Magnus Lindberg

Magnus Lindberg (2006).

Magnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg (born June 27, 1958 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish composer .

Life

Magnus Lindberg studied composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Paavo Heininen and with Vinko Globokar in Paris. He is friends with the Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen .

In 1992 he received one of the renowned Music Awards of the Royal Philharmonic Society in London, and in 2000 he won the first European Composition Prize at the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin. In 2003 Lindberg was awarded the Finnish Wihuri Sibelius Prize .

In 2008/09 he was a juror at the 2nd International Uuno Klami Composition Competition together with Kalevi Aho , who was the jury chairman, and Anders Eliasson .

From September 2009 to 2012 he was composer in residence with the New York Philharmonic and composed the work EXPO , which opened the first concert of the new chief conductor Alan Gilbert .

In 2014 he was elected as an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 2015 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Compositions

Works for symphony orchestra

• Kraft (1983–1985)
• Tendenza (1982)
• Kinetics (1988-1989)
• Marea (1989–1990)
• Corrente II (1991-1992)
• Aura (in memoriam Witold Lutosławski ) (1994)
• Feria (1995-1997)
• Arena 2 (1996)
• Feria (1997)
• Fresco (1997-1998)
• Cantigas (1997-1999)
• Parada (2001)
• Concerto for orchestra (2003)
• Tribute for orchestra (2004)
• Sculpture (2005)
• See the Sun (2007)
• Graffiti for chamber chorus and orchestra (Text: Antike Römische Graffiti ) (2009)
• EXPO (2009)
• Al largo (2010)
• Era (2012)

Works for smaller ensembles

• Action-Situation-Signification , Suite for ensemble and electronics (1982)
• Ur for small ensemble (1986)
• Joy for chamber orchestra (1989–1990)
• Corrente for chamber orchestra (1992)
• Coyote Blues for large chamber ensemble (1993)
• Arena (1994-1995)
• Arena II for chamber orchestra (1996)
• Gran Duo for 13 woodwinds and 11 brass instruments (1999)

Instrumental concerts

• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1990–1994)
• Campana in aria (1998) for horn and orchestra
• Cello Concerto (1997–1999)
• Clarinet Concerto (2002, dedicated to the clarinetist Kari Kriikku )
• Violin Concerto No. 1 (2006, dedicated to the violinist Lisa Batiashvili )
• Piano Concerto No. 2 (2011–2012)
• Violin Concerto No. 2 (2015)

Chamber music

• Quintetto dell'Estate for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano (1979)
• Quintet for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and violoncello (1992)

literature

• Kimmo Korhonen , Magnus Lindberg: Fast, rhythmic and massic music . In: Inventing Finnish Music , FIMIC Helsinki 2007 (pp. 182-186).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lindberg listed at RPS , English, accessed on February 25, 2011
2. ↑ European Composer Prize at Young Euro Classic ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Honorary Members: Magnus Lindberg. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 14, 2019 . 

Web links

• Magnus Lindberg at Ondine Records
• Literature by and about Magnus Lindberg in the catalog of the German National Library