Sigmund Groven(葛洛文)的艺人档案
葛洛文(sigmund groven)是来自挪威的国宝级口琴演奏家。身为世界上少数几个口琴吹奏好手中的顶尖翘楚,他的口琴专辑已经成为挪威的文化遗产,可说是口琴大师中的大师。西格蒙.葛洛文使用的是一把订做的银制演奏用口琴,演奏范围从流行歌曲和民谣到他的个人创作,从巴哈的作品villa-lobos等作曲家为口琴及管弦乐团所创作的曲子都有。 "A magical hour-and-a-half"--- "A revelation..." --- "A thoroughbred
musical poet..."--- "His music soothed my soul and lifted my spirit"--- "Music
in its purest form"--- those are some of the accolades describing the artistry
of Sigmund Groven. Recognized as one of the world's leading exponents of the
chromatic harmonica Sigmund Groven appears regularly in concert, on radio and
TV, and at music festivals throughout the world. At the Golden Jubilee of the
Dartington International Summer -Music Festival in England last August he
conducted a master-class together with his teacher and mentor Tommy Reilly with
students from 4 continents, and gave a concert with the Sinfonia of Lahti from
Finland. His performance at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall last September
was also a triumphant success. In 1990 Sigmund Groven made musical history, becoming one of the very few
harmonica players ever to be featured at Carnegie Hall with a classical recital
of his own. He plays a custom-made silver concert harmonica, and his repertoire
ranges from folk music to his own compositions, from Bach to original works for
harmonica and orchestra by such composers as Villa-Lobos. Recent engagements
have included performances with the orchestras of Anchorage, Manitoba,
Minneapolis, Quebec, and Dallas, on which occasion he was made honorary citizen
of Texas. Other orchestras he has played with are the radio symphony orchestras
of Berlin, Munich, Brussels, Hilversum, Oslo, and London. Recently he has
appeared as soloist with some of Europe's leading symphonic bands, incl. the
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy. During the 1994 Winter Olympics Arts
Festival at Lilleharnmer he was featured in four different concerts, he also
scored a tremendous success at EXPO'92 in Sevilla, Spain, and during the 1993
Edvard Grieg celebrations he performed for UNESCO in Paris and at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. He is regularly featured as star
entertainer on cruise ships around the world, and on many occasions he has given
Royal Command performances for the Kings and Queens of Norway and
Sweden. As a composer Sigmund Groven received a commission for the Sesquicentennial of Norwegian immigration to America ("B low, Silver Wind" with words by Erik Bye), and a commission from the Norsemen's Federation to commemorate Leiv Eiriksson's discovery of America ("Vinland Suite"); both works have been performed widely, including Carnegie Hall. Other works include music for film, radio, and TV, and a number of songs and instrumental works. Twice he received the award "Composition of the Year" from the Norwegian Society of Composers. Last year he was appointed President of TONO, the Norwegian Performing Rights Society.
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