Fartein Olav Valen


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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy
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– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008
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– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

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Born: 25 August 1887 — Stavanger — Norway
Died: 14 December 1952 — Valevåg — Norway
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Opus list counting forty-five works, including:

Linear dodecaphonic style influenced by Bach rather than Schönberg.

Life

Fartein Olav Valen was the son of a missionary. He lived on Madagascar in his early childhood, his health being permanently set back by Malaria. He studied organ and composition in Oslo, later in Berlin but his shy nature kept him at home, Valestrand on the west coast of Norway, and recognition came late. Internationally Valen is almost forgotten, but enjoys high recognition in Norway as the first and groundbraking modernist.

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