Composer & developer

Jesper Nordin is a leading Swedish composer who has garnered considerable international acclaim in recent years. Jesper Nordin has also had huge success with his technology Reactional Music (previously Gestrument) that is based on his own composition technique.

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Jesper Nordin

Jesper Nordin (born in 1971 in Stockholm) is a leading Swedish composer, and one who has garnered considerable international acclaim in recent years. His music, with its powerful emotional impact and traces of traditional Swedish folk music, rock music and improvised music, is broadcast and performed throughout the world. His music is performed by conductors like Esa-Pekka Salonen, Daniel Harding and Kent Nagano and musicians like Martin Fröst, Pekka Kuusisto and Malin Broman. His orchestral pieces have been played and/or commissioned by such orchestras as the San Fransisco Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and the Swedish and Finnish radio orchestras.
He is also included in the repertoires of several of the world’s foremost contemporary music ensembles, amongst them Ensemble Intercontmporain, ensemble recherche, L’Itineraire, Quatuor Diotima, Talea and The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.
His iOS apps Gestrument and ScaleGen are used by musicians and amateurs in many different genres and forms the base of the company Reactional Music.

Media

Watch & listen

Here is a collection of videos and recordings of my music as well as interviews and lectures from different occassions.

Emerging from Currents and Waves

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Martin Fröst and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Emerging from Currents and Waves at Berwaldhallen during the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm (2018).

Visual Exformation

Trailer

Quatuor Diotima performs Visual Exformation at Musica in Strasbourg (2016). Interactive light sculpture by Ramy Fischler and Cyril Teste.

Jesper Nordin meets Meshuggah

Jesper Nordin and organ player Hampus Lindwall in a jam session with Tomas Haake and Dick Lövgren from Meshuggah.

Emerging from Currents and Waves

2022

Martin Fröst, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs this large scale multi media work, Released by BIS.

Vicinities

2022

Performances by Fredrik Ekdahl and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding, Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble Intercontemporain under Lin Liao. Released by Kairos.

Back to Stockhome

2021

Rick Stotijn performs Piano Trio (a chamber version of the Double Concerto) together with Malin Broman and Simon Crawford-Phillips. Released by BIS.

Martin Fröst, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jesper Nordin talks about the piece “Emerging from Currents and Waves”
Daniel Harding and Jesper Nordin talks about the premiere of the trilogy ”Röster” 2016
Discussion with Frank Madlener about Sculpting the Air 205

For publishing

Biographies

Biographies in English, Swedish and French. Long biographies and short.

For publishing

Press images

Hi-resolution images. When printing, please use the photographers name – Freddie Sandström

The Wire, UK

Residues, CD

The music has an exhilaration hardy, primeval feel…obviously influenced by folk music.  The delicate tones on Inevitabilini  for solo recorder are deftly realised by Anna Petrini, while Calm Like A Bomb is a frenzied ten minutes of in-your-face electronica. /Philip Clark

Dagens Nyheter, Sweden

Ärr

Ärr releases into a bursting rhythmic scream that has seldom been heard in classical music. The response from the audience was univocal. A great triumph for Jesper Nordin in his home town. /Martin Nyström

San José Mercury News, USA

calm like a bomb

Nordin’s “calm like a bomb” wrapped violinist Graeme Jennings, a scary hyper-virtuoso, in an electronic tape-generated blanket straight out of a David Lynch dream; bizarre and entertaining.
/Richard Scheinin

Concerts

Upcoming and previous concerts

2024-02-24 “1st Retrospective for Piano & String Orchestra” (wp), “2nd Retrospective” (wp) ”3rd Retrospective for Violin and String Orchestra”  and ”4th Retrospective for Double Bass and Orchestra” (wp) are all premiered/performed by Västerås Sinfonietta with soloists Simon Crawford-Philipps – Piano (also conducting), Malin Broman – Violin and Rick Stotijn – Double Bass.

2024-06-09 “Semper Dolens” for guitar, soprano and electronics is performed by Petri Kumela and Tuuli Lindeberg in Finland.

