Eyvind Solås

Eyvind Stauri Solås (11 May 1937 – 22 April 2011) was a Norwegian musician, composer, actor and program host in NRK, both the Norwegian television and radio.

Solås was instrumental in the establishment of the music and theater line subjects at Romerike Folk High School, where he was a professor in the late 1960s. He later worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1969 to 2002 where he hosted the TV series Musikknytt from 1972 to 1986. He released the LP "Professoren" with Knut Høiland in 1974 and later "Eyvind & Trond-Viggo" with Trond Viggo Torgersen in 1980. He wrote the music for twenty radio plays.

Career Solås is a graduate of the Musikkonservatoriet i Oslo and got a German state scholarship for further studies at the Academy of Music in Köln. In 1968 he earned a magisters of Musicology at the Universitetet i Oslo, with the thesis "En studie i Harald Sæverud's scenemusikk til Peer Gynt" (A study in Harald Sæverud's incidental music to Peer Gynt).

Solås was active as an actor and composer at the «Teater Neuf» (Student theater), and «Teaterverkstedet» in Oslo 1950–70. He was awarded the Order of Student Theatre «Den Hvide Knap» in 1958 and received the degree of Knight. During many years he was also active as a professional actor at the places «Riksteatret», «Teater Ibsen» and in several revues by Ole Paus. The theater was the basis for Solås's development as a composer, and he himself said: «In particular, I received a number of stylistic challenges and a growing understanding of music as an essential part of a larger artistic context».

Works 1968: "En studie i Harald Sæveruds scenemusikk til Peer Gynt", (Master's thesis UiO) 1993: "Ensom vandrer. Fantasier og refleksjoner i Edvard Griegs landskap" 1999: "Spillet om Peer Gynt, eller Peer Gynt som musikkdramatisk kasteball", at «Peer Gynt-stemnet», Vinstra 31. July 31– August 8, 1999

Compositions (in selection) 1965/1986: Two string quartets 1968: Bendik og Årolilja, stage cantata for mixed choir, soloists and 8 instruments 1969: Det är vackrast när det skymmer, for mixed choir, lyrics by Per Lagerkvist 1970: Måne over gjøglervogna, ballet pantomime 1970: Skogens øyne, lyrical Suite for Strings 1984: Music for Oboe and Strings 1984: Theme and Miniature Variations, klaverkonsert, 1984 1986: Musikk til en by ved havet 1988: Mythos for orkester 1990: Maskespill for clarinet, trombone and piano 2002: Historien om en mor, for narrator, soprano solo and orchestra, texts by H. C. Andersen