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Olav Anton Thommessen
voc, org, vc, *1946 US
Singer / Musician / Composer of Classical
Olav Anton Thommessen (born 16 May 1946) is a Norwegian composer. He trained in the United States, earning degrees from Westminster Choir College and Indiana University. He is a former professor of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he was employed in 1972. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1990 for his composition "Gjennom Prisme" for cello, organ and orchestra. Thommessen's compositions include numerous symphonic works, chamber music pieces, and vocal music works. He has written several operas.
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The Phantom of Light – A Miniature Concerto for Cello and 2 Woodwind Quintets: II. Movement on Zvezdochka in Orbit by Ernst Simon Glaser, Norwegian Navy Band Bergen & Peter Szilvay The Phantom of Light – A Miniature Concerto for Cello and 2 Woodwind Quintets: I. Prologue on Zvezdochka in Orbit by Ernst Simon Glaser, Norwegian Navy Band Bergen & Peter Szilvay The Phantom of Light – A Miniature Concerto for Cello and 2 Woodwind Quintets: III. Movement on Zvezdochka in Orbit by Ernst Simon Glaser, Norwegian Navy Band Bergen & Peter Szilvay PARASIxTh: 4. Fantasie on Echos of what will come - Conversations with J.S by Ernst Simon Glaser PARASIxTh: 1. Prelude on PARASIxTh: 1. Prelude by Olav Anton Thommessen & Ernst Simon Glaser Four Tchaikovsky Sketches: No. 1 on Four Tchaikovsky Sketches: No. 1 by Olav Anton Thommessen & Poing The Blockbird for tenor recorder on Blockbird by Caroline Eidsten Dahl The Blockbird on The Modern Recorder by Michala Petri, Hanne Petri & David Petri A Lyrical Duet on Secret Memories by Dan Styffe, Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Stabsarabesque on A Tribute to the Northern Winds by THE STAFF BAND OF THE NORWEGIAN ARMED FORCESTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull's Eye - Please Accept My Ears - Contabile | Olav Anton Thommessen, Peter Herresthal, Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester, Rolf Gupta | 2006 | Album |
| sampled spirits 1999 | Lasse Thoresen, Åse Hedstrøm, Bjørn Kruse, Johan Kvandal, Olav Anton Thommessen, John Persen | 1999 | Album |
| "Jeg Er flerspors" - Variasjoner Over Olav Anton Thommessen | Olav Anton Thommessen | 1998 | Album |
| Nordic Council Music Prize 1990 | Olav Anton Thommessen | 1994 | Album |
| Sonaati Viululle Ja Pianolle Nor 3 / Jousikvartetto / Fra Oven - Konsertto Syntetisaattorille Ja Orkesterilleq | Edvard Grieg, Olav Anton Thommessen, Jan Söderblom, Izumi Tateno, Jean Sibelius Quartet, Iver Kleive, Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester, Arturo Tamayo | 1994 | Album |
| Untitled | Oslo Sinfonietta, Håkon Berge, Olav Anton Thommessen, Rolf Wallin, Åse Hedstrøm, Arne Nordheim | 1993 | Album |
| A Glass Bead Game / From Above | Olav Anton Thommessen | 1990 | Album |
| Olav Anton Thommessen / John Persen | Olav Anton Thommessen, John Persen | 1988 | Compil. |
| Trauermusik, Op. 12 / Sinfonia / Prayer / Upside-Down / Orchestral Piece II | Ragnar Søderlind, Magne Hegdal, Magnar Åm, Olav Anton Thommessen, John Persen | 1985 | Album |
| Sonata For Violin And Piano No. 3, C-minor / Sonata For Violin And Piano No. 3, D-minor / Please Accept My Ears | Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, Olav Anton Thommessen, Vanya Milanova, Einar Henning Smebye | 1983 | Album |
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