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In his two most recent videos on the channel “Vlogbrothers” – which he runs collaboratively with his brother, science communicator Hank Green – writer and philanthropist John Green discusses art: why we make art and for whom we make it. As is often the case, I have to say, his musings really resonated with me.… Continue reading To Instruct and Delight

Last week, I had a lecture at Kapellsberg Music School in Härnösand for the first time in three years. It felt a little awkward at first – simultaneously familiar and foreign, like my brain couldn’t quite reconcile all the new faces – looking at me with a mix of attention and disinterest – with the fact… Continue reading Back, Back Again

I have rarely, if ever, gone back and studied the development of one of my compositions like this before. I have put down lots of time and work preparing this post and I look forward to sharing the fruits of my labour with you here: A somewhat condensed but still detailed review of how Rhapsody… Continue reading Looking Back to See Ahead

I rarely plan ahead when composing. A handful of times, I have started out by making a diagram, however rough, of the structure of the piece, or even made one early on. It’s quite interesting, though, to look back on a piece and break down the result of the choices I made during the composition… Continue reading A Well-Laid Plan

Realising that it’s been almost a month since my last post was a bit of a shocker! In the intervening time, a lot has happened. Kristina från Duvemåla has finished, I have been to Norway and back, and last week I worked on Berwaldhallen’s final livestream of the year. Last week, a packed Berwaldhallen saw… Continue reading From Norway with Love

The life of a musician can be strenuous, at least at times. I know this from personal experience, even though my life is far from the worst. This is a particularly hectic period, which actually is kind of a failure on my part. I had originally planned on doing no other work besides Kristina från… Continue reading From One End To the Other

Tomorrow, Sunday up in Luleå in northern Sweden, Trio Nastela will premiere the brand-new rhapsody I composed for them earlier this autumn. I wish I could be there to witness my music come to life, but regretfully I can’t be there in person, as I am busy on stage in Sundsvall, more than 500 kilometres… Continue reading To Absent Friends

Yesterday, we returned to Sundsvall’s concert hall Tonhallen for the first time after the premiere of Kristina från Duvemåla last Saturday. After a two-month-long rehearsal period and an intense premiere week, having three days away from Kristina felt much longer than that. At the same time, coming back to Tonhallen with all our props, costumes… Continue reading Is This My World Now?

I can of course only speak for myself, but I strongly doubt I am the only one starting to feel their nerves this week. In two days, Kristina från Duvemåla opens in Sundsvall – almost exactly 30 years after its original production premiered in Malmö. We begun rehearsing with the Nordic Chamber Orchestra last week, after… Continue reading Opening Week

Last time I posted an update, we had been rehearsing Kristina for a week. I both can very much believe and at the same time absolutely cannot believe that was five weeks ago. Over the past weeks, I have juggled increasingly demanding – but exciting! – rehearsals as well as several different, smaller projects. On top… Continue reading In the Thick of It