Edward H. Tarr is known as a leading trumpet soloist and a historian of the instrument, currently directing the Bad Säckingen Trumpet Museum.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Holmboe was strongly influenced by Carl Nielsen, whom he regarded as a powerful force for renewal in music.
Composer Biography
Vagn Holmboe, a Danish composer, studied folk music in Romania in 1933-34, where he met and married his wife, Meta May Holmboe.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Holmboe believed folk music was the most important source for all other types of music, an opinion influenced by his studies in Romania and the music of Béla Bartók.
Compositional Technique
Holmboe developed a highly personal compositional style based on the principle of metamorphosis, which he considered the strongest formal possibility.
Composer Biography
Holmboe's extensive output includes over 300 works across all genres, though he found it challenging to establish himself as an opera composer.
Performer Biography
The Swedish Brass Quintet, founded in 1976, won the prestigious TIJI international chamber music competition in 1983.
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