Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (born 25 April 1944) is a Norwegian classical pianist and musical pedagogue.

Early life

Steen-Nøkleberg was born in

Østre Toten Østre Toten is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Len ...

to farmer Jacob Steen-Nøkleberg and Signe Sveen. He has recorded more than fifty albums, and toured all over Europe, in America, Asia, and the Soviet Union.

Career

He was appointed professor at the

Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Dating to , it has reorganised and changed names as it developed over the years, ...

from 1975 to 1982, and professor 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 ...

from 1982. He was awarded the Norwegian Music Critics Award 1975,

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

1976, Lindemanprisen 1987, and Griegprisen in 1988. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

in 1993. Among his students were i.a. Caroline Fischer.

References

1944 births Living people People from Østre Toten Norwegian classical pianists Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Academic staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music Norwegian expatriates in Germany Spellemannprisen winners 21st-century Norwegian classical pianists {{Norway-musician-stub