Salvesen, Christian

Born 1951 in Celle, Germany, Master of Arts in Philosophy, Literature, and Musicology (1976 at the University of Hamburg),
Composer, musician, artist. Since 1980, he has worked as a freelance journalist/editor and has published several books. In the 1980's he broadcasted his own successful radio programms featuring meditation and conscious listening at the German radio stations WDR and NDR. The German radio stations WDR, NDR, and Radio Bremen broadcasted his ''Neuer Musik'' compositions and the radio drama ''Musik leben''. He founded and directed various lay choirs, including the ''Niemandsrose'' choir from 1986-1993 in Hamburg, Germany and the ''Experimental Choir“ from 1990-1991 in Toronto, Canada. ''Seven Haiku for a Ladies Choir'' received in 1998 the second prize from the German Music Council. These works were orginally performed by the ''Clara Schumann Choir'' at the 1998 choir competition in Regensburg, Germany. They were recorded on a CD and sheet music was published by the ''Möselerverlag''. Christian Salvesen lives with his Canadian-born wife near Munich, Germany.
Info: www.christian-salvesen.de