Magnus Lindberg

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1) Magnus Lindberg (Eskilstuna, Sweden, 21 May 1952 - 26 February 2019) was a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. His first album, called "Magnus Lindberg" is from 1976. Up to 2006 he has made 11 records (two of them collections). He was a member of the bands Grymlings and Landslaget. 2) Magnus Lindberg (born June 27, 1958) is a Finnish composer. Lindberg was born in Helsinki. He studied music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under Einojuhani Rautavaara and Paavo Heininen, graduating in 1981. He attended summer courses in Siena (with Franco Donatoni) and Darmstadt (with Brian Ferneyhough) and private studies in Paris with Vinko Globokar and Gérard Grisey. Quintetto dell’Estate (1979) is generally held to be Lindberg's first opus. His first great breakthrough came with Action-Situation-Signification (1982), the first work in explored musique concrète. This piece was written for and premiered by the new-music ensemble Toimii (It Works in the Finnish language), which Lindberg founded during the summer of 1980. Lindberg is a trained pianist and has performed several of his works as part of Toimii. Kraft (1983-85), another piece written for Toimii, was Lindberg's greatest work to date, with over 70 harmonies and a meter-high score. It uses not only traditional instrumentation, but percussion on scrap metal and spoken word. Lindberg found this large work difficult to follow, and with the exception of 1986's Ur, he entered an extensive creative hiatus. After two years, L

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albums

Diamanter

Lindberg: Chamber Works

Röda läppar

Första & Andra Lp:n

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Beauty

Lindberg: EXPO - Piano Concerto No. 2 - Al largo

Magnus Lindbergs Skörd

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Vita Lögner + Svarta Ballader, Volym 1

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Diamanter (disc 1)

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Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto, Absence & Serenades

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Lindberg, M.: Clarinet Concerto / Gran Duo / Chorale

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