Aage Kvalbein is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 cellist and a professor

Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

 in cello

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

 at the Norwegian Academy of Music

Norwegian Academy of Music

The Norwegian Academy of Music is a music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education. As a university college, it offers both undergraduate and postgraduate...

. He is one of the most well-renowned musicians in Norway, both as a soloist, chamber musician and as a pedagogue.

He has published approximately 40 records with music from various composers.

At age 33, he became the first professor of cello in Norway. He is married to the Norwegian actress Mari Maurstad

Mari Maurstad

Mari Maurstad is a Norwegian actress. She debuted at Nationalteatret in 1981, and has worked there since. Here she has had roles such as "Polly" in Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, and "Mrs. Sørby" in Ibsen's The Wild Duck. She has also acted in outdoor performances of Ibsen's Peer Gynt, and in...

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