--- name: "Jan Garbarek" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-garbarek" fi1m_id: "jan-garbarek" imdb_id: "nm0304912" tmdb_id: 1150935 wikidata_id: "Q290083" roles: ["Composer"] born: "4 March 1947" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T03:13:30.226012+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jan Garbarek ## Identity Jan Garbarek - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-garbarek - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jan-garbarek - **IMDb ID:** nm0304912 - **TMDB ID:** 1150935 - **Wikidata ID:** Q290083 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Garbarek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290083, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304912/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1150935 Composer. Born 4 March 1947 in Mysen, Norway. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 4 March 1947, Mysen, Norway - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Garbarek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290083, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304912/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1150935 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kippur*](https://film.one/film/kippur.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer. Born on 4 March 1947 in Mysen, he began playing the saxophone after hearing John Coltrane and released his first album under his own name in 1967. He has been closely associated with ECM Records since 1970. Garbarek has collaborated with musicians including Keith Jarrett and the Hilliard Ensemble, notably on the album *Officium* (1994). As a composer for film, he wrote the original music for *Kippur* (2000), directed by Amos Gitai, as well as other works including *Vesna Goes Fast* (1996). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, snl.no.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Kippur* (2000), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/kippur.md) ## Complete filmography (28) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Eberhard Weber: The Jubilee Concert* (2016), Actor - *Las viudas de Ifni* (2012), Music - *Today* (2010), Music - *Space Tourists* (2009), Music - *Jan Garbarek - Jazz in Marciac* (2009), Actor - *Jan Garbarek - Live At The 37th Jazzwoche Burghausen* (2006), Actor - *The Giant Buddhas* (2005), Original Music Composer - *An Enemy of the People* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Where the Trains Used to Go* (2003), Music - *Portrait of God* (2001), Music - *Kippur* (2000), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/kippur.md) - *Vesna Goes Fast* (1996), as Songs - *Jakten på Mangas Coloradas* (1992), series, Original Music Composer - *A Year Along the Abandoned Road* (1991), Music - *Burning Memory* (1989), Music - *Der Indianer* (1988), Music - *Das Totenreich* (1986), series, Original Music Composer - *Du kan da ikke bare gå* (1985), Music - *The Magic Box* (1985), Music - *Paper Bird* (1984), Original Music Composer - *Variation* (1983), Music - *Reisen til planeten Nazar* (1983), Music - *Contrecoeur* (1983), Music - *Maria Marusjka* (1973), Music - *Exit* (1970), Music - *Filmavis* (1969), Music - *Oslofilm: Ansikter* (1969), Music - *Oslofilm: Filmavis 1969*, Music ## Gallery - ![Jan Garbarek](https://film.one/media/person/3932021/gallery-a3205aa218d3.jpg) Jan Garbarek — Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Jan_Garbarek_Operaen_Oslo_Jazzfestival_%28185843%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jan Garbarek performing in Hasselt, Belgium - 2007;](https://film.one/media/person/3932021/gallery-641e81e7539d.jpg) Jan Garbarek performing in Hasselt, Belgium - 2007; — Yancho Sabev, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Jan_Garbarek_Wikipedia.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jan Garbarek Group Athens magical concert in Lycabettus theater, July 10th, 2007](https://film.one/media/person/3932021/gallery-403f24158293.jpg) Jan Garbarek Group Athens magical concert in Lycabettus theater, July 10th, 2007 — Dimitris Papazimouris from Halandri, Greece, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Jan_Garbarek-2007-2.jpg/1280px-Jan_Garbarek-2007-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jan Garbarek on the street in Oslo (Frogner) (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/3932021/gallery-f17d9a911e6b.jpg) Jan Garbarek on the street in Oslo (Frogner) (2005) — Ewa Shafik, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Jan_Garbarek_in_Oslo%2C_Frogner.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jan Garbarek performs in Vancouver 1987 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/3932021/gallery-212377f787e9.jpg) Jan Garbarek performs in Vancouver 1987 (2014) — Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Jan_Gabarek_40497.jpg/1280px-Jan_Gabarek_40497.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jan Garbarek Group featuring Trilok Gurtu at the main stage of Oslo Opera House. The concert was part of the Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway and took place on 14. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/3932021/gallery-261d85b4669a.jpg) Jan Garbarek Group featuring Trilok Gurtu at the main stage of Oslo Opera House. The concert was part of the Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway and took place on 14. (2016) — Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Jan_Garbarek_Group_featuring_Trilok_Gurtu_Operaen_Oslo_Jazzfestival_%28182135%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 4 won - Willy Brandt Prize 2014: Willy Brandt Prize (won) - Arts Council Norway Honorary Award 2004: Arts Council Norway Honorary Award (won) - Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav 1998: Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav (won) - Buddyprisen 1968: Buddyprisen (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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