Per Atle Kolstad (born 25 April 1953 in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

) is a Norwegian musician (piano & keyboards), known from the band

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, Jonas Fjeld Band and Prima Vera, and has numerous recordings as a studio musician.

Career

Kolstad has collaborated with singers and musicians like

Jan Groth Jan Leonard Groth (25 February 1946 – 27 August 2014) was a Norwegian musician. Biography Groth was born in the borough of Greåker in Sarpsborg, Norway. He first made his name in the early 1970s as a member of the progressive rock band Aunt ...

Odd Nordstoga Odd Nordstoga (born 10 December 1972) is a folk singer, musician, actor and editor from Vinje Municipality in Telemark, Norway. In 2004, he went from relative obscurity to becoming the country's biggest selling recording artist, with the phenome ...

Olav Stedje Olav Stedje (Born 8 June 1953) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, known for a number of soft rock recordings, six silver albums and three attempts in Melodi Grand Prix. Early life Stedje was born in Sogndal, and made his debut as a solo singe ...

, Steinar Albrigtsen, Marius Müller, Gry Jannicke Jarlum,

Tor Endresen Tor Lars Oskar Endresen (born 15 June 1959) is a Norwegians, Norwegian singer and composer. He has entered the Norwegian song selection for the Eurovision Song Contest numerous times, but has only won it once, and represented Norway in the Euro ...

Bjørn Eidsvåg Bjørn Eidsvåg (born 17 March 1954) is a Norwegian pop singer, songwriter, and ordained Lutheran minister. He was born in Sauda, and is a graduate of the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He has released more than 25 albums since his 1976 deb ...

Finn Kalvik Finn Bjørn Kalvik (born 30 April 1947) is a Norwegian singer and composer. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981. Early career He was born in Fåvang, but his family moved to the working class district of Grorud, Oslo in 19 ...

Sissel Kyrkjebø Sissel Kyrkjebø (; born 24 June 1969), also known abroad as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. She is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Her musical style ranges from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals and operati ...

and

Alf Cranner Alf Cranner (25 October 1936 – 3 March 2020) was a major Norwegian folk singer, lyricist and painter, considered by many to be the pioneer of the Norwegian folk music wave of the 1960s. (in Norwegian) (in Norwegian) The citation for the award ...

. He was also

keyboardist A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instru ...

within the band

Son of Sam David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco; June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer and former United States Army, U.S. Army soldier who committed a series of stabbings and ...

. In 1984 he received

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

as part of the band Lava for their album ''Fire''. Kolstad is an associate professor at the

Agder University College The University of Agder (), formerly known as Agder College and Agder University College, is a public university with campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad, Norway. The institution was established as a university college (''høgskole'') in 19 ...

(2013).

Honors

*1984:

in the class Pop, within

Discography

Lava albums

;Within

*1982: ''Prime Time'' (Polydor Records) *1984: ''Fire'' (Polydor Records) *1985: ''Prime Cuts'' (Polydor Records), Compilation *1990: ''Rhythm of Love'' (Polydor Records) *1996: ''The Very Best of Lava'' (Polydor Records), Compilation *2003: ''Polarity'' (Polydor Records) *2005: ''Alibi'' (Polydor Records) *2009: ''Symphonic Journey'' (Polydor Records), live album

Collaborations

;With Alex *1980: ''Daddy's Child'' (

Polydor Records Polydor Limited, also known as Polydor Records, is a British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in ...

) ;With Stein Ove Berg *1981: ''Bergtatt'' (NorDisc) ;With

*1982: ''Tredje Stedje'' (Hot Line) *2006: ''Livstegn'' (Tylden & Co) *2011: ''Ikkje Utan Deg'' (Tylden & Co) ;With

Kjell Fjalsett Kjell Sigurd Fjalsett (born 1952) is a Norwegian singer and musician. He made a name for himself in the Norwegian gospel music, gospel and Christian pop scene as a teenager in the choir Believe, covering the song "Oh Happy Day" among other things. ...

