JON BALKE
World Fusion / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Third Stream / Jazz Related Improv/Composition • Norway
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Born: June 7, 1955 Instrument: Piano
Jon Balke (1955) was born in Furnes, Norway, and has been a professional musician since 1974. Balke has no formal education in music or composition and has mainly worked within the realm of improvised music. His main instrument has been the piano and this has lead, in time, to the use of electronic keyboards.
He began composing for larger ensembles in 1982, first and foremost for Oslo 13, a 'small' big band, and has since composed works for the theatre and various chamber ensembles, in addition to big bands and jazz ensembles.
Balke's activities in music have always been two-fold. On the one hand, there is a search for maximum spontaneity through the establishing of orchestras which are increasingly based on pure improvisation; a development that has culminated in his very successful trio with Audun Kleive and Per Jørgensen (keys, percussion, and trumpet). On
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Siwan
World Fusion
2009
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Post-Fusion Contemporary
2016
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World Fusion
2022
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Skrifum
Post-Fusion Contemporary
2025
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