Rolf Wallin

Composer Rolf Wallin combines mathematical approaches, such as the use of fractals, with more freely creative inspirations. Some of his works include aspects of performance art. Wallin scored a breakthrough in 1987 with his work ...though what made it has gone for mezzo-soprano and piano, won a Norwegian Society of Composers Award. In 1991, Wallin developed what he called his crystal chord technique, in which three intervals are repeated in a crystal-like texture. By the late '90s, Wallin was applying his methods to larger forms; his Clarinet Concerto won the coveted Nordic Council Music Prize in 1998. Wallin's 2018 violin concerto Whirld was included on an album of his works issued in 2024; by that time, more than 30 of Wallin's works had been recorded.