Egil Kapstad

Egil Kapstad
Background information
Born(1940-08-06)6 August 1940
Oslo, Norway
Died13 July 2017(2017-07-13) (aged 76)
Kristiansand, Norway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger
InstrumentPiano
Websitewww.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 theatre productions, and 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]

  1. ^ "Egil Kapstad Biography - SNL.no". 25 February 2020. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "Kapstad, Egil Biography - Norsk musikkinformasjon MIC.no". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. (in Norwegian)