2024-09-06/07 “Silhouettes and Shadows” is premiered by Valentine Michaud (saxophone), Emmanuel Michaud (visuals) and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel HardingRead more

2023-02-10&11 “calm like a bomb” and “Convergence – Phase One” (wp) is performed by Pekka Kuusisto and the San Fransisco SymphonyRead more

2023-02-12 “as if tied to a string”  is performed by Hanna Hohti at Lund Contemporary Festival. Read more

2023-02-24 “Close Encounter of the Second Kind” is performed by Ensemble Cairn and Totem Contamporain in Montréal, Canada. Read more

2023-05-25 “the sound of inevitability” is performed by Lorina Vallaster and Anna Maria Niemiec. Read more

2023-08-31 “New Work”  is performed by Swedish Radio Choir conducted by Kaspar Putnins at the Baltic Sea Festival. Read more

2023-10-06&07 “Convergence” (wp)  is premiered by Pekka Kuusisto and the San Fransisco Symphony conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Read more

2022-02-25&26 “calm like a bomb” and “New piece” is performed by Pekka Kuusisto and the San Fransisco Symphony conducted by Esa-Pekka SalonenRead more      POSTPONED UNTIL 2023

2022-03-16 Portrait Concert at HEM in Geneva.

2022-03-23 “Close Encounter of the Second Kind” is premiered by Ensemble Cairn and Totem Contemporain

2022-04-04 “Racines / Rötter” is premiered by 2e2m

2022-06-24 “Emerging from Currents and Waves – 2020 version” is performed by Martin Fröst and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Hannu LintuRead more

2022-08-27 “As if tied to a string” is premiered in Helsinki, Finland by Hanna Hohti.
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2022-08/09 “inevitabilini” is performed on tour in Sweden by Anna Petrini and Emilia Amper.
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2022-09/10  “calm like a bomb” is performed by Mariano Cabellos on multiple occasions during the autumn.
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2022-10-15 “Ärr” is performed by Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing during the Nordic Music Days.
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2022-10-23, 24, 26, 27, 28 “Gaussian Blur” is performed and “Virtualis” is premiered by Philippe Spiesser and Norrbotten NEO conducted by Lin Liao.
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2022-11-23 “calm like a bomb” and “ashes in the fall” is performed by Diego Tosi as part of the project Double Jeu in Toulouse.
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2020-02-07 “Sculpting the Air” is performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Philharmonie de Paris as part of the festival Grand Soir Numerique. Read more

2020-02-13&14 “3:rd Retrospective for violin and string orchestra” is premiered by Malin Broman & Musica Vitae.

2020-03-07 “Gaussian Blur” is premiered by New European Ensemble in the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague as part of festival Dag in de Branding.

2020-04-07 Portrait Concert at HEM in Geneva. Read more. 

2020-06-19 “Emerging from Currents and Waves – 2020 version” is performed by Martin Fröst and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Duncan WardRead more

POSTPONED UNTIL 2022

2019-02-22 “ashes in the fall” for violin and electronics is premiered by Diego Tosi at Auditorium John Cage in Perpignan, France. At the same concert “calm like a bomb” for violin and electronics is also performed. Read more

2019-02-24 “Semper Dolens” for guitar, soprano and electronics is performed by Petri Kumela and Tuuli Lindeberg in Helsinki, Finland.

2019-03-14 “Emerge” is performed by Martin Fröst and Swedish Chamber OrchestraRead more

2019-03-17 “In the Midst of Trespassing No 2” for violin, piano, percussion and electronics is performed by New European Ensemble in Stockholm, Sweden.

2019-05-04 “Semper Dolens” performed by Tuuli Lindeberg and Petri Kumela in Tampere, Finland.

2019-05-09, 10 & 11 “Emerge” is performed by Martin Fröst and Frankfurt Symphony OrchestraRead more

2019-06-02 “1:st Retrospective for string orchestra” is premiered by Münich Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gregor Mayrhofer in Münich, Germany. Read more

2019-07-04 “Semper Dolens” performed by Tuuli Lindeberg and Petri Kumela at Time of Music in Finland. Read more

2019-08-14 “calm like a bomb” for violin and electronics is performed by Ensemble CG at *matik-matik* in Bogotá.

