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Per Øien

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Nationality
  
Norwegian

Died
  
25 May 2016

Occupation
  
Flutist

Genre
  
Classical

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Born
  
31 October 1937 (
1937-10-31
)
Bergen, Norway

Albums
  
Norwegian Flute, Virtuoso Flute Concertos Of The Baroque

Music group
  
Norwegian Radio Orchestra (1962 – 1967)

Similar
  
Robert Aitken, Terje Tønnesen, José Serebrier, Rolf Bengtsson

Per Olav Øien (31 October 1937 – 25 May 2016) was a Norwegian flutist.

Øien was born in Bergen to Peder Øien and Eva Kitty Bøe. He was assigned as solo flutist for the Norwegian Radio Orchestra from 1962 to 1967, and with the Oslo Philharmonic from 1967 to 1985. From 1985 he was appointed professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music. His albums include Contemporary Music From Norway (1972, with Eva Knardahl), Concerto for Flute and Strings from 1978, and Flute and Harp from 1985. He recorded and toured internationally with the ensemble Den Norske Blåsekvintett, which received the Norwegian Music Critics Award for 1976/1977.

Songs

I FloytelatNorwegian Flute · 1994
Nocturne - Op 191987
Valse di bravura - Op 331987

References

Per Øien Wikipedia