Finn Savery (f. 1933)

Komponist, pianist, kapelmester.

Studier ved Det Kgl. Danske Musikkonservatorium, København 1953-60 (klaver, komposition); supplerende kurser i Darmstadt, New York og Boston; sideløbende hermed jazzpianist, -vibrafonist, -komponist.

Har været medlem af bl.a. Dansk Komponistforenings bestyrelse og Statens Kunstfonds tonekunstudvalg. Modtager af Statens livsvarige kunstnerydelse samt af en række legater heriblandt Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legats Hæderspris (2011).

Af Saverys værker fra de senere år kan nævnes: Strygekvartet nr. 3 (90), Synergie (Guitar-kvartet, 91), I dag og i nat (båndkomposition, 93/94), Concerto for Marimba, Harp and String Orchestra (94/96), Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (99), Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet (03), Bassoon Solo (04), Sinfonietta ’07 (12 musikere), Inventions (piano solo, 04/07), Saxophone Quartet 09, Spring ’11(for Trio and Orchestra). For sine egne to ensembler, henholdsvis Finn Savery Trio og Oktet 88 har Savery inden for samme periode skrevet bl.a. (trio):Drum Melody -10, Tongue and Groove, Five Foot Mirror (02); (oktet): Set off (02), Zig Zag variations I og II (97/99), Interplay (91).

Fra den tidligere produktion kan anføres: Aspekter og Afspejlinger (fl/g, 86), Kiming (oktet, 80), Afsnit I og II (kvintet, 66), Dualisme (septet, 61), Shunting in a Peaceful Morning I og II (orkester, 77, 82)

Finn Saverys i offentligheden bedst kendte musik er skrevet for teatret: “Frihed det bedste guld” (61), “Teenagerlove” (62), “Bal i den Borgerlige” (66).

Edition•S (Edition SAMFUNDET)
Samfundet til Udgivelse af Dansk Musik

– Juli 2013

A short biography

Finn Savery (b. 1933)

Composer, pianist, contuctor.

Finn Savery has studied with his father C.M. Savery and at the royal Danish Conservatory of Music (1953-60). He also attended courses in Darmstadt, New York and Boston. Finn Savery is loyally and undogmatically sensitive to different styles of music and his compositions occupy an area between Western European modernism, tonal music, folk music and various kinds of jazz. He can cultivate one style, or have the styles clash within the one composition, or he can create gliding transitions and fusions between styles in such a way that the same musical substance is composed in different ways.