2019-08-18 “ashes in the fall” and “calm like a bomb” for violin and electronics are performed by Diego Tosi in the project Double Jeu at Festival Vingt sur Vingt, Torreilles in France.  Read more

2019-08-29 “calm like a bomb” for violin and electronics is performed by Ludwig Carrasco at Festival de Música Nueva Interciclos in Mexico.

2019-10-23 “ashes in the fall” and “calm like a bomb” for violin and electronics are performed by Diego Tosi in the project Double Jeu at Moscow Conservatory’s Center for Electroacoustic Music, Moscow in Russia. Read more 

2019-11-02 “ashes in the fall” and “calm like a bomb” for violin and electronics are performed by Diego Tosi in the project Double Jeu at EviMus Festival, KuBa, Saarbrüker in Germany.

2019-12 “Circe” for percussion and ensemble is performed by BergOrchestra. Read more

 

 

 

 

2018-03-08 “Visual Exformation” is performed in Lyon, France by Quatuor Diotimaread more

2018-03-09&10 “Emerge” is premiered by Martin Fröst and the St Paul Chamber Orchestraread more

2018-04-08 “Emerge” is performed by Martin FröstOslo Camerata and Det Norske Kammerorkesterread more

2018-05-31 & 06-02 “Emerge” is performed by Martin Fröst and Kungliga Filharmonikernaread more

2018-08-03 “Emerge” is performed by Martin Fröst and Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Pablo Heras-Casadoread more

2018-08-31 “Emerging from Currents and Waves” is premiered by Martin Fröst and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka SalonenRead more

2018-09-05 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Karin Hellqvist at the festival Sonic 7.0 – Rumore Continuo.

2018-10-14 “Semper Dolens” premiered by Petri Kumela and Tuuli Lindeberg at the Uppsala Guitar Festival. Read more

2018-11-23 & 24 “Emerge” is performed by Martin Fröst and Bamberger SymphonikerRead more

2017-01-20 “1:st Retrospective” is premiered at the inauguration of the new Campus for the Royal College of Music in Stockholm by KMH symphony orchestra and KMH Live electronic ensembleRead more

2017-02-11 “Visual Exformation” is performed in Reims, France by Quatuor DiotimaRead more

2017-02-11 “calm like a bomb” is performed in Fredricton, Canada by Nadia FrancavillaRead more

2017-04-04 “Visual Exformation” is performed in Orléans, France by Quatuor DiotimaRead more

2016-03-12 “Ärr” is performed by Brandenburg Symphoniker at Brandenburg Theater.

2016-04-05 “Invisible Mantra” is performed by Orchestre d’Auvergne at Sala Cecilia Meireles in Rio de Janeiro.

2016-04-21 “Frames in Transit” is performed by Trio Trespassing and the Nordic Chamber Orchestra at Tonhallen in Sundsvall.

2016-04-23/24 “The View from Within” (first movement of “Visual Exformation”) is premiered by the Diotima String Quartet at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik as part of an interactive musical soundscape by Jesper Nordin and Max Bruckert.

2016-05-21 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Yuki Numata of the Talea ensemble at the GMEM’s Festival Les Musique in Marseille.

2016-05-24 “Frozen still” is performed by Maria Rostotsky at Teater Giljotin in Stockholm.

2016-06-02 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Koblyakov at the Bourges festival.

2016-06-03 “Surfaces scintillantes” is performed by The Chimera Ensemble at Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall in York.

2016-07-19 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Diego Tosi at Forty1North during the Newport Music Festival.

2016-10-04 “Visual Exformation” is premiered by the Diotima String Quartet at the Musica Festival in Strasbourg.

2016-10-13&14 “Röster” the orchestral trilogy including the three pieces “Åkallan”, “Ärr” and “Öde” is premiered by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding at Berwaldhallen in Stockholm.

