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Martin Lohse (b. May 29, 1971 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a danish 21st century classical composer and visual artist.

Biography

Martin Lohse began his education at the Musical Science Institute in Copenhagen (1990–92). In 1995 he was admitted to the Royal 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.
In 2003, he received the 3-year Grant from The Danish Arts Foundation. Besides composing acoustic and electro acoustic music, he does abstract paintings – usually with a clash of disintegration and pure and clear colours.

Music

In my music, I try to encircle small musical moments and atmospheres, which can timeless progress and unfold. The collocation and collision of a “pure” and clear music with a disintegrated and multi-layered music is one of the main characteristic of my music. In the heart, the music often emanate a harmonic and melodic reminiscence of past experiences in glints or longer periods which combined with a floating sensation (accelerando, decelerando etc.) creates a music with the organic form as one of its main foundations.

—Martin Lohse, translation from danish; www.martinlohse.dk

Lohses works have been widely performed. Selected performances:

• Numus Festival in Aarhus (2000 and 2001), Denmark
• Louisiana Museum of Modern Art near Copenhagen
• Danish radio
• Young Nordic Music Festival (UNM) in Oslo (1998) and Reykjavik (2002)
• Composers Biennale 2002, Copenhagen
• Magma, Nordic Music Days (2002)
• Warsaw Autumn (2002) (2004)

Works

Selected works

Orchestral works

• Lurid Light 1999
• Magma 2001
• Awakening 2002
• Den standhaftige tinsoldat (The Steadfast Tin Soldier) (2004)

Chamber works

• Istid (1997)
• Haiku (1999)
• Verden én farve (1999)
• Smoke (2000)
• Concert (2001)
• In liquid... (2003)
• Image balancantes (2004)

Electroacustic works

• Vibration in blue and yellow (1999)
• Tempo de hielo (2002)
• Repeat (2002)
• Entity (2002)
• Darkened sea – it’s winter (2002)
• Slow movement (2004)

References

• Naxos.com. Composer biography; Lohse, Martin
• Warsaw Autumn 2004. Composers; Martin Lohse
• Pryn, Christine. "Martin Lohse - en komponist med hjerte og hjerne", Dansk Musik Tidsskrift; 2004-2005 - 02, page 57-60 (in danish)

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