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Artist
Kaare Norge
12+ albums
classical guitarguitarinstrumentalClassicaldanish
about
Kaare Norge has been one of the leading figures of Danish classical music for the last twenty years. He is a highly educated guitarist and a very active composer. Kaare Norge’s talent has drawn him into a wide range of achievements, and he has piorneered in a lot of areas. He was the first Danish classical musician to release a CD from a rock -company,Genlyd (BMG), he was the first Danish classical musician to create a video, he was the first classical artist to perform at the world famous “Roskildefestivalen” - in front of no less than 60.000 entusiastic spectators. Furthermore he has set new standards as to how a classical performer promotes him self. In this respect he has given numerous interviews on TV, radio, papers, magazines and the Internet. Kaare Norge has contributed richly to the international body of guitar literature, above all by his highly appraised transcription - and first recording of - “Partita No. 4 for Harpsicord in D major, BWV 828” by Johann Sebastian Bach - but certainly also his transcriptions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Sonata no. 8 in g-minor by Scarlatti, Sonata K. 331 by Mozart and his “Tango Jalousie”, by the Danish composer, Jacob Gade, have also claimed fame. As a composer Kaare Norges reputation is on the rise. His “Homage to Life”, his first composition to be released on cd, and originally written as a theme to a Danish TV-program - is now being regarded as a modern classic, and is to be found in the repertoire of every hopeful young D
