Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, also known as HKKS (born 23 July 1965), is a Norwegian percussion and
cimbalom player,
Career
Born in
Oslo, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen started to play music at the age of seven and grew up playing percussion, piano and tuba. He studied percussion at the
Norwegian Academy of Music. After a short period as principal percussionist in
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (1989) and later
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990–91), he went on to study at the
Banff School of Fine Arts in Canada and at the Conservatoire National de Région
Versailles with Sylvio Gualda, where he obtained the Prix de Perfectionnement à l'unanimité. He is also a prizewinner from
CIEM-competition in Geneva 1992.
He has been featured on a number of albums with improvised and notated music in jazz, baroque and classical genres, recorded for Ultron Records,
BIS,
ECM,
Deutsche Grammophon, and Aurora.[3] His solo-album OPEN[4] won the
Spellemannprisen (the Norwegian
Grammy) for 2003.[5]
Kjos Sørensen is currently professor in percussion at The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Franco Donatoni: Omar. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, vibraphone. (CD BIS 1219)
Andrea Falconieri: Chaconne in G-major.
Daniel Hope & Lorenza Borrani, violins, Jonathan Cohen, cello,
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass & Stephan Rath, lute/guitar/theorbo, HKKS, percussion. (CD
DG 477-8094)
Åse Hedstrøm: Flow. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, marimba. (CD BIS 1219)
Henrik Hellstenius: Readings of Mr.G for percussion and strings. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion/voice, Pierre-André Valade, conductor,
BIT20 Ensemble. (CD ACD 5047)
Henrik Hellstenius: Readings of Mr.G for solo percussion. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion/voice. (SACD Ultron 001)
Henrik Hellstenius: Ombra della sera. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion, Dan Styffe, double-bass. (CD ACD 5047)
Jean-Marie Leclair: Tambourin. Daniel Hope, violin, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass, guitar, HKKS, percussion. (CD
DG 477-8094)
Nicola Matteis: Ground after the Scotch Humour. Daniel Hope, violin, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass, guitar, HKKS, percussion. (CD
DG 477-8094)
Per Nørgård: Der göttliche Tivoli. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion-solo. Dorian Keilhack, conductor.
Stadtteater Bern. (CD Dacapo 6.220572-73)
Per Nørgård: Isternia. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, solo cimbalom. (SACD Ultron 001)
Diego Ortiz: Ricercata segunda. Daniel Hope & Lorenza Borrani, violins, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass & Stephan Rath, lute/theorbo, HKKS, percussion. (CD
DG 477-8094)
Antonio Valente: Gagliarda Napolitana. Daniel Hope, violin, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass, guitar, HKKS, percussion. (CD
DG 477-8094)
Johann Paul von Westhoff: La Guerra cosí nominata di sua maestà. Daniel Hope, violin, Jonathan Cohen, cello, Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, Stefan Maass, guitar, HKKS, percussion. (CD
DG 477-8094)
Rolf Wallin: Stonewave for solo-percussion. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD BIS 1219)
Christian Wallumrød Trio: The Birch.
Arve Henriksen, trumpet,
Christian Wallumrød, piano, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, percussion. (CD
ECM 1628)