Dan-Olof Stenlund
Dan-Olof Stenlund (born October 25, 1937 in Skellefteå as Dan Olof Bertil Stenlund ) is a Swedish university professor and choir conductor.
life and work
Dan-Olof Stenlund was born in Skellefteå in 1937 to the cantor Bertil Stenlund and his wife Esther Vikström.
He studied piano, organ, cello and voice at the Royal Swedish Music Academy in Stockholm and graduated as a church musician, répétiteur and music teacher. Conducting studies with Eric Ericson , Leonard Bernstein and Sergiu Celibidache also followed .
Stenlund took over the post of professor of choral conducting at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen at the age of 36. He is also a teacher of choral conducting at the Malmö Music Academy , and a member of the Royal Academy of Music .
From 1961 to 1974 Dan-Olof Stenlund was a church musician in Engelbrektskyrkan in Stockholm.
As an internationally sought-after conductor and choir director, Dan-Olof Stenlund teaches at the Malmö State University of Music and directs the local chamber choir, the Malmö Kammarkör , as well as the State Youth Choir Baden-Württemberg , where he also seeks dialogue with students and promotes talented young musicians .
In 2018 Stenlund was honored with the Swedish Royal Medal Litteris et Artibus .
Awards
- 1977: Norrby Medal
- 1995: Choir Director of the Year
- 2018: Medal "Litteris et Artibus"
Conducting
- KFUM: Chamber Choir 1957–1974
- Singing group Spiralerna 1961–1965
- Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir 1961–1974
- KFUM choir in Stockholm 1965–1974
- Malmö Chamber Choir 1975–
- Malmö symphony orchestra choir 1975–1993
literature
- Dan-Olof Stenlund in: Le Courrier musical de France , editions 49-60, Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française, 1975, page 154
- Dan-Olof Stenlund in: Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning: Swedish journal of musicology , Volume 64, Svenska Samfundet för Musikforskning, Stockholm, 1983, pages 110 + 116
- Dan-Olof Stenlund in: The record year, Volume 1 , by Bryan Crimp, Duckworth, 1979, p. 155
Web links
- Literature by and about Dan-Olof Stenlund in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dan-Olof Stenlund at Discogs
- Dan-Olof Stenlund at Allmusic (English)
- Malmö Kammarkör (Swedish)
- State Youth Choir Baden-Württemberg
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical information from Dan-Olof Stenlund in: Kraks blaa bog , Volume 75, by Ove Holger Krak, 1984, pages 1025
- ↑ Sök ordens- och medaljförläningar. Royal House of Sweden, accessed September 29, 2019 (Swedish, database with the names of the owners of Litteris et Artibus since 1945).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stenlund, Dan-Olof |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stenlund, Dan Olof Bertil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish choir director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skelleftea , Sweden |