*1982: ''Forandring'' (New Song) ;With Terje Bakke & Test 1 *1983: ''Høyt Spill'' (Test Records) ;Within Silhouette *1984: ''Silhouette'' (RCA Victor) ;Within Doxa *1984: ''Så Langt...'' (Klango Records) *1986: ''Noe Som Spirer'' (Scan Music) ;With Jonas Fjeld Band *1985: ''Neck'n Neck'' (

EMI Records EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company EMI in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the succes ...

) *1993: ''Texas Jensen'' (Stageway Records) ;With

Lill Lindfors Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Swedish singer who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s. She and Svante Thuresson performed the song " Nygammal Vals" ("New, yet familiar waltz") as the Swedish entrants in the 196 ...

*1985: ''Människors Makt'' (Slagerfabrikken) ;Within Mr. Walker And The Walkmen *1985: ''Walking'' (

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) ;With

*1986: ''Sissel'' (Noahs Ark) *1986: ''Glade Jul'' (Noahs Ark) *1994: ''Se Ilden Lyse'' (Forenede Fonogramprodusenter) ;With

Pål Thowsen Pål Thowsen (born 15 July 1955) is a Norwegian jazz drummer. He has released several solo albums and received two Spellemannprisen awards. Career Thowsen was born in Lillestrøm, and started his career in the early 1970s as a musician in Ari ...

*1986: ''Call Me Stranger'' (

) ;With

Anne Grete Preus Anne Grete Preus (22 May 1957 – 25 August 2019) was a Norwegian rock singer in Norway in the 1980s and 1990s, first as member of the bands Veslefrikk and Can Can and later as a solo act. She released nine solo albums and won the Spellemannprise ...

*1988: ''Fullmåne'' (

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Norway) ;With

Rita Eriksen Rita Eriksen (born May 26, 1966, in Sola, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, as solo artist and in the 1990s, as part of the Norwegian singing duo Eriksen with her sibling guitarist and singer Frank Eriksen. Rita Eriksen was also briefly a member of ...

*1988: ''Back From Wonderland'' (Desperado Records) ;With Egil Eldøen *1988: ''Here We Go Again'' (Sonet Records) ;With Tom Russell Band *1989: ''Poor Man's Dream'' (Sonet Records) ;With

Geirr Lystrup Geirr Lystrup (22 March 1949 – 19 June 2025) was a Norwegian singer, poet, playwright and children's writer. Life and career Lystrup was born in Vinje on 22 March 1949. His debut album was ''Ti på taket og Måltrostblues'' from 1972. His al ...

Maj Britt Andersen Maj Britt Andersen (born 15 November 1956) is a Norwegian singer. Biography She was born in Østre Toten and is a sister of Inger Lise Rypdal. Her album ''Folk er rare'' from 1986 earned her Spellemannprisen. She was singing in the soul grou ...

*1990: ''Maurits Og Den Store Barnålkrigen'' (Juni Records) ;With

Ketil Bjørnstad Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952) is a pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian ...

*1991: ''Rift - En Rockopera'' (Hete Blikk) ;With

*1993: ''Allemannsland'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon) ;With Steinar Albrigtsen *1994: ''The Troubadour'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon) ;With Jack Lewis *1996: ''Don't Mess Around'' (Rough Diamond Productions) ;With

Elisabeth Andreassen Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (; born 28 March 1958), also known simply as Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest. Career Her talent was discovered in 1979 by Swedish musician an ...

*1996: ''Bettans Jul'' (Polydor Records) ;With

Espen Lind Espen Lind (born 13 May 1971) is a Norwegian record producer, songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is one half of the production team Espionage, and together with his long time partner Amund Bjorklund he has written and/or produced ...

*1997: ''Red'' (

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), on the track «Niki's Theme» ;With

Hilde Heltberg Hilde Heltberg (30 September 1959 – 4 September 2011) was a Norwegian singer, guitarist and songwriter, born in Oslo, Norway. Career Heltberg started her career in the late 70s when she entered a talent competition judged by Stein Ove Berg, wh ...

*1997: ''Blant Konger Og Lus'' (Mega Records) ;With

Ole Paus Ole Paus (1947–2023) was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet, widely regarded as one of the most innovative Norwegian musical figures of the 20th century and "Norway's most significant troubadour at the time of his death." Emerging during t ...

*1997: ''Hellige Natt - Jul I Skippergata'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)

References

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