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Bjørnstad, Ketil
Norwegian author, pianist and composer born in Oslo. Ketil Bjørnstad studied for Robert Riefling and Amalie Christie. He made his debut with Piano Concert no. 3 by Béla Bartók together with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1969. As a composer he has been described as a romantic impressionist strongly influenced by contemporary jazz, but rock music is also part of his repertoire. Bjørnstad has recorded som...
Literary figures
Milena Proháska
Gender: Female
Her parents fled from Czechoslovakia in 1968, and the temperamental redhead Milena Proháska grew up in West Germany. She gained a qualification in Law and finally ended up in the security service Bundesnachrichtendienst. She has had a relationship with Detective Chief Inspector Jean Beringer, but that broke up, and according to author Doris Gercke, he then began to suspect that she was a ...