Iver Kleive

Iver Kleive
Iver Kleive performing at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo 2008. (Photograph by Harry Wad)
Background information
Born	(1949-05-25) 25 May 1949 (age 68) Skien, Telemark
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz, church music
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Keyboards, church organ
Website	www.kalleklev.no/artists/1-artists/1432-knut-reiersrud--iver-kleive.html

Iver Kleive (born 25 May 1949 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian composer and organist. He is known for his composing style which is a fusion of traditional church music with other musical idioms such as blues, jazz, and Norwegian folk music. He has appeared in nearly 200 recordings as a studio musician, composer and arranger.

Kleive was born in Skien to a musical family. His father, Kristoffer Kleive, was also an organist and his brother, Audun Kleive, is a noted jazz percussionist. He studied church music and organ at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and then served as the organist at the Frogner Church from 1976 to 1981 and the Røyken Church from 1982 to 1985. Since 1987 he has been the musical director of the Helgerud Church in Bærum. He is also director of the Oslo Bach Choir which he founded in 1988. The recording of his Blå koral (Blue Chorale) won a Spellemannprisen in 1991.

Klieve records primarily on the Kirkelig Kulturverksted label (KKV). His principal recordings include: