Adolf Wiklund
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Adolf Wiklund was a Swedish composer and conductor. His father was an organist and he graduated from Royal College of Music, Stockholm
as an organist and music teacher. After that he studied piano in Sweden and then in Paris due to a fellowship. His debut as a piano soloist came in 1902 playing his own composition. After 1911 he primarily worked as a conductor; he conducted the Swedish Royal Orchestra from 1911 to 1924, was director for the Royal Swedish Opera
in 1923 and served as principal conductor of the Stockholm Concert Society until 1938.
Wiklund's compositions are generally Romantic and nationalistic in style, but his later works show influence from Impressionism. He composed little, but those he did have been important to Swedish music; his works include two piano concerto
s, a symphonic poem
Sommarnatt och soluppgång, a symphony, and a violin sonata.
Royal College of Music, Stockholm
The Royal College of Music, Stockholm is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music...
as an organist and music teacher. After that he studied piano in Sweden and then in Paris due to a fellowship. His debut as a piano soloist came in 1902 playing his own composition. After 1911 he primarily worked as a conductor; he conducted the Swedish Royal Orchestra from 1911 to 1924, was director for the Royal Swedish Opera
Royal Swedish Opera
Kungliga Operan is Sweden's national stage for opera and ballet.-Location and Environment:...
in 1923 and served as principal conductor of the Stockholm Concert Society until 1938.
Wiklund's compositions are generally Romantic and nationalistic in style, but his later works show influence from Impressionism. He composed little, but those he did have been important to Swedish music; his works include two piano concerto
Piano concerto
A piano concerto is a concerto written for piano and orchestra.See also harpsichord concerto; some of these works are occasionally played on piano...
s, a symphonic poem
Symphonic poem
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...
Sommarnatt och soluppgång, a symphony, and a violin sonata.