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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016) was a Danish composer.

Biography

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was the son of the sculptor Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, with Finn Høffding, Svend Westergaard, Bjørn Hjelmborg, and Vagn Holmboe (instrumentation), graduating in 1958.[1]

Amongst other works, he composed fourteen string quartets and a Concerto Grosso for string quartet and orchestra, written for the Kronos Quartet, which he referred to as "Vivaldi on Safari".[2]

He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1980 for his Symfoni/Antifoni.

Gudmundsen-Holmgreen died in Copenhagen^{[citation needed]} of cancer on 26 June 2016.[3]

Sources

• Cornelius, Jens. 2016. "Nekrolog: En stor original i dansk musik er død". DR.dk (28 June) (accessed 29 June 2016).
• Lohse, Gregers. 2016. "Stor dansk komponist er død af kræft". DR.dk (28 June) (accessed 29 June 2016).
• Wright, Katy. 2016. "Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (21 November 1932 – 27 June 2016)" Rheingold.co.uk (28 June) (accessed 16 October 2019).

External links

• Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen page on André Chaudron's Contemporary Music site
• Profile and works at Edition Wilhelm Hansen

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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (* 21. November 1932 in Kopenhagen; † 27. Juni 2016[1]) war ein dänischer Komponist.

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[es] Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (Copenhague, Dinamarca, el 21 de noviembre de 1932 - 27 de junio de 2016), fue un compositor danés.

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