2015-03-04 “Pendants” is performed by Gageego at Kulturhuset in Stockholm

2015-03-15 – 2015-03-22 “Inevitabilini” is performed by Anna Petrini on tour in Sweden 2015-04-16 “Inevitabilini” is performed by Anna Petrini in the chamber hall or the Berlin Philharmonie

2015-06-13 “Sculpting the Air” is premiered by Ensemble TM+ at Maison de la musique de Nanterre as part of IRCAM’s festival ManiFeste

2015-06-24 “calm like a bomb” is performed at the NYCEMF festival in New York

2015-08-09 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Daniel Frankel and “Frozen Still” is performed by Simon Crawford-Phillips at the Change Festival in Kungsbacka

2015-08-09 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Daniel Frankel and “Frozen Still” is performed by Simon Crawford-Phillips at the Kalv Festival in Kalv

2015-11-06 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Karin Hellqvist in Torun, Poland

2015-11-12 “calm like a bomb” and “Premonition” is performed by Duo Faint Noise at Festival démesurées

2015-11-13 “Inverted Mantra” is premiered by Orchestre d’Auvergne at Festival démesurées

2015-11-16 – 2015-11-21 Jesper Nordin is composer in residence at the Rusk Festival in Jakobstad and will have several pieces performed by the resident musicians

2015-11-16 – 2015-12-10 Jublet is performed at ZHdK in Zürich

2014-02-13 “Klotho” is performed by KMH Percussion Ensemble (percussion) at the Helsinki Music Centre.

2014-02-27 & 28 “Åkallan” is premiered by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano at the Concert Halls in Gothenburg and Vara.

2014-03-29 “calm like a bomb” is performed by the Victoria Johnson (violin) at the London Ear Festival.

2014-04-05 “the aisle” is performed by Varga Gabor & members of Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra (percussion) in Debrecen, Hungary. 2014-04-10 “calm like a bomb” is performed by the Daniel Frankel (violin) at the Västerås Concert House.

2014-04-10 “Residues”, “Fist of Fury”, “Ärr” is performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonicand Hampus Lindwall (organ), conducted by Baldur Brönnimann at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

2014-04-11 “Frames in Transit”, “Klotho” and “In the midst of Trespassing” is performed by Trio Trespassing and Mika Takehara (percussion) at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

2014-04-12 “calm like a bomb”, “Vicinities” and “Ärr” is performed by the Royal Stockholm PhilharmonicFredrik Ekdahl (bassoon) and Daniel Frankel (violin), conducted by Baldur Brönnimann at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

2014-04-13 “Pendants”, “Surfaces scintillates” and “inevitabilini” is performed by Norrbotten NEOand Anna Petrini (recorder), conducted by Petter Sundkvist at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

2014-06-25 “Sappho’s Legacy” is performed by MusicaTreizeL’ItineraíreProxima Centauri and choirs from Bordeaux at the Auditorium de Bordeaux

2014-11-09 “calm like a bomb” is performed by the Diego Tosi (violin) from the Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Novelum festival in Toulouse.

2013-02-07 “Frames in Transit” is premiered by Trio Trespassing and Västerås Sinfonietta, conducted by Johannes Gustavsson.

2013-05-11 “calm like a bomb” and an excerpt from “Frames in Transit” is performed by Trio Trespassing at the MADE festival in Umeå. 2013-09-25, 26, 27 & 28 “Fist of Fury” is performed by Hampus Lindwall on tour in China. 2013-09-26 “Sappho’s Legacy” is premiered by MusicaTreizeL’ItineraíreProxima Centauri and ten choirs from Marseille at the Opera in Marseille.

2013-09-26 “El pajaro con la quijada de burro” is performed by Jérôme Laran and Carlos Canhotoin Guarda.

2013-10-18 “Residues” is performed by Helsinki Philharmonic, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann at the Helsinki Music Centre Concert Hall.

2013-11-22 “Premonition” is premiered by Faint Noise (Karin Hellqvist – violin & Anna Petrini – recorder), at the Huddersfield Festival.

2013-11-29 “Surfaces scintillantes” is performed by Tér/Zene at FUGA, the Budapest Center of Architecture.

2012-03-01 “Cri du berger” and “calm like a bomb” is performed by Trio Trespassing at the Ars Nova in Malmö.

2012-03-03 “Cri du berger” and “calm like a bomb” is performed by Trio Trespassing at the Media Artes in Växjö.

2012-03-11 “Fist of Fury” is performed by Cindy Castillo at Ars Musica, Belgium.

2012-03-15 “calm like a bomb” is played at the Borealis festival in Norway by electric violinist Victoria Johnson.

