Dagfinn Koch (born 24 July 1964, in

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) is a musician. He studied at the State Academy of music (Norges musikkhøgskole) (

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;

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, orchestration;

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, arranging; Mads Claesson,

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og Tore Simonsen, music technology; Otto Berg, viola), and at

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(now Universität) der Künste

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( Witold Szalonek, composition). He has been

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since 1994, and has written music for orchestra, chamber and theatre music, opera, ballet and fine art installations. Besides that has he worked as an arranger for amongst others

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and Lucifer Was. He has been a member of the Oslo Philharmonic program committee and a member of the board in the Composers society and in the evaluation committee of TONO (the Norwegian BIEM/ASCAP). Dagfinn has lived in Oslo since 2005, and in Germany for 13 years. In addition to composition, he has worked in a youth club, as a teacher in a music school in

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and

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, as a music copyist and engraver, and as a sound engineer ( Henie-Onstad Art center). He has received several scholarships from

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and was granted a two-year scholarship from the Norwegian Ministry for Cultural Affairs in 2006. He was accepted as a member of the Composers society in 1991. Dagfinn has not sought a particular style. He is more concerned with being able to move in any possible direction. This experience has developed into a method (not style) which he calls "Translucence" - a method that builds on post war-

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techniques combined with an idiomatic way of writing. For him it is not important to use music to communicate a "deeper meaning", but to present a

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music which gives the listeners (and readers of his scores) a diversity of possible interpretations.

Key works

*Translucence (2005–2006) for Brass Band *Versuch über Schatten, Farben und Licht (2001/2006) for Brass Band *Das ersehnte Licht (2002) for orchestra *Rückblick (1997/2003) for string quartett or string orchestra *Elegie (2002) for violin og grand piano *Pesni i tanzi (1999) for flute/altoflute, clarinet/bassclarinett, horn and grand piano *Le mystère de la voix (1999) for violoncello solo *Transitus (1997) for organ *Aura (1995) for string orchestra or 16 solo string players *Liebeslied (1994-97 rev. 1999) for orchestra

Discography

*«21 Marches For The 21st Century» Simax Classics PSC 1163 *«A Norwegian Rendezvous» Kristiansand Kammerorkester/Jan Stigmer. Works of Nordheim, Kvandal, Åm and Koch. INTIM Musik IMCD 065

External links

www.dagfinnkoch.net

Member of the Norwegian Composers Society

Norwegian Music Information Centre
1964 births 21st-century classical composers Living people Norwegian classical composers Norwegian male classical composers 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Musicians from Kristiansund {{Norway-composer-stub