Tord Larsson Gustavsen ...
''''The oldest of five children, I was born in Oslo, October 5 th 1970. We moved to the village Hurdal in Akershus, Norway in 1973, where my brothers and sisters were all born. I grew up in this rural area, while always having the city of Oslo as a cultural point of reference. Playing the piano since the age of 4, I started composing and improvising before learning to read music and perform classical pieces. (I am deeply grateful to my father for bringing music into my life the way he did.) I played in churches and local settings of different kinds, combining classical training with writing my own songs and performing gospel music and jazz-fusion. I played the piano with choirs ("Sarepta", Jessheim Ten Sing "Yessing"), and vocal-piano quintet "Ichtys", while attending school at Kjerkekretsen barneskole (primary school), Hurdal ungdomsskole (secondary school), and Jessheim videregående skole (high school). Gu