In the Service of Music

Still a little tired after Saturday’s marathon working with this year’s edition of the local contemporary music festival Nymus Live in Härnösand. Weeks of preparation paid off handsomely in the form of a diverse, all-day programme with no less six concerts featuring various flavours of contemporary music. The afternoon started off with a kind of… Continue reading In the Service of Music

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More than Two Sides

I admire musicians who not only work in different genres and settings but also relish and even excel in them. That is just the kind of musician I myself strive to be, as well. I suppose it relates to my belief that it makes more sense to look at how different kinds of music relate… Continue reading More than Two Sides

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Don’t Despair, My Would-Be Juliet

Re-orchestrating or re-arranging music from one instrumental setting to another is an interesting job that presents slightly different challenges than simply writing a brand new piece of music for a particular set of instruments. On the one hand, you have the existing music that is (presumably) written with the particular requirements, possibilities and of course… Continue reading Don’t Despair, My Would-Be Juliet

A Method of Communication Between Individuals

The other week, I was commissioned to write a biographical text about Professor Dorothy Irving, an extraordinary singer and voice coach who devoted her career to the awareness and development of communication between stage performers and their audience. For more than a decade, Dorothy Irving toured up and down the country performing classic works by… Continue reading A Method of Communication Between Individuals

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The Sound of the Future, Today

Another jam-packed work week is the reason behind yet another delayed blog post. The annual contemporary art music festival Swedish Spring Music opened last Saturday and has been occupying most of my waking hours since as I am working behind the scenes with the festival and presenting most of the concerts. In addition, I squeezed… Continue reading The Sound of the Future, Today

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All of My Loving for You Girl

Some of the greatest experiences you can have as a composer is naturally to hear your music performed live in concert. I was thrilled to have not one but two new compositions premiered last summer and in August this year one of them will get its second performance. The piece in question is my Sonata… Continue reading All of My Loving for You Girl

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A Real Singer

I have been too busy these past days to update the blog, but at the time of writing, Thursday afternoon, I am beginning to get back on top of things and want to take a few moments to muse on the experience of performing in Härnösand Cathedral last Sunday. I went to High School in… Continue reading A Real Singer