Sten Hanson

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The Swedish composer, Sten Hanson, was leader of the Fylkingen language group from 1968 and in charge of the Text-Sound Festivals which were held for many years. He is self-taught as a composer. In Sweden, he was Director (1968-1977) and then Chairman (1980-1984) of the concert organization Fylkingen, chairman of the ISCM (1975-1981), member of the Royal Academy of Music of Sweden and President of the Swedish Composers' Union (1985-1994), member of the Executive Committee of International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM) (1981-1982) and Chairman of this organization from 1997 to 2002. He has been member of College compositeur de GMEB from 1982, member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) from 1982, member of the Executive Committee of the Electronic Music Studio, and Chairman of the Society of Swedish Composers (1984-1994). Sten Hanson has been working with experimental music, literature and art since the beginning of the 1960's, cultivating both instrumental, vocal and electro-acoustic music for performance on radio and television, on outdoor occasions or from the concert platform. From an early stage he was aware of the importance of tape-recording techniques in the renewal and development of poetry’s resources. Text-sound-visual image, often combined with intensely personal 'live" performances, are vital ingredients in Sten Hanson's artistic workmanship and he is ore of the forerunners in the field of multi-med

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Electro-Acoustic Music From Sweden

The Sonosopher Retrospective

The John Carter song book

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An Anthology Of Noise And Electronic Music Vol. 5 - Fifth A-chronology 1920-2007

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? Concrete Poetry

Text-Sound Gems & Trinkets

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The Pioneers: Five Text-Sound Artists

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The Pioneers - Five Text-Sound Artists

Revue OU

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Music for TAPE/BAND - Musik from Sweden

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Voice Of The Wolf

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Fylkingen Text-Sound Festivals-10 Years

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