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Rolf Wallin

Rolf Wallin
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About

Rolf Wallin (Oslo, 1957) is a Norwegian composer, trumpeter and avant-garde performance artist, widely regarded as one of Scandinavia's leading contemporary composers. His music fuses rigorous mathematical structures - fractal algorithms, his own 'crystal chord' technique - with a raw physical energy that keeps it from ever sounding merely academic. Trained at the Norwegian Academy of Music and later at the University of California, he won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1998 for his Clarinet Concerto. His output ranges from chamber music and orchestral works to music theatre and installations, culminating so far in the opera Elysium, premiered at the Norwegian National Opera in 2016.

#1
Nordic Council Music Prize (1998) for the Clarinet Concerto
#1
Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian Grammy) for composers, 2011
30+
recorded works on CD

What's new

  • 2026-05

    On 22 May 2026, the Canadian Acenta Ensemble gave the North American premiere of Large Bird Mask in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at the University of Victoria.

  • 2026-03

    On 13 March 2026, Simax Classics released a new album with Wallin's viola concerto Under City Skin, performed by Lars Anders Tomter and the string ensemble 1B1.

  • 2023-03

    Wallin's Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra - co-financed by Philharmonie Zuidnederland - was performed in March 2023 in Eindhoven and Utrecht with soloist Wu Wei.

  • 2016-03

    Wallin's first opera Elysium, with a libretto by Mark Ravenhill and directed by David Pountney, premiered in March 2016 at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo.

Tracks

Clarinet ConcertoWon the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1998; one of his most performed orchestral works
StonewavePercussion piece entirely constructed from fractal mathematics; one of his most popular and frequently performed pieces
Large Bird MaskMusic theater work about the extinction of bird species, performed for the first time in North America in 2026
Under City SkinViola concerto from 2009; re-released in 2026 on Simax Classics with Lars Anders Tomter
ElysiumOpera with libretto by Mark Ravenhill, premiered in 2016 at the Norwegian National Opera

Recent shows

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