Carsten Klouman

Carsten Klouman (21 August 1923 – 2 July 2004) was born in Oslo and was a Norwegian pianist, arranger and composer. He was the son of actor Thoralf Klouman.

He was a jazz pianist in the group String Swing and Jolly Seven, he led the Carsten Klouman Trio in 1954 with Frank Cook and Tore Birkedal before becoming musical director of the NRK Radio Orchestra and conducting the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest entries on five occasions 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1978.

In 1988 he became chairman for TONO.


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