Yngve Slettholm is the Executive Director of Kopinor, composer

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, politician

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 and member of the Salvation Army

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. Slettholm took his diploma exams at the Norges Musikkhøgskole (the Norwegian Academy of Music) in 1980 and began his composing career in contemporary music. In the period 1982–1986 he was the President of the national organisation Ny Musikk – New Music (Norwegian Section of ISCM). After this, he travelled to the USA and studied under Morton Feldman

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 (1986–88) while he worked towards his doctorate

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Slettholm has won many prizes for his work, as well as many study and work grants. Despite his wide recognition, not everyone likes or understands his brand of contemporary music. To those people, Slettholm said: "It would be terrible if the only thing that would survive from our time would be something that everyone agreed on!"

Slettholm has comprehensive teaching practice, running from instructor and conductor

Conducting

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 workshops in musical ensemble

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s via school work as an Associate Professor in composing

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 and music theory

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 at Norges musikkhøgskole (the Norwegian Academy of Music).

Slettholm's political career reached its high point when from 2001–2005 he was State Secretary/Deputy Minister in the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs

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 under Minister

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 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

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As well as his compositions in contemporary music, Slettholm has composed for choir

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s and brass band

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s in the Salvation Army.

Since 2006, Slettholm has been the Executive Director of the copyright management organisation Kopinor.

Works

Slettholm has had a number of important positions:

• President of Ny Musikk – New Music (Norwegian section of ISCM)
• Board Member/Vice President of Norsk Komponistforening (the Association of Norwegian Composers),
• Pro-Rector
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   of Norges Musikkhøgskole (the Norwegian Academy of Music),
• Board Member of Norsk Musikkfond (the Norwegian Music Fund),
• Board Member/Deputy President of the ULTIMA Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
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• President/Board member of Komponistenes Vederlagsfond (the Composers' Remuneration Fund)
• Board Member/Vice President of TONO
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• Board Member/Organisational deputy leader of Oslo KrF
• President of Dronning Sonja Internasjonale Musikkonkurranse.

Recorded and major works

• "Fire profiler" ("Four Profiles"), 1978 for saxophone
• "Magma", 1979 for piano
• "Introduksjon og toccata" ("Introduction and Toccata"), 1981 for saxophone and percussion
• "Sed spes est", 1982 for brass ensemble
• "Koralvariasajoner" (Choral Variations), 1982 for brass band
• "Lux", 1983 for flute
• "Agnus Dei", 1983 for choir
• "Six Pieces for Marimba", 1983
• "Is" ("Ice"), 1984 for children's/women's choir
• "Aggregations", 1984 for orchestra
• "Fem studier" ("Five Studies"), 1985 for ensemble
• "Hos Gud er evig glede", 1986 for ensemble
• "Katharsis", 1987 for two pianos and two vibraphones
• "Prismer" ("Prisms"), 1987 for clarinet and percussion quartet
• "Possible Selections", 1989 for flute and orchestra
• "Landscapes in Transformation", 1989 for piano
• "...wie ein Hauch...", 1989 for saxophone quartet
• "Beyond", 1990 for brass ensemble
• "Gull" ("Gold"), 1991 for female choir
• "Nature morte", 1991 for chamber ensemble
• "Air II", 1992 for percussion
• "Aura", 1994 for chamber ensemble
• "Circular Fragment", 1995 for orchestra
• "Déjà vu", 1998 for ensemble
• "Two Movements for Marimba", 1998
• "Ti bagateller for harpe" ("Ten Miniatures for Harp"), 2000
• "Ild" ("Fire"), 2001 for brass band
• "Blå skygge" ("Blue Shadow"), 2001 for soprano and harp
• "Shiranama", 2001 for reader, choir and chamber ensemble
• "Den store julefortellingen", 2002 to text by Emil Skartveit
• "Film", 2006 for piano and percussion

Diskografi

• Déjà vu Hemera Music 2000
• Nocturnus with subtitle "en vokal reise i tro og tvil", 2003, Det norske solistkor, conductor Grete Pedersen.
• Possible Selections Aurora, with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
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  , 2006, conductor Christian Eggen and soloists Tom Ottar Andreassen (flute) and Vegard Landaas (saxophone).

External links

• Composer Yngve Slettholm
• "Déjà Vu"