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Oberon's Grove gives glowing review of Øyvind Torvund Composer Portrait

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Photo by Rob Davidson

“By the end of Plans, Øyvind Torvund had thoroughly won me over.”

— Oberon
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Composer Portraits

Øyvind Torvund

Thursday, March 2, 2023, 8PM

Norwegian composer Øyvind Torvund relies on his classical compositional training as much as his background as a guitarist in rock and improvising groups in his work. His music is simultaneously quirky, serious, frenetic, and shimmering, and reveals an expansive sonic language, incredible orchestration, and the juxtaposition of the expected and unexpected. An all-star cast of new music artists join together to perform a program of recent works including two premieres.

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