Lars Klevstrand has his musical education as a guitarist at the Norwegian Academy of Music, and has been an central character in the Norwegian singer-songwriter community since the late 1960s. He has interpreted the most acknowledged Norwegian song poets, as well as North and South American, French, Greek, Neapolitan and Swedish songs, in the original language and in translation. Klevstrand has an extensive discography, among them several albums with his own songs. He is known for collaborative projects across many musical genres, with an emphasis on jazz and classical music.