Ralph Lundsten

Ralph Lundsten

Ralph Lundsten is a Swedish composer of electronic music, as well as a film director, artist and author.

He was born in 1936 in Ersnäs, in northern Sweden, and now lives in Nacka on the outskirts of Stockholm, still close to the forest and the sea. His home is Castle Frankenburg, dating from 1878, a wooden fairytale mansion which also houses his famous picture and electronic music studio Andromeda.

Since 1959 he has lived an independent life, creating his own personal musical language, and preparing original films and exhibitions. With his wide-ranging, cross-cultural artistic activities, Ralph Lundsten has hadand still hasconsiderable cultural significance. Every day his music is played all over the world. His song "Out in the Wide World" serves as the signature tune for Radio Sweden International broadcastsa sort of "national anthem" – making Ralph Lundsten more than ever Sweden's musical voice worldwide.

During the 1950's Ralph Lundsten built his own electronic musical instruments and was one of the first pioneers in this field.

Albums

* 1966Dokumentation 1 (Elektronmusikstudion)
* 1967MUMS (Musik under miljoner stjärnor)
* 1968Elektronisk musik (with Leo Nilson)
* 1969Tellus. Fågel Blå
* 1969Svit för elektroniskt dragspel. Energy for biological computer
* 1970Erik XIV och Ristningar
* 1970Ölskog
* 1971Gustav III. Nattmara (Nightmare)
* 1972Fadervår (Ourfather)
* 1973Strömkarlen: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 1 (The Water Sprite: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 1)
* 1973Skräck och skratt, resor i okända världar
* 1975Shangri-La
* 1975Johannes och huldran: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 2 (Johannes and the Lady of the Woods: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 2)
* 1976Cosmic Love
* 1977Ralph Lundstens Universe
* 1978Discophrenia
* 1979Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
* 1980Paradissymfonin (Paradise Symphony)
* 1981En midvintersaga: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 3 (A Midwinter Saga: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 3)
* 1982The New Age
* 1983En sommarsaga: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 4 (A Summer Saga: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 4)/Pop Age
* 1984Trolltagen: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 5 (Bewitched: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 5)/Dreamscape
* 1985Välkommen (contains The Ages of Man)
* 1986Fantasia by Starlight星夜幻想 (CD/LP/cassette published in Japan)
* 1986The Dream Master
* 1990Johannes och huldran (Max von Sydow reads Gustav Sandgren's story "Johannes och huldran", accompanied by Lundstens music)
* 1992Drömmarnas landsk

* 1993Nordic Light
* 1994The Joy of Being
* 1995In Time and Space
* 1996Inspiration (EMI Classic)
* 1996Årstiderna: Nordisk natursymfoni nr 7 (The Seasons: Nordic Nature Symphony No. 7)
* 2002En själens vagabond (A Vagabond of the Soul)
* 2004 drömda stigar (Pathways of the Mind)
* 2005Like the wind my longingClassic pearls 19722004 by Ralph Lundsten
* 2007Ut i vida världen (Out in the Wide World: Symphonia Linnæi, Out in the Wide World, In the early Days of Summer, Song of the Mermaids, A Summer Saga (first performance))
* 2007Lovetopia
* 2008Electronic Music from the 60s and 70s by Ralph Lundsten

External links

* [http://www.andromeda.se/ Andromeda Studio] – Official web site (in Swedish).


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