Ståle Wikshåland

Ståle Wikshåland (30 June 1953 – 18 January 2017) was a Norwegian musicologist.

He was born in Stavanger. Wikshåland was a co-editor for the music magazine ''Ballade'', and worked for Henie Onstad Kunstsenter from 1981 to 1984. From 1988 to 2017 he was appointed professor in musicology at the University of Oslo. He was also a music critic for ''Dagbladet'' for thirty years, and contributed to the contemporary debate on music and art in society. Wikshåland died in 2017 of thrombosis, aged 63. Provided by Wikipedia