Leif Aare
Leif Göran Peder Aare (born August 1, 1933 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish music critic, writer and pianist.
Life
Leif Aare studied piano with Olof Wibergh (1890–1962) at the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm from 1952 to 1956 and made his debut in 1957 with a solo recital in Stockholm. Occasional appearances on Sveriges Radio followed. From 1957 to 1958 he studied in Rome at the Accademia Santa Cecilia with Carlo Zecchi . He also studied with Gottfrid Boon (1886–1981) in Stockholm. Between 1960 and 1966 he was a music critic for Stockholms-Tidningen and from 1966 to 1970 for Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning . He then worked at Dagens Nyheter until 1998 . Every year he wrote over a hundred concerts and performances reviews. He also wrote biographies, in 1978 on the composer Allan Pettersson and in 1995 on the conductor Sixten Ehrling . He wrote the musicological articles for the supplements for various LPs and CDs. He lives in Sigtuna .
Works (selection)
- Allan Pettersson . Norstedt, Stockholm, 1978 231 pages ISBN 978-9117834128
- Maestro: Sixten Ehrling: en dirigent och hans epok [a conductor and his epoch] Fischer, Stockholm, 1995 280 pages ISBN 978-9170547515
literature
- Leif Aare. In: Nationalencyklopedin
- Leif Aare. In: Natur och Kulturs Musiklexikon , 1978
Web links
- Leif Aare at MusikSök
- Leif Aar at Discogs (English)
- Works by and Leif Aare in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leif Aare. In: Svensk Filmdatabas. Svenska Filminstitutet, accessed October 28, 2017 (Swedish).
- ↑ a b Markus Keiland: Leif Aare. In: MusikSök. June 27, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2017 (Swedish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aare, Leif |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aare, Leif Göran Peder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish music critic, writer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |