Iver Kleive

Iver Kleive

Iver Kleive performing at the
Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo 2008.
(Photograph by Harry Wad)
Background information
Born 25 May 1949
Skien, Telemark
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz, church music
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Keyboards, church organ
Website www.kalleklev.no/artists/1-artists/1432-knut-reiersrud--iver-kleive.html

Iver Kleive (born 25 May 1949 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian composer and organist. He is known for his composing style which is a fusion of traditional church music with other musical idioms such as blues, jazz, and Norwegian folk music.[1] He has appeared in nearly 200 recordings as a studio musician, composer and arranger.[2]

Biography

Kleive was born in Skien to a musical family. His father, Kristoffer Kleive, was also an organist and his brother, Audun Kleive, is a noted jazz percussionist. He studied church music and organ at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and then served as the organist at the Frogner Church from 1976 to 1981 and the Røyken Church from 1982 to 1985. Since 1987 he has been the musical director of the Helgerud Church in Bærum. He is also director of the Oslo Bach Choir which he founded in 1988. The recording of his Blå koral (Blue Chorale) won a Spellemannprisen in 1991.[3]

Principal discography

Klieve records primarily on the Kirkelig Kulturverksted label (KKV). His principal recordings include:

Solo albums

Collaborative works

Kleive at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2008.
With Ingrid Elisabeth Johansen
With Øystein Sunde
With Ole Paus
With Ove Røsbak and Sigmund Groven
With Per Egil Hovland
With Roar Engelberg
With Knut Reiersrud
With Jonas Fjeld
With Annbjørg Lien
With Sigmund Groven
With Terje Rypdal
With Aage Kvalbein
With Knut Reiersrud and Povl Dissing

Notes and references

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  1. ↑ Ellingham et al. (1999) p. 18
  2. ↑ Marcussen (30 October 2007)
  3. ↑ Spellemannprisen: 1991 Winners

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