Halgeir Schiager
Biography Halgeir Schiager
Halgeir Schiager
was born at Biri near Gjøvik, and in 1979 he graduated as an organist from the Norwegian Academy of Music where he studied organ with Magne Elvestrand. He continued his education in Munich and Strasbourg with Professor Franz Lehrndorfer and Professor Daniel Roth respectively. He made his debut in the Oslo Concert Hall in 1985. Schiager has given concerts in many European countries and made radio recordings in Germany and Norway. He has also taken part in a number of highly acclaimed CD recordings. For Hyperion he has recorded the complete organ works of Petr Eben. Schiager has been member of the jury in international organ competitions. In 2001 he received the Norwegian Critics Annual Prize. He made his doctoral degree on aspects of interpretation in the organ music by Gustav Merkel at the Norwegian Academy of Music. At present Schiager is working as an organist at the Sofienberg church in Oslo.
