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Place of Birth: Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
About Per Arne Glorvigen
- Per Arne Glorvigen (born 2 June 1963, in Drammen) is a Norwegian musician and composer, particularly known as a bandoneon and tango player.
- He is mentioned as one of the world's leading contemporary bandoneon players and "wizard of the buttons" (The Times).He studied with Juan José Mosalini in France.
- In France he appeared with France Gall and Amelita Baltar.
- From 1994 he worked with Gidon Kremer and they formed the Astor-Quartet with Vadim Sakharov (piano) and Alois Pusch (double bass).
- With Kremer he recorded 4 CDs the first named "Hommage à Piazzolla." Glorvigen has performed with BBC Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden and the Alban Berg Quartett.
- He has adapted organ music by J.S.
- Bach to the bandoneon.Glorvigen was named Artist in Residence at the Bergen International Festival 2006.
- Henrik Hellstenius' concerto for Glorvigen's bandoneon Glorvigen first performed with Oslo Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2008.
- Willem Jeths also dedicated a bandoneon concerto to Glorvigen.
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