Knut Haugsoen

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Knut Eide Haugsoen (born April 2, 1935 in Bergen ; † January 17, 2011 in Winnipeg ) was a Norwegian architect , university professor , who also worked as a jazz pianist and composer and spent most of his career in North America .

Live and act

Haugsoen came into contact with American jazz music as a child and began to play the piano by himself. As a teenager he performed in bands in his hometown; In 1956 he moved to Munich to study architecture at the Technical University of Munich ; he also performed in jazz clubs in Schwabing . After completing his studies, he returned to Bergen with his wife, the architect Ellen Lyng Nielsen, where he did his doctorate under Frederik Konow Lund . Then he worked on various building projects from 1964 to 1967, then from 1967 to 1973 in Chicago for Mies van der Rohe . He then taught architecture at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg . In addition to his work as a university lecturer, he published articles on composition and design; In addition, under the influence of the ideas of the Indian yoga master Baba Muktananda , he began to work as a musician and composer with his band Vikrama . In 1980 he studied African music during a sabbatical year in Berkley and obtained a second master's degree in architecture ( A Study of the Environment as a Vibrating System ). In Winnipeg he recorded several albums in addition to his teaching activities and wrote compositions for his own projects, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the singer Martha Brooks; he also improvised live music for films. His debut album Hands On was created in 1988 and was produced by Jan Erik Kongshaug ; his album Step and A Half , on which u. a. and Ingrid Jensen and Stefan Bauer participated, was nominated for the Juno Award nominated.

Discographic notes

  • Hands On (1988)
  • Knut Haugsoen and Vikrama: Experience - Live in Montreal (1992)
  • One Day's Growth (1998)
  • Step and a Half (Ram Records, 2000)

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personal data
SURNAME Haugsoen, Knut
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haugsoen, Knut Eide (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian architect and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergen (Norway)
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 2011
Place of death Winnipeg