Dagfinn Koch
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Dagfinn Koch is a musician.
He studied at the State Academy of music (Norges musikkhøgskole) (Lasse Thoresen
, composition
; Olav Anton Thommessen
, orchestration; Bjørn Kruse, arranging; Mads Claesson, Arild Erikstad og Tore Simonsen, music technology; Otto Berg, viola), and at Hochschule
(now Universität) der Künste Berlin
(Witold Szalonek, composition).
He has been freelancing since 1994, and has written music for orchestra, chamber and theatre music, opera, ballet and fine art installations. Besides that has he worked as an arranger for amongst others Finn Coren
and Lucifer Was. He has been a member of the Oslo Philharmonic program committee and a member of the board in the Composers society and in the evaluation committee of TONO (the Norwegian BIEM/ASCAP).
Dagfinn has lived in Oslo since 2005, and in Germany for 13 years. In addition to composition, he has worked in a youth club, as a teacher in a music school in Oslo
, Bærum
and Bergen
, as a music copyist and engraver, and as a sound engineer (Henie-Onstad Art center). He has received several scholarships from TONO
and was granted a two year scholarship from the Norwegian Ministry for Cultural Affairs in 2006. He was accepted as a member of the Composers society in 1991.
Dagfinn has not sought a particular style. He is more concerned with being able to move in any possible direction. This experience has developed into a method (not style) which he calls "Translucence" - a method that builds on post war-modernism
techniques combined with an ideomatic way of writing. For him it is not important to use music to communicate a "deeper meaning", but to present a narrative
music which gives the listeners (and readers of his scores) a diversity of possible interpretations.
He studied at the State Academy of music (Norges musikkhøgskole) (Lasse Thoresen
Lasse Thoresen
Lasse Thoresen is a Norwegian composer whose works concentrate on a contemporary transformation of the folk-music traditions of many peoples, especially those of Scandinavia.-Biography:...
, composition
Musical composition
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; Olav Anton Thommessen
Olav Anton Thommessen
Olav Anton Thommessen is a Norwegian composer. He trained in the United States earning degrees from Westminster Choir College and Indiana University. He is currently professor of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he has taught since 1972. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in...
, orchestration; Bjørn Kruse, arranging; Mads Claesson, Arild Erikstad og Tore Simonsen, music technology; Otto Berg, viola), and at Hochschule
Hochschule
Hochschule is a German term with two meanings.The literal meaning of the word Hochschule is “high school” which is not appropriate as a translation.- Generic term :...
(now Universität) der Künste Berlin
Berlin
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(Witold Szalonek, composition).
He has been freelancing since 1994, and has written music for orchestra, chamber and theatre music, opera, ballet and fine art installations. Besides that has he worked as an arranger for amongst others Finn Coren
Finn Coren
Finn Coren is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his series of albums setting to music the lyrics of William Blake, W.B. Yeats and Olav H. Hauge....
and Lucifer Was. He has been a member of the Oslo Philharmonic program committee and a member of the board in the Composers society and in the evaluation committee of TONO (the Norwegian BIEM/ASCAP).
Dagfinn has lived in Oslo since 2005, and in Germany for 13 years. In addition to composition, he has worked in a youth club, as a teacher in a music school in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Bærum
Bærum
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
and Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, as a music copyist and engraver, and as a sound engineer (Henie-Onstad Art center). He has received several scholarships from TONO
TONO
TONO is a Norwegian corporation that administers copyrights for music in Norway.It is owned and governed by its members; composers, music publishers and text-writers...
and was granted a two year scholarship from the Norwegian Ministry for Cultural Affairs in 2006. He was accepted as a member of the Composers society in 1991.
Dagfinn has not sought a particular style. He is more concerned with being able to move in any possible direction. This experience has developed into a method (not style) which he calls "Translucence" - a method that builds on post war-modernism
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
techniques combined with an ideomatic way of writing. For him it is not important to use music to communicate a "deeper meaning", but to present a narrative
Narrative
A narrative is a constructive format that describes a sequence of non-fictional or fictional events. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, "to recount", and is related to the adjective gnarus, "knowing" or "skilled"...
music which gives the listeners (and readers of his scores) a diversity of possible interpretations.
Key works
- Translucence (2005–2006) for Brass Band
- Versuch über Schatten, Farben und Licht (2001/2006) for Brass Band
- Das ersehnte Licht (2002) for orchestra
- Rückblick (1997/2003) for string quartett or string orchestra
- Elegie (2002) for violin og grand piano
- Pesni i tanzi (1999) for flute/altoflute, clarinet/bassclarinett, horn and grand piano
- Le mystère de la voix (1999) for violoncello solo
- Transitus (1997) for organ
- Aura (1995) for string orchestra or 16 solo string players
- Liebeslied (1994-97 rev. 1999) for orchestra
Discography
- «21 Marches For The 21st Century» Simax Classics PSC 1163
- «A Norwegian Rendezvous» Kristiansand Kammerorkester/Jan Stigmer. Works of Nordheim, Kvandal, Åm and Koch. INTIM Musik IMCD 065