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Knut Wiggen

p, 1927-2016 NO
Musician / Composer of Electronic

Knut Wiggen (born June 13, 1927, Buvika, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway - died September 10, 2016) was a composer, pianist and a pioneer in electronic music. Initially he was trained in classical music - piano studies with Gottfrid Boon, Hans Leygraf and Robert Riefling, composition studies with Karl-Birger Blomdahl, and some music history at the Uppsala University, Sweden. His first contact with musique concrète, electronic music and composers like Pierre Schaeffer,Iannis Xenakis, Bruno Maderna, Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen came during the early 1950's in Paris, France and Darmstadt, Germany. Inspired by these composers, and after working in Darmstadt for two years, Wiggen returned to Stockholm, Sweden. Here, as chairman of Fylkingen (1959-1969), he reformed the organization's goals and artistic activities, and moved its venue to the Modern Museum. In 1964 he began to plan, build and lead an advanced electronic music studio for the Swedish Radio: Elektronmusikstudion i Stockholm (EMS). Wiggen created a new musical instrument consisting partly of the world's first digitally-steered electronic music studio, and partly of a new composition program called MusicBox. Knut Wiggen only had time to compose 5 pieces with MusicBox at EMS: Summer Morning (1972), Etude (1972), Journey (1972, ISCM 1976), Tornado (1974) and EMS On Its Own (1975). Other early compositions are Composition For Solo Flute (1956), Quartet For Piano, Violin, Clarinet And Bassoon (1955, ISCM 1956) and pieces for instrumental theater. Among Wiggen's publications are: Att spela piano (1966), Kunsten å spille piano (1969), De två musikkulturerna (1971), Electronic Music in Sweden (together with B. E. Johnson, 1972), Den strukturerende verden (1991) and Musikkens psykiske fundament (2004).

     
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Etyd on Electronic Works 1972 - 1975 by Knut Wiggen
Sommarmorgon on Electronic Works 1972 - 1975 by Knut Wiggen
EMS för sig själv on Electronic Works 1972 - 1975 by Knut Wiggen
Resa on Electronic Works 1972 - 1975 by Knut Wiggen
Massa on Electronic Works 1972 - 1975 by Knut Wiggen

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Electronic Works 1972-1975Knut Wiggen2018Album
Sommarmorgon / Etyd / Resa / Massa / EMS För Sig SjälvKnut Wiggen2004Album
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