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.

Eyvind Solås
Birth nameEyvind Stauri Solås
Born(1937-05-11)11 May 1937
Sandefjord, Vestfold
Origin Norway
Died22 April 2011(2011-04-22) (aged 73)
Oslo
GenresClassical music
Occupation(s)Pianist, composer and program host
Instrument(s)Piano

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.

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