Arne Nordheim

Arne Nordheim (1968)

Arne Nordheim (born June 20, 1931 in Larvik , † June 5, 2010 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian composer .

Life

Nordheim studied theory and organ at the Conservatory in Oslo from 1948 to 1952, and later took composition lessons there with Karl Andersen , Bjarne Brustad , Conrad Baden and Vagn Holmboe in Copenhagen . Nordheim was one of the first Norwegian composers to open up to contemporary trends after the Second World War. In 1955 he dealt with musique concrète in Paris and in 1959 with electronic music in Bilthoven . The latter was to dominate his work, especially in the 1960s. 1960 to 1968 he wrote music reviews for the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet. From 1967 to 1972 Nordheim worked repeatedly at the Studio Eksperymentale in Warsaw , where he realized several of his electro-acoustic works. From the 1980s onwards, more and more works for orchestra were created.

Nordheim played a prominent role in Norwegian musical life as a member of numerous relevant organizations and bodies. In 1974 he took over the chairmanship of the Norwegian Composers Association. From 1982 Nordheim lived in Grotten , the honorary residence of the Norwegian state in Oslo. In 1997 he became an honorary member of the ISCM . The awards that Nordheim received include the Music Prize of the Nordic Council (1972), the Prix Italia (1980), the Honorary Prize of the Norwegian Culture Council (1990), the Henrik Steffens Prize (1993) and the naming of the asteroid in 2001 (3457) Arnenordheim after him.

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Nordheim composed for almost all musical genres: instrumental works from chamber music to symphonic music, vocal music, electronic music, film music, stage works (including ballets) and compositions for the radio. His first major attention was in Norway in 1959 with the song cycle Aftonland , and internationally with the canzona for orchestra (1961). Some of his works combine electronics and traditional instruments. In 1994 he wrote the opening music for the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . Nordheim contributed the Confutatis to the collective composition Requiem der Versöhnung (1995) commissioned by the Stuttgart Bach Academy .

Filmography (selection)

• 1970: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
• 1977: Dagny
• 1981: Love leads to the stake (Reference title: The Witch of Laupstad) (Forfølgelsen)

State awards

• Commander of the Saint Olav Order (1997)
• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1998)
• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1999)
• Commander in Chief with the Star of the Order of Saint Olav (2004)

literature

• The New Grove, 2nd edition
• Friedrich Blume (Ed.): Music in the past and present , 1st edition, 1949–1986
• The International Who's Who 2004 . Europa Publications, London / New York 2003, p. 1230.

Web links

• Arne Nordheim in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Information from Edition Wilhelm Hansen (English)