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Encyclopedia > Atli Heimir Sveinsson

Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938-) is a famous Icelandic composer.-1...


He was president of the Icelandic Composers Assocation 1972 to 1983. In 1976 he received the Nordic Music Prize for his Flute Concerto. Since 1992 Atli Heimir Sveinsson has received an honorary salary from the Icelandic Parliament. Sveinsson was elected menber of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1993. The Althing (Modern Icelandic Alþingi; Old Norse Alþing) is the national parliament: literally, the all-thing (or General Assembly) of Iceland. ...


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Annual List of Works : Iceland Music Information Centre | Iamic (315 words)
Atli Heimir Sveinsson is one of the most prominent Icelandic postwar composers with a varied list of works to his credit, including operas, ballet and major orchestral works, widely performed.
Atli Heimir Sveinsson's catalogue includes nine solo concertos, numerous orchestral, chamber and solo works, an orchestral song cycle to Steinn Steinarr's poem Time and Water; and the operas The Silk Drum, Vikivaki, Moonlight Island, and Hertervig, an opera written to a libretto by the Norwegian poet Paal-Helge Haugen.
Atli Heimir Sveinsson was president of the Society of Icelandic Composers in 1972-1983.
Listahátíð í Reykjavík- Tónamínútur Atla Heimis í Laugarborg 19. maí (517 words)
Flytjendur eru Áshildur Haraldsdóttir flautuleikari og píanóleikararnir Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir og tónskáldið sjálft, Atli Heimir Sveinsson.
Atli Heimir Sveinsson stundaði nám í píanóleik við Tónlistarskólann í Reykjavík hjá Rögnvaldi Sigurjónssyni og í tónsmíðum í Þýskalandi m.a.
Atli hefur um áratuga skeið staðið í fremstu röð íslenskra tónskálda og verk hans hlotið verðskuldaða athygli bæði hér á landi sem og erlendis.
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