2012-03-16 “Circe” for percussion soloist Jean Geoffroy and Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain will be premiered during Festival en Scéne in Lyon. On the same concert Jean Geoffroy will permiere the percussion solo “Cadenza” and Benjamin Carat will perform “Cri du berger”.

2012-03-17 “Diffusing Grains” for Percussion Claviers de Lyon will be premiered at the Lyon Opera during Festival en Scéne.

2012-04-20, 21, 25 “In the midst of Trespassing No 2” is performed by Norrbotten NEO on tour in Piteå, Luleå and Stockholm.

2012-04-21 “In the midst of Trespassing” and “calm like a bomb” is performed by Trio Trespassing at Samtida Musik in Stockholm.

2012-09-06 “Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra” is played by Daniel Frankel, Åsa Åkerberg and Västerås Sinfonietta conducted by Johannes Gustavsson.

2012-09-11 “Jublet” for brass quintet is premiered at the Signal festival in Gävle by Stockholm Chamber Brass.

2012-03-17 “Diffusing Grains” for ensemble will be performed by the percussion class at KMH. 2012-12-02 “Pendant II” is performed by ensemble Gageego conducted by François-Xavier Roth in Gothenburg.

2011-01-26 “Surfaces Scintillantes” is performed by Norrbotten NEO at Studio Acusticum in Piteå.

2011-01-30 “Surfaces Scintillantes” is performed by Norrbotten NEO at Studio Acusticum in PiteåNordlysfestivalen in Tromsø.

2011-02-12 “Lamento d’Arianna” for mixed choir is performed by MusicaTreize at Cité de la Musique in Paris.

2011-02-26 “the aisle” for clarinet and string quartet is performed by Zagros at the festival ProvinzLärm in Germany.

2011-03-23 “Lamento d’Arianna” for mixed choir is performed by MusicaTreize in Marseille at the Festival Mars en Baroque.

2011-03-24 “Lamento d’Arianna” for mixed choir is performed by MusicaTreize in Marseille at the Théâtre de Poissy.

2011-04-07 “Low Impact” and “Inevitabilini” performed by Anna Petrini and Mika Takehara in Sollefteå.

2011-04-08 “Low Impact” performed by Anna Petrini and Mika Takehara in Härnösand.2

011-05-08 “the aisle” for clarinet and string quartet is performed by Gageego! in Gothenburg, Sweden.

2011-05-26 “inevitabilini” played by Francesca Thompson at the festival Sounds New in the UK.

2011-05-29 to 2011-08-14 “Fist of Fury” for organ solo is premiered by Hampus Lindwall on a tour to Paris, London, Rome, Copenhagen, Oslo, Bergen and Monte Carlo.

2011-06-26 “calm like a bomb” performed by Anna Zielinska at the festival Forfest in Kromž, Czech Republic.

2011-08-09 “Sketches of suspension” premiered by Yi-Ping Yang in Taipei.

2011-09-08 & 09 “Vicinities” for Bassoon and symphony orchestra is premiered by Fredrik Ekdahl and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding.

2011-10-09 “Surfaces scintillantes” performed by the Caput Ensemble at the Nordic Music Days in Reykjavík.

2011-10-13 “In the midst of Trespassing” and “calm like a bomb” is performed by Trio Trespassing at Annan Musik in Norrköping.

2011-10-13 “In the midst of Trespassing” and “calm like a bomb” is performed by Trio Trespassing at the GEIGER festival in Gothenburg.

2011-10-30 – 11 09 “Fist of Fury” is performed by Hampus Lindwall on tour in the US – Boston, New York and Pittsburgh.

2011-11-19 “Sketches of suspension” performed by Yi-Ping Yang at the Festival Art + technology – Quanta Fondation in Taipei.

2011-12-13 “Undercurrents” played at Manège à Reims by Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain and Valérie Dulac, conducted by Daniel Kawka.

2010-02-09, 10 & 11 “Kinship” for ensemble is premiered by the Nordic Chamber Ensemble on tour in Sweden. At the same concert the ensemble also performs “the aisle”, “Gammeldansen”, “inevitabilini” and improvisations with electronics.

2010-03-05 “Archive:Lights” is performed by NordicFusion6 in Tromsø, Norway.

2010-03-30 “Aftermath” for saxophone quartet and live electronics is premiered in Montréal by Quasar Saxophone Quartet.

