Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen is a Norwegian percussion and cimbalom player, Born in Oslo, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen started to play music at the age of seven and grew up playing percussion, piano and tuba.

After a short period as principal percussionist in Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (1989) and later Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990–91), he went on to study at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Canada and at the Conservatoire National de Région Versailles with Sylvio Gualda, where he obtained the Prix de Perfectionnement à l'unanimité.

He has worked with composers like Olga Neuwirth, Henrik Hellstenius, Ørjan Matre, Lars Petter Hagen, Eivind Buene, George Crumb, Rolf Wallin, Brett Dean, Svante Henryson, Åse Hedstrøm and Per Nørgård, who dedicated to him the piece "Isternia" for cimbalom solo in 2010.

[5] Kjos Sørensen has held a professorship in percussion at The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.

He is a recipient of the Norwegian State Grants since 2020 A partial list of his recordings includes: