Espen Selvik
Norwegian conductor, composer, music reviewer

Espen Selvik

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Norwegian conductor, composer, music reviewer
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1 December 1959
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Espen Selvik is a Norwegian conductor, composer, music reviewer in Bergens Tidende, writer, advisor of the Reksten Foundation and director of Gulatinget. He is also honorary consul of the republic of Lithuania. Selvik has composed five symphonies and two oratorios.
He composed and performed a special piece, for lur (a wooden shepherd's horn), choir and orchestra, marking the visit of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon to Orkney in April 2014. He played a lur originally given to Norway's King Olav V and donated by his son Harold V, to raise funds for a community centre on Orkney.

Compositions

  • 1974 (1974): Symphony No. 1
  • 1978 (1978): Symphony No. 2
  • 1985 (1985): Symphony No. 3
  • 1986 (1986): Synergy for large orchestra
  • 2001 (2001): The Spirit and the Song (oratorio)
  • 2002 (2002): Symphony No. 4 "Viking"
  • 2003 (2003): Abraham (oratorio)
  • 2005 (2005): Symphony No. 5