Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016) was a Danish composer.
Biography
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.[1]
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."[2]
He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1980 for his Symfoni/Antifoni.
Gudmundsen-Holmgreen died of cancer on 26 June 2016.[3]
Sources
- Cornelius, Jens. 2016. "Nekrolog: En stor original i dansk musik er død". DR.dk (28 June) (accessed 29 June 2016).
- Lohse, Gregers. 2016. "Stor dansk komponist er død af kræft". DR.dk (28 June) (accessed 29 June 2016).
- Wright, Katy. 2016. "Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016)" Rheingold.co.uk (28 June) (accessed 16 October 2019).
- Tyrrell, John(eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan.
- ^ Cornelius 2016.
- ^ Cornelius 2016; Lohse 2016; Wright 2016.
External links
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen page on André Chaudron's Contemporary Music site
- Profile and works at Edition Wilhelm Hansen
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