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Born: November 24, 1911<br /> | Born: November 24, 1911<br /> | ||
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Country: Nykarleby, Finland <br /> | Country: Nykarleby, Finland <br /> | ||
Studies: Helsinki Conservatory (1931-38), Berlin Hochschule für Musik, Sibelius Academy <br /> | Studies: Helsinki Conservatory (1931-38), Berlin Hochschule für Musik, Sibelius Academy <br /> | ||
| − | Teachers: Heinz Tiessen, Vladimir Vogel, Joseph Marx | + | Teachers: [[Heinz Tiessen]], [[Vladimir Vogel]], [[Joseph Marx]] |
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| + | Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from being performed) to modernism and primitivism, among other genres. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1994 for his opera Det sjungande trädet. | ||
| + | Bergman studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and afterwards with Heinz Tiessen in Berlin and with Wladimir Vogel in Ascona. Since 1963 he taught composition at the Sibelius Academy, besides working until 1978 as a choir conductor. Bergman is considered a pioneer of modern music in Finland. Because of his training he was considered as a representative of the avant-garde; he developed for example the twelve-tone techniques of Arnold Schönberg learned from Wladimir Vogel. He composed song cycles, cantatas, pieces for piano and for organ, a guitar suite, a chamber concert for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano and further chamber works. His Requiem for a dead poet (1970) and Colori ed improvvisazioni for orchestra (1973) gave him international recognition. He is also known for his extensive choral output. His latest works include concertos for cello, violin and trumpet.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bergman Accessed April 25, 2014</ref> | ||
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Biography
Born: November 24, 1911
Died: April 24, 2006, Helsinki
Country: Nykarleby, Finland
Studies: Helsinki Conservatory (1931-38), Berlin Hochschule für Musik, Sibelius Academy
Teachers: Heinz Tiessen, Vladimir Vogel, Joseph Marx
Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from being performed) to modernism and primitivism, among other genres. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1994 for his opera Det sjungande trädet.
Bergman studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and afterwards with Heinz Tiessen in Berlin and with Wladimir Vogel in Ascona. Since 1963 he taught composition at the Sibelius Academy, besides working until 1978 as a choir conductor. Bergman is considered a pioneer of modern music in Finland. Because of his training he was considered as a representative of the avant-garde; he developed for example the twelve-tone techniques of Arnold Schönberg learned from Wladimir Vogel. He composed song cycles, cantatas, pieces for piano and for organ, a guitar suite, a chamber concert for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano and further chamber works. His Requiem for a dead poet (1970) and Colori ed improvvisazioni for orchestra (1973) gave him international recognition. He is also known for his extensive choral output. His latest works include concertos for cello, violin and trumpet.[1]
Works for Percussion
Attention!, op.124 - Percussion Quintet
Solfatara, op.81 - Multiple Percussion with saxophone
References
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bergman Accessed April 25, 2014