葛洛文（sigmund groven）是来自挪威的国宝级口琴演奏家。身为世界上少数几个口琴吹奏好手中的顶尖翘楚，他的口琴专辑已经成为挪威的文化遗产，可说是口琴大师中的大师。西格蒙．葛洛文使用的是一把订做的银制演奏用口琴，演奏范围从流行歌曲和民谣到他的个人创作，从巴哈的作品villa-lobos等作曲家为口琴及管弦乐团所创作的曲子都有。"A magical hour-and-a-half"--- "A revelation..." --- "A thoroughbred musical poet..."--- "His music soothed my soul and lifted my spirit"--- "Music in its purest form"--- those are some of the accolades describing the artistry of Sigmund Groven. Recognized as one of the world's leading exponents of the chromatic harmonica Sigmund Groven appears regularly in concert, on radio and TV, and at music festivals throughout the world. At the Golden Jubilee of the Dartington International Summer -Music Festival in England last August he conducted a master-class together with his teacher and mentor Tommy Reilly with students from 4 continents, and gave a concert with the Sinfonia of Lahti from Finland. His performance at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall last September was also a triumphant success.The 1999 schedule includes concerts with the famous Academy of St.Martin.in.the-Fields Chamber Ensemble, a tour of Japan following his 1995 Japanese visit, as well as more concerts with the Dala Sinfonietta in Sweden after his successful tour with them this year. In addition he has signed a contract with GRAPPA Records to record several new albums, one of which will include original works for harmonica and orchestra. In 1990 Sigmund Groven made musical history, becoming one of the very few harmonica players ever to be featured at Carnegie Hall with a classical recital of his own. He plays a custom-made silver concert harmonica, and his repertoire ranges from folk music to his own compositions, from Bach to original works for harmonica and orchestra by such composers as Villa-Lobos. Recent engagements have included performances with the orchestras of Anchorage, Manitoba, Minneapolis, Quebec, and Dallas, on which occasion he was made honorary citizen of Texas. Other orchestras he has played with are the radio symphony orchestras of Berlin, Munich, Brussels, Hilversum, Oslo, and London. Recently he has appeared as soloist with some of Europe's leading symphonic bands, incl. the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy. During the 1994 Winter Olympics Arts Festival at Lilleharnmer he was featured in four different concerts, he also scored a tremendous success at EXPO'92 in Sevilla, Spain, and during the 1993 Edvard Grieg celebrations he performed for UNESCO in Paris and at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. He is regularly featured as star entertainer on cruise ships around the world, and on many occasions he has given Royal Command performances for the Kings and Queens of Norway and Sweden.Sigmund Groven was bom in Heddal, Telemark, Norway, into a musical family; his uncle, Eivind Groven was a famous composer. Sigmund's interest in the harmonica was aroused at the age of nine upon hearing a record of the legendary Tommy Reilly - one of the pioneers of serious harmonica-playing who became his source of inspiration as a musician. Later they joined with members of the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields to record original works written for them by such composers as Robert Farnon, Gordon Jacob, and James Moody. Sigmund's own albums have become part of the musical heritage in Norway, and following the internationally successfu .'SIESTA" and ''TIL TELEMARK" the 1998 release is aptly called "HARMONICA ALBUM", as it includes such harmonica favourites as "Moon River", "Midnight Cowboy", "Calling You", "Summenime", "Firefly", "The Greeii Leaves ofsummer", "Jean de Florette", and a couple of Groven originals.As a composer Sigmund Groven received a commission for the Sesquicentennial of Norwegian immigration to America ("B low, Silver Wind" with words by Erik Bye), and a commission from the Norsemen's Federation to commemorate Leiv Eiriksson's discovery of America ("Vinland Suite"); both works have been performed widely, including Carnegie Hall. Other works include music for film, radio, and TV, and a number of songs and instrumental works. Twice he received the award "Composition of the Year" from the Norwegian Society of Composers. Last year he was appointed President of TONO, the Norwegian Performing Rights Society."He left the audience stunned" (0stgbta Correspondent, Sweden)"Ein Gentleman der Mundharmonika" (SMI-Bulletin, Basel, Switzerland)"His Bach solos were models of elegance" (Anchorage Daily News, Alaska)"Under his spell the harmonica seems to reverberate and glowwith every emotion of the human heart..." (San Francisco Chronicle)"A most sensitive and thrilling performance" (Harmonica Review, Tokyo)"His poetic performance was deeply moving" (NoordhollandsDagblad, Den Helder, Netherlands)"A musician with charisma, deep passion and a magical sound" (Minglfao, Hong Kong)"A phenomenal performer on an unusual instrument." (Gordon,Wright, conductor)