Ingvar Lidholm

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Ingvar Lidholm

Ingvar Natanael Lidholm (born February 24, 1921 in Jönköping , † October 17, 2017 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish composer .

Lidholm studied violin and orchestral conducting at the Stockholm Conservatory and composition with Hilding Rosenberg . He completed his education in Italy, France and Switzerland. From 1947 to 1956 he was the conductor of the Örebro Symphony Orchestra . Until 1965 he headed the chamber music department of the Swedish Radio , after which he worked from 1965 to 1975 as a professor of composition at the Stockholm Conservatory.

Lidholm composed an opera and a television opera , orchestral works, chamber music works, cantatas , choirs and songs . Stylistically, he is considered a representative of modernism. He processed influences from Hindemith and Stravinsky , but also elements of Expressionism and the twelve-tone technique . He is characterized by a strong, high-contrast intensity of expression. His students included composers such as Edward Applebaum and Anders Eliasson .

Works

  • Toccata e Canto , 1944
  • Sonata for flute solo , 1945
  • Piano sonata , 1947
  • Music for strings , 1952
  • Concerto for flute, oboe, cor anglais and cello , 1954
  • Four pieces for cello and piano , 1954
  • Canto LXXXI on a text by Ezra Pound
  • The Poet's Night based on a text by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist , 1958
  • Riter ( Rites ) for ballet, orchestra and tape, 1959
  • Mutanza , 1959
  • Motus-Colores , 1960
  • Poesis for orchestra, 1963
  • Nausicaa alone based on a text by Eyvind Johnson , 1963
  • Holländarn ( Der Holländer after August Strindberg ), TV opera, 1967
  • ... a riveder le stelle , 1973
  • Kontakion , 1973
  • Greetings from an Old World , 1976
  • Ett drömspel ( A dream play after August Strindberg), Opera, 1992
  • stund, när ditt inre ... for baritone and orchestra, 1998

Awards

  • 1965: Koussevitzky International Recording Award for Poesis
  • 1968: Salzburg Opera Prize for the TV opera Holländarn
  • 1993: Rolf Schock Prize

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filippa Rogvall: Tonsättaren Ingvar Lidholm död. Expressen , October 18, 2017.
  2. ^ A b Tore Eriksson:  Lidholm, Ingvar. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 11 (Lesage - Menuhin). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1121-7  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  3. ↑ Detailed biography including catalog raisonné on Svensk Musik
  4. ^ Bo Wallner: Ingvar Lidholm - Composer ( Memento of October 31, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) in the Swedish Music Information Center
  5. ↑ List of winners at the Koussevitzky International Recording Award
  6. ^ Winner of the Rolf Schock Prize
personal data
SURNAME Lidholm, Ingvar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lidholm, Ingvar Natanael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Jonkoping
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 2017
Place of death Stockholm