Composer
Per Norgard
Danish composer (1932–2025)
1932–2025
88 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1932
- Died
- 2025
- Birthplace
- Gentofte
- Place of death
- Copenhagen
- Citizenship / historical state
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Per Nørgård (pronounced [ˈpʰɛɐ̯ ˈnɶɐ̯ˌkɒˀ]; 13 July 1932 – 28 May 2025) was a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style varied considerably throughout his career, his music often included repeatedly evolving melodies, in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a perspicuous focus on lyricism. He based music on "infinity series" and other mathematical models. He composed large-scale works, eight symphonies including the choral Third, concertos and operas such as Gilgamesh. His chamber music includes ten string quartets and music for guitar. Some later works were inspired by the art of Adolf Wölfli.
The composer Julian Anderson called Nørgård's style "one of the most personal in contemporary music". Nørgård received several awards, including the 2016 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; musicologist; film score composer; docent
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Teachers
- Nadia Boulanger; Vagn Holmboe
- Notable works
- String Quartet No. 7; Fons laetitiae; Achilles and the Tortoise; Symphony No. 3
- Awards
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize; Nordic Council Music Prize; Ernst von Siemens Music Prize; Wihuri Sibelius Prize; Henrik Steffens Prize; Gaudeamus International Composers Award; Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg); Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music
- VIAF ID
- 147356715
- ISNI
- 0000000116518400
- GND ID
- 118588435
- Library of Congress ID
- n81086842
- MusicBrainz ID
- 7778b317-8c0c-4e59-9c93-afce46a4ed63
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Choir, Tenor, Alto, Guitar, Accordion
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
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Catalogue
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 147356715. Portrait: Laivakoira2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.