Sverre Indris Joner (born 19 July 1963About page
at his official website) is a

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musician, composer, and arranger. He frequently performs on

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and

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. Joner was born in

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and was raised in

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. He is a graduate of the

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and the

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Conservatory in

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.Tango For 3
/ref> Additionally, he is the father of singer

Alexandra Joner Alexandra Irena Acevedo Joner (born 25 March 1990), professionally known as Alexandra Joner, is a Norwegian singer and dancer. She is the daughter of Norwegian musician and composer Sverre Indris Joner and a Cuban mother Barbara Joner. She addition ...

, and uncle of actor

Kristoffer Joner Kristoffer Joner (born 19 September 1972) is a Norwegian actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Villmark'' and ''The Man Who Loved Yngve''. He was a part of Rogaland Teater when he was 14 years of age until his early 20s. He was one of the f ...

. He is particularly known for popularizing

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in Norway. He has composed music in such styles and has also adapted and arranged many popular European classical music pieces, such as

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's " Eine kleine Nachtmusik",

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's Fifth Symphony,Huizenga, Thomas
"Strange Arrangements: Beethoven With A Salsa Beat"
NPR.org, 27 October 2010. and

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's "

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". Joner's adaptations often employ elements of

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such as

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. He often performs these as part of the music groups Hovedøen Social Club and La Descarga. Other groups in which he performs and has founded includ
Salzumba
and

Electrocutango Electrocutango is an electrotango project founded by Sverre Indris Joner, based in Oslo, Norway. Their first album ''Felino'' is mainly original music created for ''TanGhost'', a tango/theater performance based on Henrik Ibsen's play ''Ghosts ...

. Joner has performed with many symphony orchestras, including those from Norway and

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(

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

, and

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) as well as the

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. He has composed and arranged music for the stage and screen.

Notes

External links

Official website

Hovedøen Social Club

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on Myspace * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joner, Sverre Indris 1963 births Living people Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers Musicians from Bergen Musicians from Oslo University of Oslo alumni Norwegian expatriates in Cuba Norwegian male pianists 21st-century pianists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians