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…
2018-12-31 In addition to 4 previously published scores – Dialogues Fragiles, Incontro Concertante, Pèlerinage Fantastique, Rituel Bizarre – my online publisher BabelScores has now published another 18 of my scores: Danse Canonique, Dialogues Rêvants, Dialogues Sauvages, Étude Théâtrale de l’Exploration du Timbre, In the steppes of Sápmi (6 min, 11 min,…
Looking back on 12 festival performances in 6 countries between March and November 2018: – 2018-03-23 Resonans Festival in Piteå (Swe) – 3 performances. – 2018-04-14 Composers’ Weekend in Helsingborg (Swe). – 2018-05-25 Samtidsfest in Trondheim (Nor). – 2018-05-26 Only Connect in Oslo (Nor). – 2018-05-30 Klang Copenhagen Avantgarde Music…
Statement Simone Eckert 2018 (Dialogues Rêvants) “Entertaining […] rhetorical and eloquent piece with exciting timbres and rhythms, not only thriving on effects, but creating affects.” …more Statement Tellef Ragnar Heilmann 2018 (Dialogues Sauvages / Rituel Bizarre) “Funny and interesting. […] Shrewdly assembled instruments, […] something uniquely his own and exciting. […]…
Six world premieres of my music between March and July 2018: 1. 2018-03-23 Dialogues Tremblants III for prepared (large) pipe organ (three players), prepared soprano and prepared clarinet (2015-18). Gary Verkade (org), Helena Holmlund (prep), Ansgar Beste (prep), Josefine Gellwar Madsen (S) and Stina Andersson (cl). Resonans Festival, at the Studio Acusticum…
2017-09-13 Part 2 of the portrait concert from 2017-03-24 at the New Directions Festival in Piteå (Swe) has now been radio broadcast on SR P2 / P2 Live (Swe) at 19.03 h, with introductions by Märet Öman including interview excerpts with Pär Freij as well as the complete live recordings…
2017-07-14 Selection by the Ensemble Aleph (Fra) at the competition 8th International Forum for Young Composers, 5 of 60 entries (probability: 8,3%).A new work for prepared quintet (cl in Bb, tp in C, pc, pf, va) (7 min) will be world premiered within the Aleph concert series at La Cartoucherie…
2017-05-18 Part 1 of the portrait concert from 2017-03-24 at the New Directions Festival in Piteå (Swe) has now been radio broadcast on SR P2 / P2 Live (Swe) at 19.03 h, with introductions by Märet Öman including interview excerpts with Pär Freij as well as the complete live recordings…
2017-03-21 Selection (Swe) for the Nordic Music Days 2017 in the UK, 15 of 267 entries (probability: 5,6%).The work In the steppes of Sápmi (2014-15) for prepared vocal sextet (SMezATBarB) (11 min version) will be performed by the vocal ensemble Exaudi and James Weeks (conductor) at the Southbank Centre / Ballroom…
Three world premieres of my music in the Northern Lights between February and March 2017: 1. 2017-02-03 In the steppes of Sápmi for prepared vocal sextet (SMezATBarB) (2014-15) – 18 min version. Nordic Voices. Ilios Festival for New Music, at the Galleri NordNorge (Gallery of Northern Norway) in Harstad (Nor). 2….
2016-10-13 Excerpts (00:00-00:20, 03:00-12:56) from the 7-year-old video production of the opening concert / Concerto Futurista (2009-09-25) at the festival La Biennale di Venezia – Biennale Musica 2009 (Ita), produced by Zeta Group Srl from Treviso (Ita) for Porsche Italia SpA, is finally online on Vimeo!You can watch the Orchestra…
2016-09-28 Honourable mention award for the score Aventure Corporelle [trio version of Mascarade Obscure] at the 37th Young Composer Competition for the Frederic Mompou International Award 2016 organized by Joventuts Musicals de Barcelona (Esp), 3 of 23 entries (probability: 13%).
2016-06-01 A brand-new portrait by Christoph Schulte im Walde has now been published in the neue musikzeitung (nmz) in Regensburg (Ger).
