Rolf Wallin

Rolf Wallin

Rolf Wallin (born 7 September 1957 in Oslo) is a Norwegian composer, trumpeter and avant-garde performance artist.

Rolf Wallin has established a reputation as one of the leading Scandinavian composers of his generation. He studied in Oslo with Finn Mortensen and Olav Anton Thommessen and later at the University of California where his teachers included Roger Reynolds and Vinko Globokar. Wallin’s music combines an intuitive freedom with a rigorous mathematical approach, such as use of fractal algorithms to construct melody and harmony, resulting in a music that often hints at the influence of Ligeti, Xenakis and Berio.

Career highlights

* 1976-82 - studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music.
* 1987 - Norwegian Society of Composers Award for "…though what made it has gone".
* 1991 - developed ‘crystal chord’ technique for generation of harmony in "ning".
* 1998 - awarded Nordic Council Music Prize for "Clarinet Concerto".
* 2000 - portrait CD Boyl released on Aurora label; wins Norwegian Spelemann prisen.
* 2001 - featured composer at Stockholm International Composer Festival.

Key works

* "…though what made it has gone" (1987; mezzo-soprano, piano)
* "Stonewave" (1990; percussion)
* "Boyl" (1995; chamber ensemble)
* "Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra" (1996)
* "Ground" (1996; cello, strings)
* "Act" (2004; orchestra)

Selected recordings

* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2441&State_2934=2&discId_2934=932 "Boyl; Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra;Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra; Ground"] - Aurora ACD 5011
* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2441&State_2934=2&discId_2934=675 "Solve et coagula; ning; Stonewave; …though what made it has gone"] - Hemera HCD 2903
* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2441&State_2934=2&discId_2934=310 "Phonotope I"] - Aurora ACD 5035

External links

* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2431&State_2905=2&composerId_2905=1663 Rolf Wallin's homepage at Chester Music]
* [http://www.rolfwallin.org/ Personal homepage]


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