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Magnus Lindberg

マグヌス・リンドベルイ　/　まぐぬす・りんどべるい

Composer from Finland

June 27, 1958 (age 67)　・　Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Uusimaa
composer
pianist
musician

My Take

Lindberg is one of those composers who reminds me how alive contemporary classical music still is. Born in Helsinki in 1958, this Finnish composer-pianist has won the Wihuri Sibelius Prize and the Nordic Council Music Prize, and served as composer-in-residence for both the New York and London Philharmonics, meaning the world's great orchestras genuinely wait for his next score. I'm endlessly intrigued that such dense, muscular, often thrilling sound emerges from Finland's spare and severe landscape. If you think modern music is forbidding, surrender to his work once; I'd happily use him as someone's first doorway into the genre.

Overview

Magnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg (born 27 June 1958) is a Finnish composer and pianist. He was the New York Philharmonic's composer-in-residence from 2009 to 2012 and the London Philharmonic Orchestra's composer-in-residence from 2014 to 2017.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Magnus Lindberg
Name (Japanese): マグヌス・リンドベルイ
Reading: まぐぬす・りんどべるい
Born: June 27, 1958 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Dog
Origin: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / pianist / musician / conductor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2012 Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
2003 Wihuri Sibelius Prize
1988 Nordic Council Music Prize

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Parada	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8C%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4

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