Eirik Berge
Eirik Berge born 29 March 1976 is a Norwegian musician.
Eirik Berge is one of Norways most sought for piano players and arrangers. As a keyboard player his clientlist includes artists such as Maria Arredondo, Ronan Keating, Kurt Nilsen, Venke Knutson, Carola, A1 and Christian Ingebrigtsen.
He is a much used string and orchestra arranger in Norway and Sweden and he has contributed on several Scandinavian albums and concerts. His orchestral arrangements have been played by orchestras like Trondheimsolistene and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. He arranged seven songs on the Maria Arredondo album Min Jul (My Christmas) in company with Jon Lord (Deep Purple) and Kjetil Bjerkestrand (Sissel Kyrkjebø). The album went platina in only two weeks.
He also arranged several songs on Christian Ingebrigtsen "Paint Christmas White"-album which also included the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (Andrea Bochelli) . His latest works include Maria Arredondo hit single "Brief and Beautiful" (2007) written by Hanne Sorvaag and Harry Sommerdahl, and string arrangements on Arredondos album "For a moment" (2007)
Berge has appeared on countless television shows supporting different artists, and has also played the keyboard in Full Monty, Fame, and Saturday Night Fever in theatres.