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Magnus Andersson (guitarist)

{{short description|Contemporary Swedish classical guitarist}}

Per Otto Magnus Andersson (born 29 June 1956) is a contemporary Swedish classical guitarist. {{cite web | url=https://www.ratsit.se/19560629-Per_Otto_Magnus_Andersson_Stockholm/-ZLwivSLQGCYA1EVfjTgbdA2-TeCs6XocThEtSxYZCg | title=Magnus Andersson (68 år) Stockholm | Ratsit }}

Biography

Andersson has long been active in the contemporary music field, and has played a significant role in the creation of the modern guitar repertoire. He studied at the Trinity College of Music, London, and at the Viotti Music Academy in Vercelli, Italy. In 1984 Magnus Andersson founded the guitar class at the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt (Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik), where he taught until 1996. He teaches at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm,[http://www.kmh.se/visasida_sv.php?p=19&t=epdep Royal College of Music in Stockholm - Guitar Department] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813055934/http://www.kmh.se/visasida_sv.php?p=19&t=epdep |date=2010-08-13 }} and is a founding member of the innovative chamber music group Ensemble SON and was artistic director of the 2006 and 2008 Stockholm New Music Festival.

Magnus Andersson received the Swedish Gramophone Prize in 1985 and 1986 and was nominated for a Swedish Grammy in 1992. He was awarded the Composers Union Interpreter Prize in 1983 and the Kranischsteiner Prize in Darmstadt in 1984.

He has performed the premieres of numerous important contemporary works including works by Ferneyhough, Sandström, Dillon, etc.[http://www.sheerpluck.de/ Sheer Pluck] - Database of Contemporary Guitar Music - [http://www.sheerpluck.de/search.php?submit=1&offset=&datebirthfrom=&datebirthto=&country=&gender=&yearfrom=&yearto=&genre=&electric=&bass=&lified=&publisher=&artist=206&acoustic=&sort=a&textsearch_field=&textsearch= Premieres by Magnus Andersson], [http://www.sheerpluck.de/search.php?submit=1&offset=&datebirthfrom=&datebirthto=&country=&gender=&yearfrom=&yearto=&genre=&electric=&bass=&lified=&publisher=&artist=457&acoustic=&sort=a&textsearch_field=&textsearch= Premieres by Ensemble SON]

Pieces written for Magnus Andersson include

= Solo and chamber music =

= Concertos =

Recordings

  • [http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micv6eng.nsf/docsbycodename/soekresultat?opendocument&fraga=Magnus+Andersson Chitarra Con Forza] (PSCD 19, [https://web.archive.org/web/20030322060744/http://www.phonosuecia.com/ Phono Suecia]) - Magnus Andersson plays Swedish guitar music
  • [http://www.nosag.se/cd/cd056.html Short Sounds] (nosag CD 056, [http://www.nosag.se Nosag]) - Italian music for guitar
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721013320/http://en.naive.fr/work/ferneyhough Brian Ferneyhough: Fourth String Quartet, Kurze Schatten II, Trittico per G.S., Terrain] [http://www.alternaive.com/musique/ferneyhough-2-arditti-quart.html 1] ([http://www.naiveclassique.com naïve] previously Disques Montaigne)
  • [http://www.nosag.se/cd/cd117.html The Plucked North] (nosag CD 117, [http://www.nosag.se Nosag]) - New music from Sweden, Denmark and Finland
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060219041619/http://www.caprice.rikskonserter.se/Template/Phonogram.asp?PhonogramID=20706 Ensemble SON: To Hear with the Mouth] (CAP 21713, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050904044743/http://www.caprice.rikskonserter.se/ Caprice Records])
  • [http://www.stradivarius.it/scheda.php?ID=801157033668204 Stefano Scodanibbio] (STR 33668, [http://www.stradivarius.it Stradivarius])
  • [http://www.stradivarius.it/scheda.php?ID=801157033733700 Hans Werner Henze: El Cimarrón] (STR 33733, [http://www.stradivarius.it Stradivarius])
  • Xavier Benguerel ([http://www.operatres.com Ópera tres]) - Music for guitar
  • Sven-David Sandström (CAP 21418, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050904044743/http://www.caprice.rikskonserter.se/ Caprice Records]) - Lonesome/guitar concerto. Segerstam/RSO
  • [http://www.phonosuecia.com/avd/mic/prod/micv5eng.nsf/docsbycodename/soekresultat?opendocument&fraga=Hans+Holewa Hans Holewa]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (PSCD 49, [https://web.archive.org/web/20030322060744/http://www.phonosuecia.com/ Phono Suecia]) - includes chamber music for guitar by Hans Holewa, Phono Suecia, 1991, OCLC: 24815067

Writings

Magnus Andersson: “Brian Ferneyhough: Kurze Schatten II - considérations d’un interprète”. Contrechamps 8 (1988): p. 128-138.

Bibliography

  • Brian Ferneyhough: Brian Ferneyhough by Brian Ferneyhough Publisher: Paris: L'Age d'homme OCLC: 21274317 (French)
  • Erik Wallrup: Etyder : om musik Publisher: [Stockholm?] : Bonnier Essä, ©2002 {{ISBN|91-0-057948-3}} OCLC: 52964407 (Swedish)

References

External links

  • Biography: [http://www.echoraum.at/gu.htm], [https://web.archive.org/web/20100929103152/http://innova.mu/notes/666.htm]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714135442/http://www.musimediane.com/numero2/Chouvel/Interpretation4.swf Extension du domaine de l analyse ? L interprétation comme "ici et maintenant"] (audio: see 7:15) [https://web.archive.org/web/20070823103220/http://www.musimediane.com/article.php3?id_article=49 ref.]
  • [http://www.journals.unam.mx/index.php/pim/article/view/17151 Entrevista con Magnus Andersson] by José Manuel Mondragón
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716204401/http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/SACSCMS/XStatic/colegionacional/template/pdf/2005/22%20-%20Mario%20Lavista_%20Brian%20Ferneyhough,%20Magnus%20Andersson%20y%20Pablo%20Gomez_%20la%20guitarra%20contemporanea.pdf Brian Ferneyhough, Magnus Andersson y Pablo Gómez: la guitarra contemporánea] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110716204515/http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/SACSCMS/XStatic/colegionacional/template/content.aspx?se=memoriasmiembro&id=126 1]) by Mario Lavista

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