Nørgård, Per

Per Norgard at his desk writing a piece of music.

“The Traveller” Considering Per Nørgård the most prominent Danish composer after Carl Nielsen is hardly a matter of hype. The principal witness to this is his overwhelming musical oeuvre, a music of such originality and profundity of thought that it is unparalleled in new Nordic music. With his work distributed evenly throughout a wealth of…

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Saariaho, Kaija

Born on October 14, 1952 in Helsinki, Finland, Kaija Saariaho lived a childhood embedded in music, playing several instruments. In parallel to musical studies, she started art studies, at the Fine Arts School of Helsinki, that she quickly quit to concentrate on music. Saariaho studied at the Sibelius Academy under Paavo Heininen and while still…

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Mellnäs, Arne

Born on 30th August 1933 in Stockholm, died 22nd November 2002 in Stockholm. He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm 1953-1961, where he first passed the Music Teacher Examination in 1958 and thereafter studied composition with Erland von Koch, Lars-Erik Larsson, Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Bo Wallner. Mellnäs then studied music theory until…

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