Egil Kapstad

Egil Kapstad
Born (1940-08-06)6 August 1940
Oslo, Norway
Died 13 July 2017(2017-07-13) (aged 76)
Kristiansand, Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, arranger
Instruments Piano
Website www.egilkapstad.no

Egil Kapstad (6 August 1940 – 13 July 2017) was a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote the music for more than 50 productions for theater, and also composed for film and television drama. Kapstad composed classical works for orchestra, choir, string quartet, and smaller ensembles, and was a chief executive of the association Ny Musikk. He worked as a host in television for NRK. Egil Kapstad's Trio worked as a small orchestra in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix of 1965.[1][2]

Career

Kapstad was born in Oslo, Norway. He taught jazz history and improvisation at the Musikkonservatoriet i Kristiansand and performed as a pianist on more than 60 albums. Kapstad worked with jazz musician such as Karin Krog, Chet Baker, Red Mitchell, Bjørn Johansen, Bjarne Nerem, Jon Larsen and Magni Wentzel, being also known for his longstanding collaboration with poet Jan Erik Vold. [1]

Kapstad received numerous awards and honors. He received Norsk jazzforbund's Buddyprisen in 1977, NOPA's award for the work of the year, (Epilog) in 1984, Gammleng-prisen in the class jazz in 1985 and was awarded Spellemannprisen in the class jazz twice, for the record Cherokee at the 1989 award of Spellemannprisen and Remembrance with the Egil Kapstad Trio at the 1994 award of Spellemannprisen.[1][2]

Kapstad became a government scholar in 2003.[3] He died in Kristiansand during July 2017.

Works

Compositions (selection)

Discography

As leader
  • Syner (1967)
  • …spiller Einar Schanke (1979)
  • Friends (1980)
  • Epilog – Bill Evans in Memoriam (1984)
  • Cherokee (1988)
  • Remembrance (1993)
  • Friends (2003) - Kapstad/Johansen Quartet
  • Wolfvoices (2003)
As sideman

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Egil Kapstad Biography - SNL.no". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)
  2. 1 2 "Kapstad, Egil Biography - Norsk musikkinformasjon MIC.no". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. (in Norwegian)
  3. ↑ "Statsstipend til Egil Kapstad - Ballade.no". (in Norwegian)
Awards
Preceded by
Laila Dalseth		 Recipient of the Buddyprisen
1977		 Succeeded by
Kristian Bergheim
Preceded by
Arild Andersen		 Recipient of the Jazz Gammleng-prisen
1985		 Succeeded by
Laila Dalseth
Preceded by
Oslo 13		 Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen
1989		 Succeeded by
Oslo Groove Company
Preceded by
Radka Toneff & Jon Christensen		 Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen
1993		 Succeeded by
Vigleik Storaas Trio
Preceded by
The Brazz Brothers		 Recipient of the Sildajazzprisen
2001		 Succeeded by
Svein Olav Herstad
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