Erling Møldrup
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Erling Møldrup is a Danish
classical guitar
ist best known for championing Danish guitar music from all periods.
He received his initial training under Jytte Gorki Schmidt at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Århus, obtaining his diploma in 1972. He has performed around the world as a soloist, chamber musician and with various orchestras. He has also toured as a guest lecturer. The first of many recordings by him appeared in 1975; among them are J. S. Bach's
lute works and the complete guitar works of Per Nørgård
. He plays repertoire from all periods — Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, 'Segovia
-style' and modern — and he has commissioned a large number of works from living Scandinavian composers (see below). He is also the author of the book Guitaren, et eksotisk instrument i den danske musik (The guitar, an exotic instrument in Danish music) and a number of articles.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist best known for championing Danish guitar music from all periods.
He received his initial training under Jytte Gorki Schmidt at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Århus, obtaining his diploma in 1972. He has performed around the world as a soloist, chamber musician and with various orchestras. He has also toured as a guest lecturer. The first of many recordings by him appeared in 1975; among them are J. S. Bach's
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
lute works and the complete guitar works of Per Nørgård
Per Nørgård
Per Nørgård is a Danish composer.-Biography:Nørgård studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and subsequently with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. To begin with, he was strongly influenced by the Nordic styles of Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen and Vagn Holmboe...
. He plays repertoire from all periods — Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, 'Segovia
Andrés Segovia
Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...
-style' and modern — and he has commissioned a large number of works from living Scandinavian composers (see below). He is also the author of the book Guitaren, et eksotisk instrument i den danske musik (The guitar, an exotic instrument in Danish music) and a number of articles.
Composers who have written works for Erling Møldrup
- Erik BachErik BachErik Bach is a Danish composer and writer on music. He took his diploma in music theory and music history from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. As a composer, he claims the influence of Peter Maxwell Davies and other postmodernists....
- Axel Borup-JørgensenAxel Borup-JørgensenAxel Borup-Jørgensen is a Danish composer.Axel Borup-Jørgensen is born in Hjørring in Denmark, but grew up in Sweden. He studied piano as a major at Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium and instrumentation with Poul Schierbeck and Jørgen Jersild.He was one of the first Danish composers to go...
- Ole BuckOle BuckOle Buck is a Danish composer.Buck studied the piano from the age of twelve. He also made many early attempts at orchestral composition, eventually achieving a breakthrough at the age of 20 with Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra...
- John Frandsen
- Ivar Frounberg
- Hans GeforsHans GeforsHans Gefors is a Swedish composer. He has lived in Lund since the mid-1990s.-References:*Haglund, Rolf. "Gefors, Hans". . ed. L. Macy. Retrieved on April 23, 2008....
- Pelle Gudmundsen-HolmgreenPelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen-Biography:Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is the son of the sculptor Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. He studied at the Royal Danish Conservatory in Copenhagen, with Høffding, Westergaard, and Hjelmborg, graduating in 1958 .He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1980...
- Svend Nielsen
- Tage Nielsen
- Per NørgårdPer NørgårdPer Nørgård is a Danish composer.-Biography:Nørgård studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and subsequently with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. To begin with, he was strongly influenced by the Nordic styles of Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen and Vagn Holmboe...
- Ib NørholmIb NørholmIb Nørholm is a Danish composer and organist.Nørholm studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he later taught , becoming a professor in 1981...
- Karl Aage RasmussenKarl Aage RasmussenKarl Aage Rasmussen is a Danish composer and writer.Quotation and particularly collage played an important role in his music from the early 70s, but increasingly he used pre-existing musical material in new connections and for new purposes, most often in a densely woven montage of small idioms...
- Poul RudersPoul RudersPoul Ruders is a Danish composer.Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s...
- Flemming WeisFlemming WeisFlemming Weis was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
- Timme Ørvad
Recordings
- Music for Flute and Guitar from the Danish Golden Age with Karl Lewkovitch, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
(Olga 1989) - Estrellita: Spanish, French and Latin American Guitar Music (Olga 1990)
- The Frosty Silence...: Guitar Works by 6 Contemporary Danish Composers (Da Capo 1993)
- In Memory of...: Guitar Works by Per Nørgård (Kontrapunkt 1996)
- J. S. Bach: The Complete Lute/Guitar Works (Classico 1997)
- The Danish Classical Guitar (Kontrapunkt 1997)
- Ricordanza: Music for Cello and Guitar by Romantic Composers (Classico 1999)
- Jeanne D'arc: Musik for Carl Th. Dreyer's Silent Movie-Master Work "Jeanne D'Arc" (for soprano, guitar and orchestra) (Da Capo 1998-99)
- Early Morn: Guitar Works by 6 Danish Composers (Danacord 2002)
- El Delirio: Romantic Guitar Music (Classico, 2003)
- Album Leaves: 50 Pieces for Guitar by Henrik and Frederik Rung (Classico 2003)
- On the Track: Guitar Master Works by Seven Non-Guitarist Composers (with Thomas Jensen, flute) (Classico 2005)
- Per Nørgård: Tales from a Hand (4 suites for guitar) (Classico 2009)
- Bellmaniana (CDKlassisk 2010)