2019-10-30 Selection (Swe) for the ISCM World New Music Days / Asian Composers League Festival 2020 in New Zealand, 2 of 60 entries (probability: 3,3%). The revised version of the work Newborn for prepared sextet (clarinet in Bb, optional brass instrument, percussion, piano, optional bowed string instrument, harp ad libitum)…
2019-09-18 Selection for a residence scholarship at Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop (Ger), funded by the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Ger), 68 of 1159 entries (probability: 5,9%). During July 2021 (1 month), I will once again be inspired by the roaring sea at the beautiful holiday resort of Ahrenshoop, where I composed…
2019-06-17 Selection by Sinfonietta Rīga (Lat) for a residence scholarship (1st prize) in the Latvian capital, supported by Konstnärsnämnden / The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Swe), 1 of 20 entries (probability: 5%). During 2020/21, a new work for sinfonietta will be developed together.
2019-04-28 Selection (Swe) for the Nordic Music Days 2019 in Norway, 50 of 600 entries (probability: 8,3%). The work Mascarade Obscure for prepared wind quintet mouthpieces (2010-16) will be performed by the Esbjerg Ensemble, at the Stormen Concert Hall / Small Hall in Bodø (Nor), on Nov 15th 2019, with a radio…
2019-03-19 Selection for the ISCM World Music Days / Estonian Music Days 2019 in Estonia, following the EAMT UMA call, 5 of 31 entries (probability: 16,1%). The new quartet version (fl-cl-tp-sax) of the work Mascarade Obscure for prepared wind quintet mouthpieces (2010-16 / 2019) will be world premiered by the EAMT…
2019-02-05 Special distinction at the 6th USAIHC Solo Harp Composition Contest 2018 in Bloomington, IN (USA), hand-picked by Dr. Ruth K. Inglefield, 2 of 83 entries (probability: 2,4%). The new 7 min version of the work Dialogues Rêvants for prepared harp (2014-17) will be world premiered on July 8th 2019…
2019-01-24 I have the honour to have been selected as profile composer for the 23rd edition of the event series Composers’ Forum Osnabrück (Osnabrücker Komponistenforum). The event series has been arranged once or twice a year since 2001 at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Music. The 23rd…
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