Video Ensemble [2]021 a room with a view – [from isolation]

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Participating together with Ip Yuk-Yiu with a piece in the online exhibition Video Ensemble [2]021 a room with a view – [from isolation]. The O2O (Offline to Online) Hybrid Interactive Installation / Exhibition runs online (and on-site at Design Studio, PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus, Hong Kong) from May 1 to June 30 and will evolve over the entire course of the period. It is supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council under the Arts Go Digital Platform Scheme (2020-2021).

Check out the latest stuff and interact at:
https://videoensemble.wordpress.com

or enjoy the concert from the opening ceremony with AUXIG (Barry Wan, Petr Hanžl and Polina Khatsenka):
video_ensemble[2]021 -AUXIG Concert

 

More music to come

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Super analog is super fun (at least when editing the first draft). Chamber music of 2021 is really coming along in the composer’s den.
First movement out of ten will soon be recorded –wooop woop! Stay tuned! 

Phronesis – an audiovisual collaboration

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During the spring 2020 the Music Spectra T Society initiated a collaborative project, Phronesis, between its member composers and visual artists Saki Matsumoto and Veron Lőrincz . The project was formed with a group of people involved that had their strongest ambitions directed toward a vibrant art scene during the pandemia in 2020.
Phronesis was formulated as a limited relay between the participants and resulted in two series of works that will be available for order in October 2020 in an exclusive origami print and digital sound edition. Below is a sample with interconnected graphic by Saki Matsumoto and sounds by Simon Berggården.

Saki Matsumoto
https://www.behance.net/saki220
instagram: sakikki.2

Some aliens are searching something in a night forrest. The thing emits signals.

Drottningens skjorta

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Vårdnässpelens new play Drottningens Skjorta premieres on September 1 at Vårdnäs Hembygdsgård, Sweden. Music composed by Simon Berggården and Johan Gertz performed by Linköping Academic Choir, 5 piece instrumental ensemble, soloists and actors.
Performances on September 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15.

Tickets on: ticketmaster.se

Drottningens skjorta – at Vårdnässpelen 2019

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Tickets are now available to Vårdnässpelens upcoming play Drottningens Skjorta –a soap opera on man’s (un)reasonableness, set in the 17th century with music composed by Simon Berggården and Johan Gertz for Linköping Academic Choir and instrumental ensemble.
Premiering on September 1 with six more performances following until September 15 at Vårdnäs Hembygdsgård, Linköping, Sweden.

Get your tickets at: ticketmaster.se

 

Bridges – at Crosscurrents and Nodes in Örebro

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On June 8 Bridges will receive its first live performance. Percussionist Emelie Sjöström will perform the piece in a version for multipercussion, fixed media and live electronics at the Crosscurrents and Nodes event at Bio Roxy, Örebro, Sweden.

Rehearsals with Linköping Academic Choir

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The rehearsals with Linköping Academic Choir for Vårdnässpelen 2019 has begun. Last weekend I was invited to introduce one of the most vocally complex scenes in the drama –the court session. I am enthusiastically looking forward to continuing working on the pieces and premiering in september. This will be great!

New composition in progress

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Happy to announce that I am composing music for a newly created stage drama, premiering at Vårdnässpelen in September 2019. The music consists of parts for acting choir, ensemble and electronics. Starting off by composing the longer pieces for the choir involved in the project, Linköping Academic Choir. Inspiration abound in the misty autumn.