Martin Lohse Explained

Martin Lohse
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Date:29 May 1971
Birth Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:classical, experimental
Occupation:composer, teacher
Label:Dacapo Records,[1] Naxos Records[2]
Module:
Child:yes
ICCF Grandmaster (2009)
Iccf Rating:2513 (October 2016)
Iccf Peakrating:2526 (July 2009)

Martin Lohse (born 29 May 1971) is a Danish classical composer and visual artist.[3]

Biography

Martin Lohse was born in Copenhagen, where he began his education at the Musical Science Institute (1990–92) in addition to studies in rhetoric and math (1992–93) as well as geology (1994) at the University of Copenhagen. In 1995 he was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, where he studied composition and music theory as a pupil of Hans Abrahamsen and Niels Rosing-Schow. In 2000 he started a postgraduate course in composition and in 2004 he had his debut from the Royal Academy of Music,[4] [5] where he also got a master in music theory in 2005.[6]
Currently he is associate professor in music theory and head of the Music Theory Department at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.[7]

Music

See also: List of compositions by Martin Lohse.

Romantic and, to some extent, Baroque music and minimalism[8] are key elements in the music of Martin Lohse. Symphony in one movement, Collage de temps, In liquid... and Smoke all have a reminiscence of the romantic style: Small motives and longer themes within a gliding tonality in a sculptural sound-universe,[9] mixed with a floating sensation of times, sometimes with long and continues accelerandoes or decelerandoes and at other times with tempos slowly departing from each other.

The Baroque style is clear in a piece like Concerto in G, Concerto in tempi and Koncert but it's also a part of works like Collage de temps, In liquid... and Entity.

The music has some polystylist elements, not in the form of big clashes of different styles, but more in the sense of polytonality including polytempoes, f. ex in the work In liquid... for accordion and symphony orchestra, where the accordion in the 1. movement starts slowly together with the piano, but gradually makes a forceful accelerando toward a brilliant baroque figure in a direct collision with the piano, which keeps the slow steady music from the start.

New Simplicity is an essential part of his music, with a direct input from his teacher Hans Abrahamsen, but also evolved with the meeting with Arvo Pärt and his music. It is used to concentrate the music, finding the essence in a motive, a harmonic progression or in a structural complex created by the composer. In works like Moto immoto, Slow movement, Sorrow and 4. movement of In liquid... for accordion and piano the minimalism is transformed or rather reduced to a nearly pure transcendental form.

Accordion

Martin Lohse has composed several solo-, chamber- and orchestral works dedicated to international renowned accordionists Bjarke Mogensen, Geir Draugsvoll and Hanzhi Wang and his accordion works are played at international accordion competitions, community gatherings and festivals on a regular basis.

Mobile

A musical technique developed by Martin Lohse in 2009 where he combines the polystylistic elements with a simple repeating sequence of chords, creating a music with both baroque and romantic elements, all in different tempos but with no or very few dissonances.[10]

Performances

Lohses works have been widely performed.Selected performances:

Awards

Received the 3-year Grant from the Danish Arts Foundation in 2003 and the Hakon Børresen Award in 2012.

Works

Selected works[11]

Orchestral works

Concertos

Vocal works

Chamber works

Solo works

Electroacoustic works

Correspondence chess

Awarded the grandmaster title[12] in the International Correspondence Chess Federation in 2009.
Best result is a 3. place in the candidate tournament WCCC28CTO3, where a 1-2. place qualify to the final in the World Championship.

Bibliography

Notes

  1. https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/artists/martin-lohse Dacapo Records, Biography; Lohse, Martin
  2. http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Martin_Lohse/25411.htm Naxos Records, Biography; Lohse, Martin
  3. https://seismograf.org/dmt/79/02/martin-lohse-en-komponist-med-hjerte-og-hjerne Pryn, Christine. "Martin Lohse - en komponist med hjerte og hjerne", Dansk Musik Tidsskrift; Årgang 79, 2004-2005 - 02, page 57-60
  4. http://www.warsaw-autumn.art.pl/04/composers/c40.html Warsaw Autumn 2004. Composers; Martin Lohse
  5. https://komponistbasen.dk/node/8855#1 Mortensen, Trine Boje, Komponistbasen.dk, Danish Composers' Society
  6. http://martinlohse.com/w/index.php?title=CV_-_Martin_Lohse Homepage; Martin Lohse/CV - Martin Lohse
  7. https://english.dkdm.dk/Staff/Martin-Lohse Royal Academy of Music, Staff, Martin Lohse
  8. https://opus-series.com/pl/sklep/58 Booklet, Road to Cordoba, Weronika Sura (Accordion), Opus series, Requiem records
  9. https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/lohse-collage-de-temps Mortensen, Trine Boje, Booklet, Collage de temps. Dacapo Records
  10. http://www.modernaccordionperspectives.com/Writings/Entries/2016/10/25_Mogensen_Lohse.html Modern Accordion Perspectives: 'Longterm collaboration'
  11. http://www.martinlohse.com Homepage; Martin Lohse
  12. http://www.iccf-webchess.com/PlayerDetails.aspx?id=150936 Player Details; GM Lohse, Martin

References

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