Ståle Wikshåland

Ståle Wikshåland (30 June 1953 18 January 2017) was a Norwegian musicologist.

Ståle Wikshåland
Born(1953-06-30)30 June 1953
Stavanger, Norway
Died18 January 2017(2017-01-18) (aged 63)
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
OccupationMusicologist

He was born in Stavanger. Wikshåland was a co-editor for the music magazine Ballade, and worked for Henie Onstad Kunstsenter from 1981 to 1984. From 1988 to 2017 he was appointed professor in musicology at the University of Oslo. He was also a music critic for Dagbladet for thirty years, and contributed to the contemporary debate on music and art in society.[1] Wikshåland died in 2017 of thrombosis, aged 63.[2]

References

  1. Bjerkestrand, Nils E. "Ståle Wikshåland". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. "Nekrolog: Ståle Wikshåland". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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