Christian Kjos

Christian Kjos (b. 1980) is one of Norway’s most active harpsichordists. After studying at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH) in Oslo with Knut Johannessen and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel, Switzerland with Jesper Christensen, he has been a freelance harpsichordist and continuo player in several of Norway’s early music ensembles. He has been much involved in artistic matters in Barokkanerne and the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra (from 2018 united as Barokkanerne – Norwegian Baroque Ensemble) and has taken part in several CD recordings with the before mentioned ensembles as well as Trondheim Baroque and Ensemble Cordia in Italy. Christian has played with Concerto Copenhagen under Alfredo Bernardini and is a founding member of the Swiss-based Ensemble Meridiana with whom he has won several first prizes in international early music competitions and released recordings on Linn Classics and Chandos Classics. Christian has been a research fellow at the Norwegian Academy of Music since 2015 with the artistic research project ‘Releasing the ‘Loudie’, harpsichord accompaniment in the G. F. Handel’s continuo cantatas’. The Norwegian composer and writer Eivind Buene and the Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen has been his supervisors. In the course of the project, Christian has deepened his special relationship with Handel, his music and its performance practical aspects.

Sept. 2019