Iver Kleive 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...

 composer and organist. He is known for his composing style which is a fusion of traditional church music with other musical idioms such as blues, jazz, and Norwegian folk music. He has appeared in nearly 200 recordings as a studio musician, composer and arranger.

Biography

Kleive was born in Skien

Skien

' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....

 to a musical family. His father, Kristoffer Kleive, was also an organist and his brother, Audun Kleive

Audun Kleive

Audun Kleive is a Norwegian drummer and percussionist.Audun Kleive grew up in Skien, the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist and composer Iver Kleive. He began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then went to Oslo, where he studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music...

, is a noted jazz percussionist. He studied church music and organ 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...

 in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 and then served as the organist at the Frogner

Frogner

Frogner is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. In addition to traditional Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg and Majorstuen....

 Church from 1976 to 1981 and the Røyken

Røyken

Røyken is a village and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda. The parish of Røken was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....

 Church from 1982 to 1985. Since 1987 he has been the musical director of the Helgerud Church in Bærum

Bærum

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

. He is also director of the Oslo Bach Choir which he founded in 1988. The recording of his Blå koral (Blue Chorale) won a Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...

 in 1991.

Principal discography

Klieve records primarily on the Kirkelig Kulturverksted label. His principal recordings include:

• Max Reger
  Max Reger
  Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
  
  : Inferno, Symphonic Fantasia and Fugue for organ, Op. 57, 1988
• Blå koral (Blue Chorale) with guitarist Knut Reiersrud
  Knut Reiersrud
  Knut Reiersrud is a Norwegian blues guitarist. His work also incorporates elements of Norwegian traditional music and African music. He lives in Oslo...
  
  , 1991
• Max Reger: Alle Menchen müssen sterben, Organ Fantasia, Op. 52/1, 1993
• Kyrie, 1994
• Himmelskip (Ship of Heaven) with Knut Reiersrud, 1996
• Juleevangeliet (The Christmas Gospel), 1998
• Den signede dag (The Blessed Day) with Knut Reiersrud and folk singer Povl Dissing, 2000
• Hyrdenes tilbedelse (Adoration of the Shepherds) with Knut Reiersrud 2004
• Nåde over Nåde (Grace of Grace) with Knut Reiersrud, 2006.
• Julemeditasjoner (Christmas Meditations) with cellist Aage Kvalbein
  Aage Kvalbein
  Aage Kvalbein is a Norwegian cellist and a professor in cello at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is one of the most well-renowned musicians in Norway, both as a soloist, chamber musician and as a pedagogue....
  
  , 2007
• Requiem, 2007

With Terje Rypdal

Terje Rypdal

Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...

• Lux Aeterna
  Lux Aeterna (Terje Rypdal album)
  Lux Aeterna is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "There is nothing remotely cold about this work; it is warm and dark and stunning in its stark presentation that is so...
  
  (ECM, 2000)

Sources

• Dalane, Anders, "Iver Kleive", Store norske leksikon
• Ellingham, Mark et. al. (eds), World music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Rough Guides, 1999. ISBN 1858286352
• Marcussen, Tor, "«Requiem» til gjensidig trøst", Aftenposten
  Aftenposten
  Aftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...
  
  , 30 October 2007