"Fred Jonny Berg is a major musical discovery. It would be necessary to rewind to the 1940s and Malcolm Arnold to find an emerging composer of such exceeding promise. His compositions are confidently tonal, fluently melodious and possessed of virtually supernatural penetrative power."
La Scena, Canada, November, 2009
– about the release FLUTE MYSTERY
Listen to "Flute Mystery"
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Fred Jonny Berg - Biography & CV
A brief glance at selected works
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FLUTE MYSTERY - Grammy nominated 2010
FLUTE MYSTERY – Fred Jonny Berg Norwegian version
Emily Beynon, flute
Catherine Beynon, harp
Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
Flute Mystery Op.66 is dedicated to Sir James Galway
Flute Mystery Op.66a world premiere
Watch the trailer from the award-winning movie EXHALING MUSIC / Å PUSTE UT MUSIKK (News on Request AS)
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The music by composer Fred Jonny Berg is often described as melodious, accessible and dramatic, yet with a strongly original quality.
Berg himself tries to explain: It is really as simple as it is complicated - I breathe in what life has to offer, and breathe out what I have to offer life. I have given up trying to grasp what actually happens in the process from impression to expression.
In his music Fred Jonny Berg reveals himself as a person who has experienced that life consists of light and dark, but unlike the majority of us he approaches both with a similar undaunted decisiveness; it adds an extra quality to his music: the conviction of an eyewitness.
Berg's catalogue of works comprises about 200 titles, more than 80 opuses, including commissions and works for piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, string orchestra and orchestral works like flute concertos, piano concertos and symphonic poems. Berg has also written ballet music, electro acoustic works, film soundtracks and songs with lyrics.
Collaborations with Philharmonia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Emily Beynon, Sir James Galway, Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks, Leonard Slatkin and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Composer on the GRAMMY nominated recording FLUTE MYSTERY
In addition to his work as composer, Berg is also a movie director and executive producer through his company
Composer AS (Ltd.) – working closely with the production company and publisher Symbiophonic AS (Ltd.) He has also contributed as a performing artist on several CDs.
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If you are looking for unique collector CDs or gifts for your friends or family, you might consider the three releases on Kornåld Music.
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Songs written and performed by by Fred Jonny Berg
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Symbiophony number two is now released
Vicino alla Montagna - Production trailer (2006).
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Berg's musical paintings were brought to life by none other than the great Vladimir Ashkenazy leading the Philharmonia Orchestra. The performances match the compositions beautifully, covering the whole dynamic range from very quiet to thunderously majestic. (....) 2L has done it again. With beautiful renditions of Norwegian Fred Jonny Berg's music that have been flawlessly recorded, one can sit back and enjoy the visuals flashing by the inner eye while being surrounded by a fabulous sounding orchestra. As an avid film lover with a large number of movie scores in his CD collection, but also as a classical music aficionado and someone who appreciates well done surround recordings, I can only highly recommend this Blu-ray Audio Disc. Reference quality!
6moons, February 2010– about the release FLUTE MYSTERYWorks available on the GRAMMY nominated SACD & Blu-ray FLUTE MYSTERY
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