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Peter Lodwick
CitizenshipGreat Britain
EducationRoyal Academy of Music
OccupationsComposer, Musician
Years active1964–present
SpouseMarit Krogeide
Websitewww.peterlodwick.com

Peter Lodwick (born February 9, 1944) is a Welsh composer and performing artist, born in Neath, Wales. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and has worked in Great Britain, USA  and Norway.

Lodwick has written music for several plays, dance performances, choreographies and films, published four music albums and worked as a performing musician and teacher. He is known for his untraditional improvisation concerts. He established himself in Norway in the late 1970s, and founded the company Brobyggere (Bridgebuilders) in 1974.[1] In 1988 he developed the company further together with dancer and choreographer Marit Krogeide. In 1996 they changed the company’s name to Dans & Toner. He married Krogeide in 1992.

Biography

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Born to professional singers, Stella Poley and John Lodwick, he was inspired to pursue a career in music. At a young age he performed as a pianist and cellist with the  Glamorgan Youth Orchestra, Welsh National Youth Orchestra and sang with Glamorgan Youth Choir. He received three Glamorgan scholarships to study piano, cello and song at The Royal Academy of Music in London. On leaving college he joined The D´Oyly Carte Opera Company (1965) and toured Great Britain and USA the next two years.[2] Whilst in USA he met choreahrapher Martha Graham, which inspired his interest in creating music for movement. attended one of his improvisation concerts. She encouraged him to compose for contemporary dance. This had a seminal effect on his further career choices. He was then invited to Norway by manager of Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Gunnar Brunvoll to give a course in composition for dance and movement.

The next years he divided his time between Norway and Britain, working with choreographers of contemporary dance for BBC, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and projects in Norway. From late 1970s he has lived in Norway, composing, performing and teaching.

Composition

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Theatre

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In 1972, Lodwick composed music for The National theatre's production of Karl Georg Büchner's Leonce and Lena,[3] directed by Edith Roger. He went on to compose music for several Norwegian theatre productions:

  • Experiment by Stian Sørlie, National Travelling Theatre and Oslo New Theatre (1973) https://sceneweb.no/nb/production/51727/Eksperiment
  • Wars with words by Arnulf Øverland, National Travelling Theatre (1975)
  • Bryn and Grønvold by Thea Stabell, National Travelling Theatre (1976)
  • Little Eyolf [4] by Henrik Ibsen, National theatre (1978)
  • Around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne, National Travelling Theatre (1978)
  • A boys happiness by Else Michelet and Tor Arne Johnsen, Oslo New Theatre (1979)
  • 39 red stiches by Inger-Margrethe Lunde, Black Box theatre (1999)

A cooperation with the Norwegian playwright Peder Wright Cappelen resulted in composition for his musical theatre works:

  • Trollspill, The National Travelling Theatre (1977), Chat Noir Theatre (1978)
  • Manndattera and Kjerringdattera,[5] The National Theatre (1977)
  • Hvittenland, The National Theatre (1981)

Film and television

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Lodwick has composed music for the films US, directed by Laila Mikkelsen (1976) and Angst[6] (1977) directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus. The works Horizon and Of Cabbages and Kings with choreography by Jack Nightingale from London Contemporary Dance Theatre was created for BBC in 1971. A cooperation with Margaret Ljunggren resulted in creating and performing in Amandus[7] (1980) – a series of 10 programs for children, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

Dance

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Vidar Hansen, Marit Krogeide and Peter Lodwick in Dans & Toner’s performance Impulses. Photo: Grim Evensen.

The cooperation with choreographer Jack Nightingale resulted in Whispers (1970). The year after Lodwick invited choreographer Irene Dilks to Norway and their work was presented at the Munch museum and Henie Onstad Artcenter.

Other works to highlight are Poems, choreography by Jane Hveding, performed at Norwegian Theatre (1991), which led to the The Dance Critics’ Award.

In Collage Dance Company’s production of Pinocchio [8] by Carlo Collodi, he composed and performed the music, as well as acting the role of Gepetto (1993).

Music for Huldra at The Open Theatre with choreography by Hild Eikrann (1995). A longstanding cooperation with Lise Ferner included the works Lille Heidelberg and Three words at Månefisken (1993) and Eva – stories about love at The Open Theatre (1994) amongst others.

Companies

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Brobyggere (Bridgebuilders)

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Christer Tornell and Peter Lodwick in Dans & Toner’s performance Dance for You. Photo: Marit Krogeide.

