Pianist Jon Balke

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Jon Balke

Living place: Norway

Birthday: 7-6-1955 (69 years old)

Population of the world 1955: 2.780 billions

Global rank: #76942

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Who is Pianist Jon Balke?
Jazz artist and songwriter known for being the founder of the Northern Orchestra Magnetic. He is one of Norway's leading jazz composers.
He created a multimedia concert series for the Vossajazz festival that incorporated extreme sports such as skydiving, paragliding, hanggliding, and BMX cycling.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He became a member of the bass quartet Arild Andersen when he was 18 years old.

Family life info

His brother Erik Balke became a world famous saxophonist.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Pianist Jon Balke?
He and fellow Norwegian jazz pianist Vigleik Storaas were contemporaries.

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When was Pianist Jon Balke born?
Jon Balke birthday 7-6-1955 (at the age of 69).
Where is Pianist Jon Balke's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jon Balke was born in . is a Pianist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Jon Balke's global rank is 76942 and whose rank is 421 in list of famous Pianist. Population of the world in 1955 is about 2.780 billions persons.
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Events in 1955 and 7-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Jon Balke

  • Nikolai A. Bulganin becomes Soviet premier, replacing Malenkov (Feb. 8). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
  • Churchill resigns (April 5); Anthony Eden succeeds him (April 6).
  • Federal Republic of West Germany becomes a sovereign state (May 5).
  • The Soviet Union and seven East European countries sign the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty (May 14).
  • Argentina ousts dictator Juan Perón (Sept. 19).
  • US starts sending $216 million in aid to Vietnam.
  • The US, UK, USSR, and France meet at a summit in Geneva.

Birthday Jon Balke (7-6) in history

  • Day 7-6 year 1494: Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, a treaty dividing the "New World" between the two countries.
  • Day 7-6 year 1654: "Sun King" Louis XIV ascended the throne of France.
  • Day 7-6 year 1776: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing the Declaration of Independence.
  • Day 7-6 year 1892: Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.
  • Day 7-6 year 1929: Vatican City became a sovereign state.
  • Day 7-6 year 1948: President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.
  • Day 7-6 year 1967: Dorothy Parker, American short story writer, poet, and critic, died.
  • Day 7-6 year 2003: Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.
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