2010-04-01 “Aftermath” for saxophone quartet and live electronics is performed in Montréal by Quasar Saxophone Quartet.

2010-04-18 “In the midst of Trespassing” for violin, percussion and electronics performed by the Empyrean Ensemble at the Mondavi Center in Davis, California.

2010-06-06 “Invisible Mantra” is performed by the Taipei Singers at the Hsinchu City Cultural Affairs Bureau Auditorium.

2010-06-12 “Invisible Mantra” is performed by the Taipei Singers at the Taichung City Chung Hsing Hall2010-06-13 “Invisible Mantra” is performed by the Taipei Singers at the Chiayi County Performing Arts Center Auditorium

2010-07-05 “Invisible Mantra” is performed by the Taipei Singers at the Taipei National Concert Hall .

2010-09-11 “In the midst of Trespassing – No. 2”, the new version for violin, percussion, piano and electronics is premiered at the Takefu festival in Japan.

2010-10-06 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Anna Zielinska in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

2010-10-07 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Helen Kim of Sonic Generator at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, USA.

2010-10-14 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Anna Zielinska at the Auditorio Alianza Francesa in Buenos Aires.

2010-10-21 “calm like a bomb” is performed by Julien Dieudegard at the Centre Culturel Suedois in Paris.

2010-11-29 “Width of a Circle” for KammarensembleN under conductor Franck Ollu is premiered in Stockholm.

2009-02-08 “Archive:Lights” for NordicFusion6 is performed in Stockholm at Samtida Musik.

2009-02-12 “Dialog 1″ and Dialog 2” for organ and computer is performed by Hampus Lindwall and Jesper Nordin.

2009-02-14 “Lamento d’Arianna” for mixed choir is premiered by Hägerstens Chamber Choir in Stockholm.

2009-02-20 “Close Encounter” for Laporte-bol and live electronics is premiered at Montreal New Music Festival by Jean-François Laporte.

2009-02-26 “Close Encounter” for Laporte-bol and live electronics is performed in Paris by Jean-François Laporte.

2009-04-28 “Pendants” for Ensemble l’Itinerare is premiered at Auditorium St Germain in Paris. The piece was composed in collaboration with Art Zoyd and will include live elecotronics and video.

2009-05-15 “Cri du berger” for cello and live-electronics is played by Benjamin Carat in Moellien

2009-05-22 “calm like a bomb” for violin and electronics is played by Graeme Jennings.

2009-05-28 “Surfaces scintillantes” for ensemble is performed by Norrbotten NEO in Piteå.

2009-06-11, 12, 13 Trespassing (without Daniel Frankel) plays “Music for IKEA furniture” at Liljevalchs konsthall in Stockholm at the opening of the big exhibition “IKEA at Liljevalchs” celebration 50 years of IKEA history.

2009-10-02 “Undercurrents” for cello, ensemble and live electronics is performed by Benjamin Carat and Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, conducted by Ludovic Perez, at the ISCM World New Music Days in Gothenburg.

2009-11-16, 19 & 20 “In the midst of Trespassing” is premiered by Trio Trespassing at the releasetour for their CD “Transitory Frames”. At the same concerts “calm like a bomb” was also performed. The concerts were in Stockholm, Sundsvall and Härnösand.

2009-11-22 “Et cantabant quasi canticum novum” is performed by Hägersten Chamber Choir in Stockholm.

2008-01-22 “Archive:Lights” for Nordic Fusion is prea

2008-01-22 “Archive:Lights” for Nordic Fusion is premiered at the Nordlys festival in Tromsø, Norway.

2008-02-19 “Low Impact” for percussion, contrabass recorder and live electronics is premiered by Mika Takehara and Anna Petrini at the Tokyo City Opera in Japan.

2008-03-08 “calm like a bomb” is performed by The Nu:BC Collective at the “Rzewski-Fest” at the Scotia Dance Centre.

2008-03-17 “calm like a bomb” is played by Jérémie Siot at the Festival en Scéne in Lyon.

2008-04-04 “calm like a bomb” is played by Trio Morelia at Ninos Cantores Concert Hall in Mexico.

2008-04-06 “Arches”, concerto for recorder, orchestra and electronics is premiered by Anna Petrini and Jönköping Sinfonietta in Jönköping, Sweden.

