Egil Storbekken (24 May 1911 – 19 March 2002) was a Norwegian folk musician, composer and instrument maker.
Life and career
Born in
Tolga Municipality
Tolga is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tolga. Other villages in the municipality include Hodalen, Øversj� ...
,
Hedmark
Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar.
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on 24 May 1911,
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. His radio debut with this instrument came in 1952. Notable among his compositions is the well received "Fjelltrall" from 1960.
Storbekken died in Tolga on 19 March 2002, at the age of 90.[
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References
1911 births
2002 deaths
Musicians from Tolga, Norway
Norwegian composers
Norwegian male composers
Members of Nasjonal Samling
People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway
20th-century Norwegian male musicians
20th-century Norwegian folk musicians
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