Kjell Roikjer
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Kjell Maale Roikjer (14 June 1901 – 19 September 1999) was a Danish composer and bassoonist.
Roikjer was born and grew up in Malmö, Sweden, where his parents were photographers. At 17, he moved to Copenhagen and began an apprenticeship as a scene painter, but left it a few years later to pursue music. He had learned violin, but decided instead to become a bassoonist because there was less competition, and studied under Knud Lassen.[1]
