Composers

Selim Palmgren

Selim Palmgren
1878 - 1951
Country:Finland
Period:Romantique

Biography

 Selim Gustaf Adolf Palmgren (16 February 1878, Pori – 13 December 1951, Helsinki[1]) was a Finnish composer, pianist, and conductor. Palmgren was born in Pori, Finland, February 16, 1878. He studied at the Conservatory in Helsinki from 1895 to 1899, then continued his piano studies in Berlin with Ansorge, Berger and Busoni. He conducted choral and orchestral societies in his own country and made several very successful concert tours as a pianist in the principal cities of Finland and Scandinavia, appearing also as a visiting conductor. In 1921, he went to the United States, where he taught composition at the Eastman School of Music, later returning to Finland.

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Piano and orchestra

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Piano Concerto No.1 in g minor
Symphony / Symphonic music
Op. 13 
Piano Concerto No.2 "Der Fluss" or "The River"
Symphony / Symphonic music
Op. 33 
Piano Concerto No.3 "Metamorphoses"
Symphony / Symphonic music
Op. 41 
Piano Concerto No.4 "April"
Symphony / Symphonic music
Op. 85 
Piano Concerto No.5
Symphony / Symphonic music
Op. 99 

Orchestral works

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