Craig Hultgren
Craig Hultgren (* 1955 ) is an American cellist and composer.
Hultgren graduated from the University of Iowa and Indiana University . He has taught at Birmingham-Southern College , the University of Alabama and the Alabama School of Fine Arts and was a cellist with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra . As a chamber musician, he was a member of the Chagall Trio , the Luna Nova Ensemble and the ensemble for contemporary chamber music Thamyris .
As a soloist he is primarily active in the field of new music and the avant-garde. More than 200 works by contemporary composers have been written for him, including works for the electric cello and multimedia works, etc. a. by Robert Scott Thompson , Nickitas J. Demos , Vesselin Nikolov , Noah Creshevsky , Brian Moon and Tiffany Benton . In addition, Hultgren also made a name for himself as an improvisation musician.
He was a member of the Steering Committee of the New Directions Cello Association , Vice President of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance and President of the Birmingham Art Association , where he hosted the Birmingham Improv , an annual improvisation festival. In 2004 he received the award for best soundtrack at the Birmingham Sidewalk Film Festival for his music for the documentary The Silent Treatment . The following year he organized the Hultgren Solo Cello Works Biennial , at which new works for the cello were presented.
In 2015, after more than 30 years, he left the Alabama Symphony Orchestra , moved to Decorah , Iowa , where he became a “farmer-cellist” and worked among other things. a. as chairman of the Iowa Composers Forum .
Web link
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- Vox Novus - Craig Hultgren
- 90.3 FM WHBM Birmingham - Craig Hultgren
- Alabama Symphony - Craig Hultgren ( September 17, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive )
- Huthmaker Violins - Craig Hultgren and the Ecello ( Memento from November 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Allmusic - Craig Hultgren (Entry Avantgarde)
- Allmusic - Craig Hultgren (entry chamber music)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jess Simpson: Cellist Craig Hultgren says goodbye to Birmingham with retrospective concert. In: Advance Local, Alabama. February 2, 2015, accessed September 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Craig Hultgren on New Music USA
- ↑ Craig Hultgren at the Iowa Composers Forum
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hultgren, Craig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cellist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |