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Paul Becker (born June 13, 1960) is a Dutch-Swedish composer and a trained musicologist.
Becker was born in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 1960.[1] The Becker family is of Dutch and German heritage traceable to the 17th century to a couple of small villages in Lower Saxony near the city of Bremen.
Life and Career
editBecker studied piano in Eindhoven with Leo Veeneman from 1975 to 1978. His musicology studies continued at the University of Utrecht (1978-1983). Here his teachers included Marius Flothuis, Kees Vellekoop, Jos Kunst, and Willem Elders. Under the direction of Marius Flothuis, Becker graduated in June 1983 with a paper[2] (Master of Arts[3]) on the Fourth Symphony by Jean Sibelius.
Becker emigrated to Sweden in August 1983. In 1984, Becker became engaged to Anette Marie Lundell (Stockholm, 1961) whom he had met at the University of Stuttgart in the summer of 1981. The couple married in Stockholm in 1985. Becker is a dual Dutch and Swedish citizen. He has held Dutch citizenship since birth and Swedish citizenship since becoming naturalized in 2015.[4]
As of September 2017, Becker serves as Artistic Director of a chamber music series (soirées musicales) and offers pre-concert talks to each chamber music event.
Over the past three decades, Becker has studied the music of the Czech composer Leoš Janáček (1854-1928). He has given lectures on Janáček at the Cultural Centre[5] of the Czech Embassy in Stockholm as well as at Malmö Opera House for the 2011 production of Jenůfa (Její pastorkyňa, 1904) for which Becker also provided programme notes.[6] He has also written booklet notes for a recording[7] of works by Mozart and Dvořák.
List of Compositions
editAs a composer Becker is self-taught and has been composing since his early twenties. Becker’s catalogue contains more than 70 compositions. Becker’s music is on You Tube[8] and there is a recording on CD[9] of the Arietta by an American pianist. Becker is a member of STIM, the performing rights organization in Sweden. The following is a brief, non-exhaustive list:
Orchestral Music
editSvenska Lottakårens Jubileumsmarsch opus 6a (March for the Swedish Women’s Voluntary Defence Organization, 1994, orchestrated 2024; premiere 2024)
Arietta opus 43a, for oboe and string orchestra (2004, orchestrated 2017; premiere 2018)
Suite opus 56, for chamber orchestra (2017; premiere 2018)
Fanfare pour une Nouvelle Époque opus 62, for brass instruments and three timpani (2020)
Chamber Music
editSonatina semplice opus 57, for flute and oboe (2018; premiere 2018)
Polyptyque - Cinq Aphorismes opus 58, for solo cello (2018)
Elegia opus 61, for cello and piano (2020)
Elegia opus 70, for cello and piano (2023)
Solo Piano Music
editPetite valse française opus 2 no. 3 (1993)
Petite valse rêvée opus 13 (1997)
Nocturne opus 27 (1998)
Lied ohne Worte opus 28 (1999)
Petite valse mélancolique opus 33 (2001)
Petite valse nostalgique opus 38 (2002)
Arietta opus 43 (2004; premiere 2012)
A Christmas Waltz opus 63 (2020; premiere 2021)
Vocal Music
editAve Maria opus 25, for soprano, cello and organ (1998; premiere 2018)
Ecce lignum Crucis opus 68, for mixed choir and B-flat clarinet obbligato (2022)
Dreams of Love on Christmas Eve (lyrics by Paul Becker), opus 7, for voice and piano (1994)
Vi människor (poem of Verner von Heidenstam), opus 16, for baritone and piano (1997)
Years of Yearning (lyrics by Paul Becker), opus 19, for voice and piano (1997)
Ett hjärta i sand (lyrics by Sofie Nilsson), opus 36, for voice and piano (2002)
Running with Wolves (lyrics by Stefan Lejonbalk), opus 64, for voice and piano (2021; premiere 2022)
Miscellaneous
editTwelve tangos, most of them scored for piano trio and snare drum (1998-2022)
- ^ "Inloggen | Gemeente Eindhoven". www.eindhoven.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ ”Jean Sibelius, Symfonie nr. 4, a-moll, opus 63 – Een analytische studie”, April 1983. "Universiteit Utrecht | Sharing science, shaping tomorrow". www.uu.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ Certificate Master of Arts, University of Utrecht, 8 June 1983, signed by Professor Willem Elders and Kees Vellekoop, Ph.D. "Universiteit Utrecht | Sharing science, shaping tomorrow". www.uu.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ skatteverket.se, Skatteverket. "Folkbokföring". www.skatteverket.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-10-22. ”Bevis om svenskt medborgarskap” (Certificate of Swedish Citizenship), 4 March 2015, Migrationsverket (Swedish Migration Agency).
- ^ Event Calendar of the Cultural Centre, January-March 2004, page 2, as well as Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN), 16 March 2004, page 34. www.https://arkivet.dn.se/ Event Calendar of the Cultural Centre, July-September 2004, page 2. Event Calendar of the Cultural Centre, September-December 2007, page 3, as well as Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN), 11 October 2007, page 106. www.https://arkivet.dn.se/
- ^ Programme Booklet, 19 November 2011, Malmö Opera, ”Jenůfa, ett mähriskt svartsjukedrama”, pages 17-21.
- ^ Mozart and Dvořák, CD booklet notes, label Palette, PALCD-983, October 1999. "PALETTE RECORDS". mediaproduktion.net. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ German pianist Julian Zalla (“Gamma1734”) plays opus 2 no. 3, opus 28, opus 43, and opus 63. www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gamma1734. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ American pianist Barbara Masters plays opus 43 on the CD “Music at St. Paul’s Moravian Church”, produced by Cameron Weiffenbach, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, October 2024. "Music Ministry – St. Paul's Moravian Church". Retrieved 2024-10-22.