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Hot on the heels of the success of my short story opera, The Loving Mother, comes two new digital single releases next week on several major worldwide streaming services, with a third single to come later this summer! The digital releases next week coincide with Nordic music publisher Gehrmans releasing the scores for both works… Continue reading Pathway to Heaven

They are indeed, and I’m thrilled that they are in fact rather good. Sweden’s two major newspapers both reviewed Short Stories V after the premiere last Thursday and both had positive opinions about my contribution, The Loving Mother. Writing for Svenska Dagbladet, Bo Löfvendahl writes that, having watched all five editions of Short Stories, “this… Continue reading Reviews Are In

Well over a year after I had my first meetings with my librettist, the time has finally come for the premiere of my short story opera, The Loving Mother. My year got off to a rough start – that also ended up having an unexpectedly long tail – so it feels especially rewarding now to… Continue reading Opening Night

I think it is a gross overstatement when some people claim that nothing ever goes as planned. However, when some things inevitably do not go as planned, it can indeed interrupt your life to an unexpected degree. Once again, my blog has gone silent for longer than I had planned. Without going too far into… Continue reading A Disturbance in the Force

…the end of the year is approaching. Looking back, as we tend to do as some things end and others begin, it has been an interesting year with some real musical highlights. In hindsight, I’m not sure if 2024 has been one of my most exciting years yet, as I wrote here on New Year’s… Continue reading It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like

I had the great pleasure this past weekend to perform in two different Swedish Christmas Oratorios: one on Saturday, in Ösmo Church south of Stockholm, the other back home in Härnösand Cathedral. The two concerts were separated by more than 500 kilometres geographically, and the two musical works were separated chronologically by almost 90 years.… Continue reading One Weekend, Two Oratorios

A week and a half ago, I wrote about the current spate of renovations at my combined home/recording studio/concert hall. The past two weeks’ combined effort at taking up the old floor and insulation, as well as digging out the crawl space, culminated in a truly unique experience in renovations this past Monday. I had… Continue reading A Grovelling Affair

Seven years ago today, I recorded my piece Lacrimosa with its two dedicatees, organist Per Brudsten and cellist Ronja Schneider, at Härnösand Cathedral. The composition has become a mainstay at the cathedral’s memorial services ever since Per and Ronja premiered it in 2016. The recording session also lives on in the lives of me and… Continue reading Eat Your Porridge

What does a former speaker of the United States House of Representatives have to do with an international choral conducting competition and a Swedish singer-songwriter? Not much, on the face of it. But let’s dig a little deeper, and we might might find a connection. Last weekend, I worked as a script supervisor on the… Continue reading Know Your Why

I am very excited to announce that tickets to “Short Stories V”, which includes my opera “Den ömma modern”, are on sale now! The show premieres on May 25th, 2025, and runs until June 10th. If you’re set on a particular date, don’t wait – get your tickets today! The Royal Swedish Opera first introduced the… Continue reading Get Your Tickets to Short Stories V