composer, arranger
Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens
coming up at "Tiroler Festspiele"!!!
Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (Germany 1922)
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's "Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror" is one of the most haunting films in cinema history. Groundbreaking at the time, it has lost none of its fascination to this day.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Berlin premiered on March 4, 1922, ZDF/ARTE commissioned composer Olav Lervik (*1982 in Strasbourg) to write a new score inspired by the original themes from Hans Erdmann.
Music: Olav Lervik (commissioned by ZDF/ARTE)
Ensemble der/gelbe/klang
Armando Merino, conductor
A production of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung and ZDF/ARTE
in cooperation with Tiroler Festspiele Erl and 2eleven music film,
sponsored by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Olav Lervik is from French and Norwegian descent. He studied composition in Weimar and Stuttgart and composition for film, theatre and media in Zurich. Olav Lervik produces music and sound for film, games and interactive installations. He teaches composition for film, theatre and media at the University of Arts Zurich. He has also composed numerous contemporary and electroacoustic pieces.
Olav Lervik is also very active as an arranger. He has arranged several piano reductions of operas by Peter Eötvös and has transcribed a wide number of pieces from film scores. He took part in the restoration of the original scores from the famous movies “Metropolis”(1928) and “Nibelungen”(1926). Furthermore he worked with Don Davis on the “Matrix - Live in Concert”.