Ulf Grahn
Ulf Grahn (born January 17, 1942 in Solna ) is a Swedish composer .
Ulf Ake Wilhelm Grahn was a member of the St. Jacobs Boys Choir under Eric Ericson at the age of five . From 1962 to 1966 he studied violin, piano and composition at the Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institute and from 1966 to 1970 with Hans Eklund at the Royal University of Music in Stockholm . In 1972 he went to the United States , where he became an assistant in the study of electronic music at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC . In 1973 he founded the Contemporary Music Forum there , which he headed as program director until 1984. From 1988 to 1990 he was artistic director and director of the Siljan Festival.
The composer's work comprises 200 works from all genres of concert music. Grahn prefers traditional musical craft, but is also open to new techniques. There are two symphonies in his oeuvre ; In 1983, Symphony II was commissioned for the Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern in Stockholm.
literature
- Peter Hollfelder : History of piano music: historical developments, composers with biographies and catalog raisonnés, national schools. Noetzel, 1989, ISBN 978-3-79590436-4 , p. 1017.
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| SURNAME | Grahn, Ulf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grahn, Ulf Ake Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solna |