Per Nørgård Denmark

Biography

Per Nørgård (pronounced [?p?e?? ?n????????]) (born July 13, 1932) is a Danish composer. Nørgård was born in Gentofte, Denmark. He studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and subsequently with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. To begin with, he was strongly influenced by the Nordic styles of Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen and Vagn Holmboe. In the 1960s, Nørgård began exploring the modernist techniques of central Europe

Popular Songs

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  Two Recitatives, op. 16: No. 2. Gammal genius

  Songs from Evening Land

  79 BPM
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  Entwicklungen: No. 2. Die Genesende

  Songs from Evening Land

  69 BPM
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  Violin Concerto no. 1 "Helle Nacht": IV. Poco allegro

  Violin Concertos no. 1 & 2 / Spaces of Time

  86 BPM
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  Two Recitatives, op. 16: No. 1. Jag lyssnar till vinden

  Songs from Evening Land

  92 BPM
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  Entwicklungen: No. 1. Kindheit

  Songs from Evening Land

  93 BPM

Discography

Contemporary Danish Piano Music

2016

Songs from Evening Land

2013

Violin Concertos no. 1 & 2 / Spaces of Time

2011

Seadrift

2009

Luna / Symphony no. 3 / Twilight

1996