Martin Romberg

Martin Romberg (born 3 January 1978) is a Norwegian classical composer. He is one of the most active orchestral composers of his generation in Scandinavia.[1] He is mostly known for his J.R.R Tolkien and fantasy literature inspired orchestral and choral works.[2][3]

Martin Romberg
Martin Romberg conducting at Abbey Road Studios, London
Background information
Born (1978-01-03) January 3, 1978
Oslo, Norway
GenresContemporary classical music
Occupation(s)Composer
Years active2006-present
LabelsLawo Classics, Audio Network, Klarthe Records
Websitewww.martinromberg.com

Biography

Being born to a working-class family in Oslo, Romberg early moved out of Norway to study classical music at the Universität fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst of Vienna, Austria, from 1997 to 2005. Breaking the bond with modernist tradition and his composition teacher Michael Jarrell, he embraced neo-romanticism from 2006. His works has since been published by Éditions Billaudot in Paris and interpreted by numerous orchestras in the world including The Astana Symphony Orchestra, The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Orchestre national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Akademische Orchestervereinigung Göttingen, Mittelsächsische Philharmonie, Orchestre régional de Normandie, Orchestre régional Avignon-Provence, Orchestre de Pau pays de Béarn, Telemark Kammerorkester, Nizhni Novgorod Philharmonic orchestra, Archangel State Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, The Saint-Petersburg Northern Synfonia Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Russian Camerata, Scarborough Symphony Orchestra and Nizhni Novgorod Soloists. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] He now lives between southern France and Norway where he is currently the musical director of the Rose Castle in Oslo.

Style and Music

Romberg has been associated with the neo-romantic current of composers in his generation in Scandinavia and has on several occasions collaborated with the Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum.[18][19] He believes that J.R.R. Tolkien's concept of mythopoeia can be transferred to western classical music to infuse it with new energy, and has used the term Fantasy Music to describe his own music.[20][21]

Collaborations

He has on several occasions collaborated with other artists, notably the Norwegian electronica band Ulver conducting their live orchestral shows on stage, among others the MG_INC Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.[22] In 2015 his one and a half hour long oratorio "Homériade" based on the mythic texts by the contemporary Greek poet Dimitris Dimitriadis, featuring Robin Renucci and the Orchestre régional Avignon-Provence, closed the 69th Avignon Festival. As a conductor he has worked with London Session Orchestra recording his own albums "Norse Mysteries" and "Scandi Drama" at Abbey Road Studios.[23]

Works

Orchestra
  • "Symphony of Saints" symphonic poem for soprano and orchestra (2019/2020)
  • "Fëanor" (after the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien) symphonic poem (2017)
  • "Homériade" (after the text by Dimitris Dimitriadis) oratorio for speaker and orchestra (2015)
  • "Telperion and Laurelin" (after the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien) symphonic poem (2013)
  • "Quendi" (after the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien) symphonic poem (2008)
  • "Véttir" symphonic ouverture (2006)
  • "The Wonderbird" (after a tale from Kazakhstan) symphonic ballet in 18 movements (2006/2008)
  • "Persian Nights" symphonic poem (2005)

Concertos
  • "Flores Malum" concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (2019)
  • "Poemata Minora" (after the poems by H.P.Lovecraft) concerto for violin and string orchestra (2015)
  • "Ramayan 3392" concerto for accordion and orchestra (2012/2013)
  • "The Moon" concerto for two violins and orchestra (2009/2010)
  • "The Tale of Taliesin" concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra (2007)

Choral works
  • "Streghe" (after ancient Etruscan hymns) for girls choir (2012)
  • "Rúnatal" (after stanza 138-146 from Hávamál ) for mixed choir (2012)
  • "Aradia" or the Gospel of the Witches (after Charles Godfrey Leland's collection of writings on pagan witchcraft from Tuscany) for mixed choir (2011/2012)
  • "Eldarinwë Líri" (after elven poems by J.R.R. Tolkien) for girls choir (2009/2010)

Piano

Chamber music
  • "Tableaux Féeriques, les Charmeurs", 13 small pieces for cello and piano (2014)
  • "The Tale of Slaine", for saxophone quartet (2010)
  • "Tableaux Féeriques, les Chuchoteurs", 17 small pieces for alto saxophone and piano (2011)

Discography
  • Norwegian Saxophone - Lawo Classics (LWC1162) with Ola Asdahl Rokkones, Fabio Mastrangelo, 2018
  • Homériade - Klarthe Records (KLA033), with Orchestre Régional Avignon-Provence, Robin Renucci, 2016
  • Witch Mass - Lawo Music (LWM009) with Grex Vocalis, Det Norske Jentekor and Kammerkoret NOVA, 2015
  • Sound Waves - Avie Records (AV2266) with Alexandra Silocea, 2013
  • Valaquenta, Tableaux Fantastiques - Lawo Classics (LWC1022) with Aimo Pagin, 2011

Discography/ Sound Library

Discography/Arrangement

Notes
  1. "Audio Network portrait 2018". Audio Network.
  2. "Interview with Festival in the Shire 2010". Festivalartandbooks.
  3. "Tolkien Music Fandom Review". Outono.
  4. "De Unges Konsert 2007". Ballade.
  5. "Babelsberg, Preisverleihung and Martin Romberg". Die Welt.
  6. "Montpeilier, concert program". Mapado.
  7. "Göttingen, concert article from the world premiere of The Tale of Talisein". Goettinger Tageblatt.
  8. "Live Recording from concert in Freiberg". Youtube.com.
  9. "Concert program from the Borealis Festival". Theatre Caen. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  10. "Artist page from biography from Orchestre régional Avignon-Provence". Orchestre régional Avignon-Provence.
  11. "Concert calendar from Éditions Billaudot 2015". Éditions Billaudot.
  12. "Interview with Tonsbergs Blad". Tonsbergs Blad.
  13. "Concert calendar from Éditions Billaudot 2018". Éditions Billaudot.
  14. "Concert announcement, Telperion et Laurelin". Lycée Fénelon.
  15. "Presentation of the Nizhny Novgorod program 2018". music-nn.ru.
  16. "Concert Review Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice 2017, Fëanor". France 3.
  17. "SCO Program". Scarborough Symphony Orchestra.
  18. "Interview with Bork Nerdrum for World Wide Kitsch 2016". World Wide Kitsch.
  19. "Event Report from Odd Nerdrum Exhibition, Paris 2013". Huffington Post.
  20. "Interview with Middleearthnews 2014". Middleearthnews.
  21. "Interview with Ola Asdahl Rokkones 2007". Minerva. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  22. "Interview with Kristoffer Rygg 2017". The Australian.
  23. "Audio Network portrait 2018". Audio Network.
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