On August 18 Non Siamo Qui (We are not here) premiered with great success at the festival Nuovi Affreschi Sonori in Bomba, Chieti, Italy. Many thanks to the performers Åsa Jäger -soprano, Per Svansbo -flute and Emelie Sjöström -multipercussion. Also thanks to Pro Loco Bomba, The Musicspectra T Society and Anders Flodin for making the Festival happen.
Emelie Sjöström, percussion
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The newly composed piece “Here and beyond the horizon” for orchestra, mixed choir, three solo voices and tape part was premiered on November 6 in Linköping Cathedral in Sweden.
A big thank you to all who took part in the premier in the most excellent way; conductor Marie-Louise Beckman, kapellmeister Torbjörn Köhl, tenor Ole Alexander Bolstad Bang, soprano Sibylle Glosted, mezzo soprano Rebecca Fjällsby, the Cathedral Choir, the Cathedral Chamber Orchestra and the Östgöta Wind Orchestra. And thank you, everyone who came to listen!
A new piece for orchestra with the working title Plastic Coexistence is in progress. The composition is based on the problematization of boundaries, limitations, and individual vs. collective responsibility. More info soon to be announced.
Dunja percussion duo (Emelie Sjöström & Robert Drewstad) will perform Still life light on cobbles (2014) for the first time in Sweden on June 13, 12:00 p.m. at Wasakyrkan, Örebro on a concert arranged by the Musicspectra T Society.
The four movement version of Alba, for saxophone quartet (2012) will be performed on July 10 by Current Saxophone Quartet at the World Saxophone Congress & Festival in Strasbourg, France.
NEW fixed media piece Fickle Future will premiere on June 13, 17:00 at Bio Roxy, Örebro, Sweden, in a concert arranged by the Musicspectra T Society.
The bio section is finally updated. More info, links to music and photos will be posted shortly.