Bodvar Drotninghaug Moe (born 31 March 1951,

Mo i Rana Mo i Rana () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city, and the administrative centre of the Municipalities of Norway, municipality of Rana, Norway, Rana, in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Helgeland region of Nordland, just sou ...

, Norway) is a Norwegian composer, musician (bass) and music teacher. He studied composition under

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, Jan Sandström and Rolf Martinson. Moe has been the musical director of

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and has remained a central participant in the "Composer Meeting northern Scandinavia." Since 2005 he has been the musical director for Mo Orkesterforening. By

Nesna University College Nesna University College ( no, Høgskolen i Nesna or ) was a university college, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, until it became part of Nord University in 2016. Its campus was in the village of Nesna in Nesna Municipality. In ...

, he was named

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in 2005 and was promoted to professor in 2011.Bodvar Drotninghaug Moe
Høgskolen i Nesna

Awards

* Rana Municipality Culture (1989) *

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(2010) * Nordland County's Culture (2011)

Works

Some of his works include: *"Jedermann" opera. Performed on Ramberg in Lofoten 2008 and released on CD (Euridice: EUCD60) in 2011 *"Skjømmingsmesse" for choir and string (2003) *"Caritas" for choir, percussion, clarinet and cello (2009) *"Stories from the north" for saxophone and percussion (2010) *''Tang mellom tærn'', screenplay by Stig Bang, the first musical by

*''Romeo og Julie'', screenplay by Stig Bang, music, Nordland Teater (1990). *''Min Vemods Fryd'', folk music with Ove Larsen and Jan Henrik Larsen ( Euridice, 1996) *''Kyssan i Snorres gate'', for

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's 100th anniversary (2002) *''Friendly Alien from

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'', percussion concerto, premiered by Rolf Lennart Stensø and Bodø Sinfonietta at the festival Mørke Nu in

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(2004) *''Drømmene Lever'', to an audiovisual fremsyning with photographer artist Ketil Born *''The Three Gunas'', on CD with guitar trio Arne Brattland, Trond Davidsen and Jarl Strømdal in Arctic Guitar Trio *''The Anne-Guri Shopping Piece'', dedicated Anne Guri Frøystein (2004). Special works to Havmanndagene (2002) *Tone setting to

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s staging of (2004) by

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, ''Mummipappa på eventyr'', and

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

, ''En folkefiende''. Both released on an audiobook from NRK Lydbokforlaget *''Juff II'', for

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and orchestra, written for the Finnish Jukka Myllys and premiered at the Arctic Trombone and Lowbrass Festival in 2007

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moe, Bodvar Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers Academic staff of Nesna University College People from Rana, Norway Musicians from Mo i Rana 1951 births Living people Norwegian music educators