In cooperation with dancer Solveig Hermo and actress Thea Stabell he founded the company Brobyggere in 1974. The intention was to build bridges between different art forms, such as music, song, movement and text, and create untraditional performances, hence the company's chosen name. Gunnar Brunvoll, the manager of the Norwegian Opera and Ballet, drafted a contract to include Brobyggere to be a touring company under the umbrella of the opera[9]. They performed the works, Us, Seagull and Triangel at the True Northern Arts Festival (1975) representing the Norwegian Opera and Ballet https://sceneweb.no/nb/organisation/107803/Brobyggere REFERANSE HER. A contract for further cooperation for 1976 was drafted, but circumstances unfortunately prevented this from happening. https://sceneweb.no/nb/organisation/107803/BrobyggereBrobyggere continued to produce several performances involving various artists over the next years.

Hvis flere ref i samme lenke, hvordan gjøre det da?

Dans & Toner

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Marit Krogeide and Peter Lodwick in Dans & Toner’s performance You and I and the two of us. Photo: Grim Evensen.

The collaboration with dancer Marit Krogeide (1986) led to the creation of Stage Productions in 1988. In 1996 they changed the name to Dans & Toner. For 31 years the company toured Norway with 15 different productions, seen by hundreds of thousands of people. Lodwick composed and performed the music in all productions. The company’s work to spread new music and dance to a wider audience resulted in financial support from several Norwegian organizations, including annual support from Arts Council Norway (1994 - 1998).

Teaching

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In the 1970s Lodwick developed his own rhythm and improvisation technique, Lodwick Technique, a method to enhance performing artists understanding of dynamics and phrasing. For many years it was part of the curriculum at Oslo National Academy of the Arts; The Academy of theatre, The academy of Opera and The academy of Dance. Part of the technique is published in Dans!,[10] Tell Forlag (1996).

Accompanist

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For more than 50 years, he has accompanied modern and classical dance classes at leading institutions and companies. His experience includes work with the London Contemporary Dance School, the Benesh Institute of Choreology, the Royal Ballet School, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Rambert Dance Company, the Avignon Festival, Consort de Danse Baroque, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, The School of Dans and Circus, Daily Professional Training in Stockholm, PRODA, the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, the CODA Oslo International Dance Festival, Cullberg Ballet, and others.

Discography

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  • Music for Ballet Class Volume 1[11], orchestrated music for ballet and choreography, supported by Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2002)
  • Music for Modern Dance Class Volume 1, orchestrated music for Modern dance and choreography, supported by Oslo National Academy of the Arts, (2006)
  • Music for Ballet Class Volume 2 ,orchestrated music for ballet and choreography, supported by Fund for Performing Artists (2010)
  • Moments [12], commitioned by  N.W.Damm & Sønn AS, (2005). Published by Peter Lodwick Productions in 2012.

Recognition

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  • 1999: The Norwegian Critics’ Award for the performance Poems, choreography by Jane Hveding, Det Norske Teater[13]
  • 2019: Nominated for the Gammelgjenger Award by Norsk Scenekunstbruk[14]

Other

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References

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  1. ↑ "Brobyggere". sceneweb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Peter Lodwick". www.gsarchive.net. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  3. ↑ "LEONCE OG LENA (21.03.1972) - FOREST". forest.nationaltheatret.no. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  4. ↑ "LILLE EYOLF (11.05.1978) - FOREST". forest.nationaltheatret.no. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  5. ↑ "MANNDATTERA OG KJERRINGDATTERA (20.09.1977) - FOREST". forest.nationaltheatret.no. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  6. ↑ "Norsk filmografi". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  7. ↑ Amandus: 28. juni 1980 - NRK TV (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  8. ↑ "Pinocchio". sceneweb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  9. ↑ "Agreement between The Norwegian Opera and Peter Lodwick". sceneweb.no. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  10. ↑ "Dans!: grunnbok i dans". Nasjonalbiblioteket. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Music for ballet class Vol 1 by composer Peter Lodwick". www.peterlodwick.com. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  12. ↑ "Peter Lodwick". Discogs. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  13. ↑ "Mottakere av Dansekritikerprisen". Norsk Kritikerlag (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  14. ↑ Elin (2019-11-29). "De nominerte til Gulljerven - Årets Gammelkommer - 2019". Scenekunstbruket (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
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