Gilgamesh is a 1972 opera by Per Nørgård. First performed in Århus on May 4th, 1973. The opera received the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1974. [1]
Per Nørgård is a Danish composer.
The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded annually by NOMUS, the Nordic Music Committee. Every two years it is awarded for a work by a living composer. In the intervening years it is awarded to a performing musician or ensemble.
The Swedish Radio Choir is a professional choir. It is part of Sveriges Radio, the public radio broadcasting company of Sweden. The choir consists of 32 singers and their chorus master Marc Korovitch. Peter Dijkstra is the choir's most recent chief conductor. He left the position after eleven years, in 2018. Since 1979 the Swedish Radio Choir has been based at the Swedish Radio Concert Hall, Berwaldhallen, in Stockholm.
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a Swedish radio orchestra based in Stockholm, affiliated with Sveriges Radio. Its principal performing venue is the Berwaldhallen. The orchestra broadcasts concerts on the Swedish Radio-P2 network.
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The DNSO is the principal orchestra of DR. The DRSO is based at the Copenhagen Concert Hall.
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is a Swedish symphony orchestra based in Gothenburg. The GSO is resident at the Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen. The orchestra received the title of the National Orchestra of Sweden in 1997.
Kurt Magnus Atterberg was a Swedish composer and engineer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas, and ballets.
Vagn Gylding Holmboe was a Danish composer and teacher who wrote largely in a neo-classical style.
Klaus Tennstedt was a German conductor from Merseburg. He worked with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Symphony Orchestra, world-top ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and most notably the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he was closely associated and recorded many of his celebrated recordings under the EMI label, including a cycle of Mahler’s 10 Symphonies. Known for his interpretation of the Austro-German repertoire, especially his sympathetic approaches towards Mahler, Tennstedt is widely considered an established conductor, one of the most influential and the greatest of the late 20th century.
Leif Selim Segerstam is a Finnish conductor, composer, violinist, violist and pianist, especially known for writing 327 symphonies as of September 2018, along with other works in his extensive œuvre.
Rudolf Brucci (Bruči), was a composer of Croatian and Italian origin, born in Zagreb. He was married to the famous Yugoslavian opera singer, Olga Brucci.
Aulis Sallinen is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. His music has been variously described as "remorselessly harsh", a "beautifully crafted amalgam of several 20th-century styles", and "neo-romantic". Sallinen studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen. He has had works commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, and has also written seven operas, eight symphonies, concertos for violin, cello, flute, horn and English horn as well as several chamber works. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1978 for his opera Ratsumies.
Atli Heimir Sveinsson is an Icelandic composer.
The International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) is an annual forum organized by the International Music Council that offers broadcasting representatives the opportunity to exchange and publicize pieces of contemporary classical music. It is funded by contributions from participating national radio networks.
Bryden Thomson was a Scottish conductor remembered especially for his championship of British and Scandinavian composers. His recordings include influential surveys of the orchestral music of Hamilton Harty and Arnold Bax. He was principal conductor of several British orchestras, including the Ulster Orchestra, which flourished under his tenure.
Thomas Dausgaard is a Danish conductor.
David Porcelijn is a Dutch composer and conductor.
Ragnar Bohlin is a Swedish conductor born in 1965.
Björn Haugan was a Swedish born, Norwegian operatic lyric tenor.
Klas Torstensson is an award-winning Swedish-Dutch composer.
Jan Erik Mikalsen is a Norwegian composer of contemporary music, living in Oslo.
Gisle Kverndokk is a Norwegian contemporary composer.
Rolf Arvind Gupta is a Norwegian contemporary composer and conductor.
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