Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Illustration — Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (2012) Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016) was a Danish composer.
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
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- Born
- 1932 · Copenhagen.
- Died
- 2016
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- symphony · contemporary classical
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Teachers
- Finn Høffding
- Known for
- Last Ground · Moving Still
- Honours
- Nordic Council Music Prize
- Languages
- Danish
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Illustration — Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (2012) Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016) was a Danish composer.
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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music. Training under Finn Høffding is recorded. The recorded working language is Danish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony and contemporary classical. Works named in the authority record are Last Ground and Moving Still. Distinctions recorded are Nordic Council Music Prize.
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was the son of the sculptor Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, with Finn Høffding, Svend Westergaard, Bjørn Hjelmborg, and Vagn Holmboe (instrumentation), graduating in 1958. Amongst other works, he composed fourteen string quartets and a Concerto Grosso for string quartet and orchestra, written for the Kronos Quartet, which he referred to as "Vivaldi on Safari." He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1980 for his Symfoni/Antifoni. Gudmundsen-Holmgreen died of cancer on 26 June 2016.
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Works recorded as notable number 2: Last Ground and Moving Still. His recorded genres are symphony and contemporary classical.
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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen died.
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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music. He trained under Finn Høffding.
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