Jon Balke
- January 4, 2024
- Pianist
Quick Facts
Jon Balke Biography
| Name | Jon Balke |
| Birthday | Jun 7 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Siblings | Erik Balke |
Jon Balke is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on June 7, 1955 in Norway. Jazz musician and composer who is who is known as the creator of the Magnetic North Orchestra. He was among Norway’s most renowned jazz composers.
He and fellow Norwegian jazz pianist He and fellow Norwegian jazz pianist Vigleik Storaas were contemporaries. were contemporaries.
Balke started playing classical piano but switched to blues at 12, though he performs within several genres. At the age of 18 he joined Arild Andersen’s quartet. By the mid-1980s he worked on his own and would become one of Norway’s leading jazz composers. He was active in the groups of Radka Toneff and in the Afrofusion group E’olén before joining Oslo 13 and Masqualero in the early 1980s. From 1989 he focused on his own projects, such as JøKleBa (with Audun Kleive and Per Jørgensen) and the Magnetic North Orchestra for which he composed the commissioned work Il Cenoneat to Vossajazz 1992.
Balke formed the percussion group Batagraf in 2002, and created the concept work Siwan with singer Amina Alaoui in 2007. He is also the creator of a series of multimedia concerts at Vossajazz festival, labeled Ekstremjazz. The concerts involve various practitioners of extreme sports, such as parachuting, paragliding, hanggliding, and BMX biking. In 2012 he was artist in residence at Moldejazz. In 2016 he launched the solo piano concept Warp the use of live electronics accompanying the grand piano in live performances.
His elder sister Erik Balke became a world-renowned saxophonist.
Jon Balke Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Pianist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jon Balke is one of the richest Pianist from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jon Balke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He joined the band of Arild Andersen’s bass player at the age of 18.
He developed a series of multi-media concerts to be performed at the Vossajazz festival, which included extreme sports like parachuting hanggliding or paragliding as well as the BMX bike.
Jon Georg Balke (born 7 June 1955) is a Norwegian jazz pianist who leads the Magnetic North Orchestra. He is the younger brother of saxophonist Erik Balke.
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Jon Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Jon Balke celebrates birthday on June 7 of every year.