2016-05-30 Selection (Swe) for the Nordic Music Days 2016 in Iceland, 50 of 520 entries (probability: 9,6%).The revised version of the work Rituel Bizarre for prepared string orchestra (2008-10 / 2014) will be performed by the Skark Ensemble at the Harpa Reykjavík Concert Hall / K2 in Reykjavík (Isl), on Sep…
Review Christoph Schulte im Walde 2016-2 (Newborn) “Sounds as fresh as a daisy [,] […] joy of discovery […], desire for experiments, enthusiasm for quirky sounds and for curious treatments of the […] instrument […]. Not as an end in itself, but as a creative, imaginative act, in order to…
Six world premieres of my music between February and August 2016: 1. 2016-02-06 In the steppes of Sápmi for prepared mixed choir (SMezATBarB) (2014-15) – revised 11 min version. SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart and Marcus Creed (conductor). ECLAT Festival for New Music, at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart / T1 (Ger), radio…
2015-12-07 The video production from the Lucerne Festival (2015-09-13) has now been published by nmzMedia / Konzert (Ger). You can watch the SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart and Marcus Creed (conductor) live premiering the 11 min version of In the steppes of Sápmi (2014-15) for prepared mixed choir (SMezATBarB), either on…
2015-11-24 Three radio broadcasts of my music during November 2015: 2015-11-24RTP Antena 2 / Música Contemporânea (Por) at 01.00 h, live recording from 2015-09-13 (Lucerne Festival).In the steppes of Sápmi (2014-15) for prepared mixed choir (SMezATBarB) (11 min version).SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart and Marcus Creed (conductor). 2015-11-18RTV 4D Ars /…
2015-03-26 Selection (Swe) for the ISCM World Music Days 2015 in Slovenia, 2 of 60 entries (probability: 3,3%). The revised version of the work Rituel Bizarre for prepared string orchestra (2008-10 / 2014) will be premiered by the Slovenian Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra and Simon Krečič (conductor), at the Slovenian Philharmonic…
2015-02-01 Winner of the 6th International Composition Competition of the Christoph Delz Foundation in Basel (Sui), 1 of 63 entries (probability: 1,6%).The work In the steppes of Sápmi for prepared mixed choir (SMezATBarB) will be world premiered by the SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart and Marcus Creed (conductor) at the Lucerne Festival…
2015-01-26 Selection and scholarship for the Summer Academy Schloss Solitude 2015 in Stuttgart (Ger) with Chaya Czernowin, Steven Kazuo Takasugi and Rebecca Saunders, 16 of 265 entries (probability: 6,0%). The work Sandrose (Sand Rose) for prepared quartet (cl in Bb, pc, pf, va) (12′) (2012/14) will be performed by Ensemble SurPlus…
2014-10-31 Winner of the project competition for a new work for the Acusticum Organ at Luleå University of Technology (Swe), 1 of 26 entries (probability: 3,8%).The new work for prepared (Acusticum) organ, funded by Norrbottensmusiken (Swe), will be world premiered by Gary Verkade at the festival Resonans and New Directions 2015 at…
2014-06-23 New work (working title: ‘(Dés)Illusion d’un chant‘) for prepared soprano and prepared electric guitar (10’) – commissioned by the Italian ensemble L’arsenale, funded by Norsk kulturråd (The Arts Council Norway), to be premiered at the Teatro La Fenice / Sale Apollinee in Venice (Ita), followed by a tour through…
2014-06-06 Selection by the Oslo Sinfonietta (Nor) for a concert at the Oslo Chamber Music Festival 2014, 4 of 48 entries (probability: 8,3%). Revised version of Sandrose (Sand Rose) for prepared quartet (cl in Bb, pc, pf, va) (12′) (2012/14) will be world premiered under the baton of guest conductor…
2014-03-03 Selection for a commission by SNIM (spontaneous network for improvised music) in Vienna (Aut), 6 of 48 entries (probability: 12,5%), to be premiered by Gabriele Drab at the festival das kleine symposion 2014, at the Echoraum in Vienna (Aut). The new work was later funded by Norsk kulturråd (The…
2013-12-11 Commissions for 2014/15: 1. New work for prepared string quartet – commissioned by the 2014 MATA Festival in New York (USA), to be premiered by the Mivos Quartet. 2. New work for prepared small ensemble – commissioned by the new talents biennale cologne 2014, funded by the City of Cologne (Cultural…
2013-11-24 Transe-Formation for prepared electric guitar trio (2013) premiered by the ensemble KROCK at Körsbärsvägen 4a in Stockholm (Swe) (public workshop).
2013-07-28 Mascarade Obscure for prepared wind quintet mouthpieces (2013) premiered by canorusquintett at the Young Euro Classic Festival 2013 / Konzerthaus Berlin (Ger).
2013-07-17 Pèlerinage Fantastique for prepared string quartet (2010/12) will be presented at the week-long 2014 MATA Festival in New York (USA), which will be hosted at The Kitchen in April of 2014. From a pool of 658 applications 19 composers from 11 countries (2,89%) have been selected by the jury…
2013-07-03 Dialogues Sauvages (2013) premiered by Caroline Hausen at the Academy of Fine Arts / exhibition hall in Nuremberg (Ger).
2013-03-08 Commission for a new work for wind quintet by the Young Euro Classic festival, funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, to be premiered at the Konzerthaus Berlin (Ger), July 28th 2013.
2013-02-28 Incontro Concertante (2010-12) and Sandrose (2012) performed by Collegium Novum Zürich and David Philip Hefti (conductor) at Villa Concordia in Bamberg (Ger).
2013-02-26 Commission for a new work for solo Paetzold recorder by the German recorder player Caroline Hausen, funded by the City of Nuremberg (Department of Arts and Culture) (Ger) and by the German Music Council.
2013-02-23 Poème Parodique (2010-11) premiered by Jeunesse Chamber Choir Vienna and Ajtony Csaba (conductor) at the ORF concert hall in Vienna (Aut).
2013-02-06 Website launched!
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