2008-04-11 The pieces “Gido” for two dancers, violinist and hanging bells and “calm like a bomb” for violin and tape are performed at the Archipel festival in Geneva.

2008-04-24 “calm like a bomb” is played by Jérémie Siot at the Festival Ars Musica in Brussels.

2008-04-24 “calm like a bomb” is played by Jérémie Siot at Charleroi Danses in Belgium.

2008-04-25 “calm like a bomb”, “Vintage” and improvisations are played by Trio Trespassing at CoMA in Växjöˆ.

2008-05-11 “calm like a bomb” played by OrchestrUtopica at the festival “In Extremis” in Lissabon Portugal.

2008-05-11 “The Dangers of Trespassing” and “Presens” for bol and live electronics is performed by Jean-François Laporte at Totem Contemporain in Montreal, Canada.

2008-05-20 “Cri du berger” is performed by Benjamin Carat in Cherbourg as part of the show “Le Voix du Sacré”

2008-06-06 “Surfaces scintillantes” for Ensemble XXI is premiered at the festival “les Meslanges de Printemps” in Dijon, France.

2008-06-26 “calm like a bomb” is played by Jérémie Siot at the Palais St Pierre in Lyon.

2008-11-04 “calm like a bomb” played by Anna Zielinska at Wyzsza Szkola Nauk Humanistycznych i Dziennikarstwa in Poznan.

2008-10-11 “The Dangers of Trespassing” is played at the opening ceremony of Mairie de Paris new big cultural centre Le CentQuatre

2007-03-06 “Undercurrents” – a cello concerto for Benjamin Carat and Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain is played in théatre du parc d’Andrezieux Bouthéon (Saint Etienne).

2007-03-10 “Cri du berger” is played by Benjamin Carat at CCS in Paris.

2007-03-16 “Undercurrents” – a cello concerto for Benjamin Carat and Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain is played in l’amphithéatre de l’opéra de lyon.

2007-03-25 “Invisible Mantra” is performed by the Prague Singers at the festival Prague Premieres 2007.

2007-05-18 “Ingen får tro att allt är någons fel” is played at a an electro acoustic concert in Umeå, Sweden.

2007-05-19/20 “calm like a bomb” is played by Jérémie Siot at GRAME in Lyon.

2007-06-01 “calm like a bomb” is played by Jérémie Siot at SCRIM in Bordueaux.

2007-06-10 “Fem improvisationer” is played by Robert Ek at Wiks Castle in Sweden as part of a concert with Companion Star Ensemble.

2007-06-24 “Gido” for violin and two dancers (made together with coreographer Young-Doo Jung) will be performed at Abbey Royaumont in France. Violinist will be Julian Boutin of Ensemble Cairn.

2007-07-03 “Ma-Xia” for viola is performed by Max Savikangas at the 35th International Viola Congress, University of Adelaide, South Australia.

2007-07-20 “Dreams from the fire” and/or new piece for saxophone and electronics is played by Jérôme Laran of ensemble Cairn at the Tokyo Summer Festival in Japan.

2007-10-05 to 13 “inevitabilini” for recorder, “Frozen still” for piano and part of the new recorder concerto and improvisations are performed in different churches around Njudung by Anna Petrini, Susanne Rydén and Jönköping Sinfonietta.

2007-10-06 & 07 “The Dangers of Trespassing” is diffused in Paris during the Nuit Blance 104 at the pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris.

2007-10-21 “calm like a bomb” is playd by Carlos Camacho at the “Festival Internacional de Musica Contemporanea” in Bogota, Colombia.

2007-11-19 Graeme Jennings (formerly of the Arditti String Quartet) plays “calm like a bomb” at the concert serie of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.

2007-11-24 “Invisible Mantra” is performed by the Taipei Chamber Singers at the ISCM World New Music Days in Hong Kong.

