concert use, and music for theater, film, television and radio. Ofsdal won the

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

1983 in the Open class for the album ''Hat Trick'' and

1989 with

Per Midtstigen Per is a Latin Preposition and postposition, preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, histor ...

in the class Folk / Old Norwegian Folk Dance for the album ''Sjøfløyta''. Bukkene Bruse was awarded Spellemannprisen 1993 in the class Children's music. He was also awarded

Gammleng-prisen The Gammleng Award ( no, Gammleng-prisen) is a Norwegian culture award created by ''The Fund for Performing Artists'' in 1982, 25 years after the fund was established in 1957. The award's official name is the ''Rolf Gammleng award to performing art ...

1999 in open class and was nominated for

Edvard Prize The Edvard Prize is a Norwegian music award in given by TONO, copyright organization for musicians and composers. The award, which was first awarded in 1998, is awarded annually and can only be awarded to members of the organization. The goal is t ...

2005, in the class Traditional folk music. In 2009 he was twice winner of the championship in folk music (Landskappleiken Geilo) in sjøfløyte (sea flute) and seljefløyte (willow flute), and he received Egil Storbekkens Music Prize for 2009, and is Professor of music at the

Norges Musikkhøgskole 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 c ...

and the Ole Bull Academy in Norway.

Awards and honors

, traditional folk, ''Hat Trick'', 1983 * Spellemannprisen with Per Midtstigen, traditional folk/Norwegian folk dance, 1989 *

, Open, 1999 * Egil Storbekkens Music Prize, 2009 * Landskappleiken winner at Geilo, 2009

Discography

As leader

* ''Floytesprell'' (Plateselskapet Mai, 1978) * ''Hat Trick'' (Hot Line, 1984) * ''Reisefeber'' (Slager, 1985) * ''Kalender'' (Slager, 1987) * ''Vestenfor Mane'' (Slager, 1989) * ''Sjofloyta'' (Slager, 1995) * ''Aw/Ofsdal/Sereba/Kake'' (Etnisk Musikklubb, 2004)

As sideman

With

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* ''Motlys'' (Polydor, 1979) * ''Colour Slides'' (NOPA, 1985) * ''Nattonsker'' (Sonet, 1991) With

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* ''Twostep & Bla Ballader'' (Polydor, 1974) * ''To I Spann'' (Plateselskapet Mai, 1979) * ''Frie Hender'' (Plateselskapet Mai, 1981) With

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* ''Grendevisur & Danselat'' (Plateselskapet Mai, 1977) * ''Kom Sol Pa Alle Mine Berg'' (Sonet, 1981) * ''Brakar & Joanna'' (Juni, 1993) * ''Sangen Om Yebo'' (Juni, 2005) With Lillebjorn Nilsen * ''Portrett'' (Polydor, 1973) * ''...Og Fia Hadde Sko!'' (Polydor, 1974) * ''Byen Med Det Store Hjertet'' (Polydor, 1975) * ''Oslo 3'' (NorDisc, 1979) * ''Sanger'' (Grappa, 1988) * ''Haba Haba'' (Grappa, 1995) With others * Stein Ove Berg, ''Nar Dagen Kommer'' (Talent, 1977) *

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, ''Hjartats Lust'' (Metronome, 1981) *

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, ''Forteller Norske Folkeeventyr'' (ABC Media, 1995) *

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, ''Den Storste Reisen'' (Redbrick, 2016) *

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, ''Origin'' (Century Media, 2006) *

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, ''Inn i draumen'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1988) *

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, ''Tid A Hausta Inn'' (Pa Norsk, 1983) *

, ''Are'' (Grappa, 1995) *

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, ''Samspel'' (Buen Kulturverkstad 1995) *

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, ''Kafe Kaos'' (Tylden, 1995) *

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, ''Underveis'' (Grappa, 1991) *

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, ''Hjerteslag'' (Big Box, 2008) *

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, ''Posemannens Bil m.m.m.'' (Musica 1970) * Birgitte Grimstad, ''Love Is a Flow'' (Fonix Musik, 1995) *

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, ''Som Symra Rein & Bla'' (Heilo, 1985) *

, ''Aria'' (Sonet, 1988) *

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, ''Hjerterdame'' (NorDisc, 1980) * Randi Hansen, ''AE Undres'' (NorDisc, 1981) * Trygve Henrik Hoff, ''Fokti...'' (RCA Victor 1980) * Henry Kaiser & David Lindley, ''The Sweet Sunny North'' (Shanachie, 1994) *

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, ''Nokkelen Ligger Under Matta'' (Polydor, 1974) * Sverre Kjelsberg, ''Etter Morketia'' (Plateselskapet Mai, 1979) * Sverre Kjelsberg, ''Kara Syster'' (Plateselskapet Mai, 1980) * Teddy Nelson, ''Diggy Liggy'' (Triola, 1976) *

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, ''Westrveg'' (CBS 1988) *

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, ''Heim Te Mor'' (Sonet, 2006) * Oyvind Rauset, ''13 Umulige Danser + 1 Usannsynlig'' (Hot Club, 1988) *

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, ''Sub'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1999) * Secret Garden, ''Dawn of a New Century'' (Mercury, 1999) * Secret Garden, ''Dreamcatcher'' (Philips, 2000) *

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, ''Nordaforr'' (Plateselskapet Mai, 1979) * Halvdan Sivertsen, ''Ny & Naken'' (Plateselskapet, 1987) *

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, ''Julenatt'' (WEA, 1994) * Stiftelsen, ''Kva Hjelp Det A Syngje'' (Polydor, 1974) * Solvguttene, ''Solvguttene Synger Julen Inn'' (Universal, 2001) *

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, ''Kari Svendsen'' (NorDisc, 1978) * Kari Svendsen, ''Solskinn & Sang'' (Studio 1982) *

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, ''Klovn Uten Scene'' (EMI, 1988) *

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, ''Ut I Vind'' (Columbia, 1991) *

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, ''Dobbeltportrett'' (NorDisc, 1969) * Vazelina Bilopphoggers, ''Hjulkalender'' (Universal/Opal 2000) *

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, ''Turistens Klagan'' (Sonet, 1981) * Cornelis Vreeswijk, ''Guldkorn Fran Master Cees Memoarer'' (Metronome, 1996)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ofsdal, Steinar 1948 births Living people Musicians from Oslo Spellemannprisen winners Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers Academic staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music