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Magnus Andersson (guitarist)
Magnus Andersson (born 1956) is a contemporary Swedish classical guitarist. Biography Andersson has long been active in the contemporary music field, and has played a significant role in the creation of the modern guitar repertoire. He studied at the Trinity College of Music, London, and at the Viotti Music Academy in Vercelli, Italy. In 1984 Magnus Andersson founded the guitar class at the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt (Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik), where he taught until 1996. He teaches at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and is a founding member of the innovative chamber music group Ensemble SON and was artistic director of the 2006 and 2008 Stockholm New Music Festival. Magnus Andersson received the Swedish Gramophone Prize in 1985 and 1986 and was nominated for a Swedish Grammy in 1992. He was awarded the Composers Union Interpreter Prize in 1983 and the Kranischsteiner Prize in Darmstadt in 1984. He has performed the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Guitar
The classical guitar (also known as the nylon-string guitar or Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern acoustic and electric guitars, both of which use metal strings. Classical guitars derive from the Spanish vihuela and gittern of the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Those instruments evolved into the seventeenth and eighteenth-century baroque guitar—and by the mid-nineteenth century, early forms of the modern classical guitar. For a right-handed player, the traditional classical guitar has twelve frets clear of the body and is properly held up by the left leg, so that the hand that plucks or strums the strings does so near the back of the sound hole (this is called the classical position). However, the right-hand may move closer to the fretboard to achieve different tonal qualities. The player typically holds the left leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Börtz
Daniel Börtz (born 8 August 1943) is a Swedish composer, born in Hässleholm. He studied composition under Hilding Rosenberg, Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Ingvar Lidholm. Among his works are the operas ''Bacchanterna'' (1991), ''Marie Antoinette'' (1998) and ''Goya'' (2009). His ''Sinfonia 13'' was performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( sv, Kungliga Filharmonikerna or , literal translations, "Royal Philharmonic" or "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra") is a Swedish orchestra based in Stockholm. Its principal venue is the Konserthuset. His ... in 2019. Students * Marie Samuelsson References External links *Börtz biography at his publisher (Gehrmans Musikförlag) 1943 births 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers Litteris et Artibus recipients Living people Swedish opera composers Male opera composers Swedish classical composers Swedish male classical composers International Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asbjørn Schaathun
Asbjørn Schaathun (born 22 June 1961) is a Norway, Norwegian contemporary composer. Career Schaathun studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London and IRCAM in Paris. Schaathun founded the Norwegian Academy of Music’s Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Oslo Sinfonietta. Prizes and awards * 1987 Norwegian Society of Composers: «Performer of the Year» as artistic director for Oslo Sinfonietta * 1991 The Gaudeamus Fondation’s Louis Vuitton Prize for his bass clarinet concerto "Actions, Interpolations and Analyses". * 1992 Bang & Olufsen’s Music Prize. * 2008 The Lindeman Prize Production Selected works * ''Ohne Titel - London 1985'' (2016-17) * ''Nations for piano and orchestra'' (2015-16) * ''Concerto Grosso'' (2014) * ''Lament II'' for chamber ensemble (2013-14) * ''Wie die Zeit die Materie verändert'' (III) for orchestra (2007) * ''Musical Graffiti II'', "virtuoso drawings for amplified piano, large ensemble and tape with cosmic soun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stellan Sagvik
Stellan is a masculine given name used in Sweden. It means “peaceful one” or “calm” and has a German origin. Although many think it is equivalent to Stelio used in Italy, Stelian used in Romania and Stelios in Greece, all serving as masculine versions of the feminine name Stela which means star in Latin language, it is not proven. People *Stellan Bengtsson (born 1952), Swedish table tennis player *Stellan Bojerud (1944–2015), Swedish politician *Stellan Brynell (born 1962), Swedish chess player *Stellan Claësson (1886–1970), Swedish film producer *Stellan Fagrell (1943–2022), Swedish officer *Stellan Nilsson (1922–2003), Swedish football player *Stellan Olsson (1936–2022), Swedish film director *Stellan Österberg (born 1965), Swedish badminton player *Stellan Rye (1880–1914), Danish film director *Stellan Skarsgård (born 1951), Swedish actor *Stellan Vinthagen (born 1964), Swedish sociologist *Stellan Westerdahl (1935–2018), Swedish sailor See also *Stella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Pisati
Maurizio Pisati (born in Milan in 1959) is an Italian musician and composer. He composes and performs his works with his group ZONE. He founded the LArecords label in 1997, he is artistic director of pactaSOUNDzone festival in Milan, and leads CSR-centro studi e ricerche and INCROCIlab at Conservatorio G. B. Martini Bologna. Education MauriziPisatigraduated with highest marks in Composition, Analysis, History, Harmony and Counterpoint at the Conservatorio G. Verdi of Milan under A. Guarnieri and G. Manzoni, and in the same time studying at summer courses Darmstadt and with S. Sciarrino at Conservatorio G. Verdi, Milan, and at Specialisation Courses Città di Castello. He graduated in Guitar (again at Milan) and had a fruitful performing career between 1983 and 1989 establishing and playing in the Laboratorio Trio. Plays his own music on ElectricGuitar and LiveElectronics in his grouZONE He is Professor in ''Element of Composition'', "Invention&Interpretation", "Composition for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Levine
Josh is a masculine given name, frequently a diminutive (hypocorism) of the given names Joshua or Joseph, though since the 1970s, it has increasingly become a full name on its own. It may refer to: People A–J * "Josh", an early pseudonym of Samuel Clemens (1835–1910), better known as Mark Twain, American writer and lecturer *Josh A. Moore (born 1980), American former basketball player *Josh Adams (American football) (born 1996), American football player * Josh Allen (other), multiple people *Josh Appelt (born 1983), American mixed martial artist *Josh Ball (born 1998), American football player *Josh Barnett (born 1977), American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler *Josh Beckett (born 1980), American former Major League Baseball pitcher *Josh Bell (other), multiple people *Josh Berry (born 1990), American racing driver *Josh Bilicki (born 1995), American racing driver *Josh Binstock (born 1981), Canadian Olympic volleyball player *Josh Blackwell (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
