Tor Ingar Jakobsen

Tor Ingar Jakobsen (born August 15, 1973) is a Norwegian composer and musician. He is mostly known for his work in the musical theatre.[1] Jakobsen is the composer for the family musical The Time of Nick, which had its Broadway presentation in New York City, September 2017 [2] He is also the composer for the NYC based musical Under Her Hat[3] and he has composed the music for the children musical Den Magiske Julekrystallen Another of his musicals is 'Jakten på Bene Skinnkniv.[4]

Tor Ingar Jakobsen
Tor Ingar Jakobsen
Born(1973-08-15)August 15, 1973
Gjøvik, Norway
Occupationcomposer, musician.

Jakobsen was born in Gjøvik, Norway, and started taking piano lessons at the age of 6. At the age of 15 he started doing his first professional jobs as a musician. In his teens he started to play in different bands, including rock bands, cover bands and jazz bands. Along with the work at the concert scene, this was also the time when he started doing his first jobs as musical director in different local theatre productions.[5]

In 2004 he was educated from the University of Oslo as cand.philol. in jazz piano and composing.[6]

Jakobsen lives in Oslo and works as a composer, piano player, arranger and musical director.[7]

References
  1. "Welcome to Tor Ingar Jakobsen, HomePage". Toringarjakobsen.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. "Lillias White, Robby Clater to Headline THE TIME OF NICK Reading". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. Kjæstad, Reidar (21 August 2013). "Totning lager Broadway-musikk". Nrk.no. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. "Ribbungspillet treffer blinken". Rb.no. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. "Welcome to Tor Ingar Jakobsen, HomePage". Toringarjakobsen.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. Jakobsen, Tor Ingar (12 January 2019). "Bill Evans' og Keith Jarretts tonevalg og fraseoppbygging : En sammenligning ut fra en vertikal og en horisontal betraktningsmåte". Duo.uio.no. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. "Welcome to Tor Ingar Jakobsen, HomePage". Toringarjakobsen.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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