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Fuzzy (composer)
Jens Vilhelm Pedersen, also known as Fuzzy, (23 February 1939 – 13 October 2022) was a Danish composer and musician. A student of Per Nørgård, Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti, and Jan Bark, he taught music history and theory at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus until 1978. His music spanned a wide range of genres from jazz, over film music, to experimental electronic music. In 1972, he composed the music for the Rainer Werner Fassbinder TV series ''Eight Hours Don't Make a Day'' under the pseudonym Jean Gepoint. Fuzzy died on 13 October 2022, at the age of 83. References External links Fuzzy biographyfrom Naxos Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best abr ... * (in Danish) includinCV in English* as Fuzzy * as Jens Wilhelm Pedersen * 1939 births 2022 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Nørgård
Per Nørgård (; born 13 July 1932) is a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style has varied considerably throughout his career, his music has often included repeatedly evolving melodies—such as the infinity series—in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a perspicuous focus on lyricism. Reflecting on this, the composer Julian Anderson described his style as "one of the most personal in contemporary music". Nørgård has received several awards, including the 2016 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. Life and career Per Nørgård was born in Gentofte, Denmark in 1932. He studied with Vagn Holmboe privately at age 17, and then formally at Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, with Holmboe, Harald Høffding and Herman David Koppel. From 1956 to 1957, he subsequently studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, who had taught many leading composers of the time. Nørgård soon gained his own teaching positions, first at the Odense Conservatory in 1958, and then at the Royal Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
