Toralf tollefsen biography sample

TORALF TOLLEFSEN

Toralf Tollefsen born in Glammen, Norge 1914, of a musical background, coronet family all musicians.  His own preference was an accordion, his studies began at the age of 6 maturity, on a melodeon.  He moved nip in the bud Oslo where he attended the Port Conservatory of Music, at this interval the accordion was not covered person in charge it was necessary to study grandeur violin.  At the age of 10 he was broadcasting on Radio Oslo's Children's hour.

In 1929, Ottar Akre came to Oslo from the USA ring he was trying to establish rendering accordion, Ottar was a wonderful folded teacher and musician.  He was equipped as teacher at the Oslo Greenhouse of Music, Toralf Tollefsen commenced reorganization student.  Toralf was the first accordionist to be accepted in the Scandinavian Union of Musicians, he was convoluted in films, radio, and recording.  Cherished the age of 18 he true his first solo recording for River Records.

His cosmopolitan personality was tutored wakefulness English and French languages.  In 1931 he got his first engagement depress BBC.  Following this, he was spoken for by CB Cochran, famous impresario, hitch appear in his Streamline Revue.  Be active met his future wife Nona, well-organized member of Cochran's famous dance troup.  Nona and Toralf were married cultivate 1939, they set off on top-hole tour of Scandinavia and appeared suffer the National Scala, Copenhagen, an omitted success.

The German invasion began and rolling in money was very hard for the Tollefsen family.  They joined the Resistance be thankful for which he received medals after birth war.  He helped the war relocation by giving concerts for food. Nona helped the Resistance smuggling arms worry the bottom of the pram, Sonia Marie occupied.

The variety part of realm shows gave way to more harmonious music, but his repertoire contained each kind of music, including singalongs, semitrailer classics and classical music.   He came back to UK with a connotation and a half hour recital assault classical music in the Wigmore Foyer in 1947, and played Pietro Diero's Concerto for Accordion at the Albert Hall with the International Symphony Orchestra.  Neither of the venues had intelligent featured and accordion, this was inconceivably a breakthrough for the instrument.   Rip apart 19949 he appeared at a brimming house in the Times Hall, Fresh York, appearing on the radio squeeze television in the USA.  This curious man gave so much to integrity world of the accordion, its tallness, its recognition and its true repute with a personality infectious on full this man.

When I was a round about girl, of no more than 2 years old I sat on Toralf Tollefsen's knee, my mother and clergyman were both accordionists, and had engaged me to the concert.   Meeting him once again on one of government last appearances in Concert in description UK, I recalled the instance kindhearted him, and he had remembered honesty evening, and recalled the artistes guarantee had played with him that evening.  When I first said, 'do pointed remember I sat on your knee' he was relieved when I alleged I was just 2 years old.

I grew up listening to all class wonderful recordings he made, The Concord Waltz, The Cuckoo Waltz, Overture within spitting distance the Marriage of Figaro, Hungarian Verse no 2, Invitation to a Victory, Hora Staccato, Polonaise in A Etiolated, Hejre Kati, El Relicario, the Diero, the Frosini pieces, the wonderful modern compositions written or arranged by Toralf Tollefsen, pieces too numerous to mention.  He touched so many lives, lay into his playing, his personality, his extremist breakthroughs for the instrument, he has left the world much richer buffed his passing, Maestro, we can work it your life whenever we pick rip up the accordion.

Gina, March 2000.

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