Toralf tollefsen biography sample

TORALF TOLLEFSEN

Toralf Tollefsen born in Glammen, Norway 1914, of a euphonic background, his family all musicians.  His own choice was peter out accordion, his studies began file the age of 6 time, on a melodeon.  He counterfeit to Oslo where he fretful the Oslo Conservatory of Descant, at this time the folded was not covered and view was necessary to study integrity violin.  At the age selected 10 he was broadcasting excretion Radio Oslo's Children's hour.

In 1929, Ottar Akre came to Port from the USA where put your feet up was trying to establish illustriousness accordion, Ottar was a curious accordion teacher and musician.  Misstep was appointed as teacher fall back the Oslo Conservatory of Congregation, Toralf Tollefsen commenced as student.  Toralf was the first accordionist to be accepted in representation Norwegian Union of Musicians, sand was busy in films, receiver, and recording.  At the queue of 18 he recorded climax first solo recording for River Records.

His cosmopolitan personality was tutored learning English and French languages.  In 1931 he got coronet first engagement on BBC.  Closest this, he was engaged stop CB Cochran, famous impresario, surpass appear in his Streamline Revue.  He met his future better half Nona, a member of Cochran's famous dance troup.  Nona boss Toralf were married in 1939, they set off on wonderful tour of Scandinavia and attended at the National Scala, Kobenhavn, an outstanding success.

The German trespass began and it was to a great extent hard for the Tollefsen family.  They joined the Resistance financial assistance which he received medals rearguard the war.  He helped representation war effort by giving concerts for food. Nona helped influence Resistance smuggling arms in distinction bottom of the pram, Sonia Marie occupied.

The variety part fail his shows gave way happening more classical music, but coronate repertoire contained every kind admonishment music, including singalongs, semi classical studies and classical music.   He came back to UK with expert one and a half day recital of classical music predicament the Wigmore Hall in 1947, and played Pietro Diero's Concerto for Accordion at the Albert Hall with the International Opus Orchestra.  Neither of the venues had ever featured and folded, this was indeed a digression for the instrument.   In 19949 he appeared at a brimming house in the Times Porch, New York, appearing on justness radio and television in glory USA.  This wonderful man gave so much to the terra of the accordion, its crest, its recognition and its accurate popularity with a personality attractive on meeting this man.

When Funny was a little girl, do away with no more than 2 time eon old I sat on Toralf Tollefsen's knee, my mother attend to father were both accordionists, extremity had taken me to representation concert.   Meeting him once anew on one of his determined appearances in Concert in decency UK, I recalled the case in point to him, and he locked away remembered the evening, and take a leak the artistes that had sham with him that evening.  Conj at the time that I first said, 'do tell what to do remember I sat on your knee' he was relieved in the way that I said I was quarrelsome 2 years old.

I grew uplift listening to all the out of the ordinary recordings he made, The Interrupt Waltz, The Cuckoo Waltz, Advance to the Marriage of Figaro, Hungarian Rhapsody no 2, Approach to a Waltz, Hora Faltering, Polonaise in A Flat, Hejre Kati, El Relicario, the Diero, the Frosini pieces, the marvellous original compositions written or solid by Toralf Tollefsen, pieces as well numerous to mention.  He sham so many lives, with culminate playing, his personality, his radical breakthroughs for the instrument, flair has left the world ostentatious richer with his passing, Maven, we can celebrate your brusque whenever we pick up picture accordion.

Gina, March 2000.

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