Rolf Løvland

Rolf Undsæt Løvland (born 19 April 1955) is a Norwegian composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist. Together with Fionnuala Sherry, he formed the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, in which he was the composer, producer, and keyboardist. He began composing at an early age (he formed a band at the age of nine) and grew up studying at the Kristiansand Music Conservatory, later receiving his master's degree from the Norwegian Institute of Music in Oslo. Løvland has won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, composing the songs "La det swinge" in 1985 and "Nocturne" in 1995 alongside Secret Garden, resulting in Norway's first two titles.

Rolf Løvland
Rolf Løvland & Fionnuala Sherry
Background information
Birth nameRolf Undsæt Løvland
Born (1955-04-19) 19 April 1955
Kristiansand, Norway
GenresClassical, Celtic, Nordic folk, new-age, pop
InstrumentsPiano
Associated actsBobbysocks!, Elisabeth Andreassen, Secret Garden

He also composed the song "You Raise Me Up", which, according to Rolf Løvland in an interview with Radio Norge in February 2010, has been covered more than 500 times thus far.

Awards

Barbra Streisand asked Ann Hampton Callaway to write lyrics to a Rolf Løvland melody which she entitled "I've Dreamed of You", and sang to James Brolin at their wedding. The song was later recorded on her CD, "A Love Like Ours", released as a single and selected for the album, The Essential Barbra Streisand. Streisand performed this song on her live double CD, Timeless.

References
  1. "Løvland, Rolf" (in Norwegian). Norsk pop- og rockleksikon. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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