2006-02-11 “Gammeldansen” is played by Björn Kleiman at Queen’s College Chapel in Oxford

2006-02-18 “Residues” for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and instruments by Jean-François Laporte is performed at the opening concert of Stockholm New Music 2006

2006-03-15 2006-03-16 The percussion concerto “Moirai” gets it’s first performance Mika Takehara and the Västerås Sinfonietta, conducted by Hannu Koivula

2006-06-02 Enghien-les-Bains

2006-05-11 Bourg en Bresse

2006-04-20 Chambéry

2006-03-18 Festival en Scéne – Lyon “Cri du berger” in a version for vocal soloists, cello and live electronics is played on tour in France by Benjmain Carat and vocal soloists from Lyon. The production name is “Les Voix du Sacré” and includes contemporary and ancient music – it is a GRAME production and includes video and scenography by P-A- Jaffrennou

2006-05-23 “the sound of inevitability” is played by Anna Petrini Örs Közeghy in Amsterdam

2006-09-21 “Cri du berger” for cello and live-electronics is played by Benjamin Carat in Brest

2006-09-23 “the aisle” is played by Ensemble Zagros in Helsinki

2006-10-26 “calm like a bomb” is played by Ensemble l’Itineraire at the festival Musica Viva in Portugal

2006-11-17 “Vintage” and “calm like a bomb” played by Trespassing (Niklas Brommare – perc, Daniel Möller – vl, Jesper Nordin – laptop) at festival WhyNote in Dijon together with other pieces and improvisations

2005-01-27 “Arv” for orchestra is premiered by Trondheim Symphony Orchestra2005-02-20 “Kodoku na Odori” is played by Mika Takehara in Elphinstone Hall, Aberdeen

2005-02-25 “Ingen får tro att allt är någons fel” – radiophonic piece with texts by Märta Tikkanen is diffused live at Kulturhuset during Stockholm New Music.

2005-03-15 “Ingen får tro att allt är någons fel” – radiophonic piece with text by Märta Tikkanen is diffused live in Luleå at the “Kontext” -serie with Märta Tikkanen.

2005-04-09 “Cri du berger” for cello and live-electronics is played by Pia Enblom at the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington in Seattle.

2005-04-12 “calm like a bomb” for violin and tape is played by Fredrik Burstedt in Helsingborg. At the same concert, he and folk singer Sofia Karlsson performs improvisations based on prerecorded material from the piece “calm like a bomb” and other pieces.

2005-04-12 “Cri du berger” for cello and live-electronics is played by Benjamin Carat in Paris at a solorecital at CCS.

2005-04-19 “calm like a bomb” for violin and tape played in Ucraine by ensemble The Frescos2005-05-08 “Gammeldansen” for cello is played by Torleif Holm in Trondheim.

2005-05-22 “El pajaro con la quijada de burro” for two saxophones and tape is played at Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm.

2005-06-06 “Invisible Mantra” for mixed choir premiered by the Swedish Radio Choir in Berwaldhallen and broadcasted through EBU.

2005-07-06 “Kodoku na Odori” is played by Mika Takehara at the CrossDrumming Festival i Warszaw.

2005-10-10 “Cri du berger” for cello and live-electronics is played by Benjamin Carat in Montreal.

2005-10-22 “Et cantabant quasi canticum novum” for choir is performed by Hägersten Chamber Choir at their 10:th anniversary concert. The piece will be performed together with Improvisationsgruppen Altaír who will do improvisations on top of it.

2005-11-04 “Arv” is performed and recorded at a Studio concert in Glasgow with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra led by condutcor Baldur Brönnimann.

2005-11-27 “Frozen still” for piano is played by Eva Sidén at the Modern Art Museum in Stockholm

2005-12 “And Voices Are” played on tour in Germany by the Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet

Works

Compositions with info and links

All compositions ordered in different categories, sorted by year.

Emerging from Currents and Waves (2018)

for Clarinet soloist, conductor soloist, orchestra, live electronics and live visual installation

Emerge (2017)

Clarinet, Orchestra and Gestrument

1:st Retrospective (2016)

orchestra and live electronics

Visual Exformation (2016)

string quartet, live electronics and interactive light sculpture

Öde (2015)

orchestra

Sculpting the Air (2015)

ensemble and solo conductor

Ärr (2014)

Orchestra

Åkallan (2013)

Orchestra

Sappho’s Legacy (2013)

three ensembles and twelve choirs

Frames in Transit (2012)

Trio Trespassing (vl, perc & electr) and Orchestra

Diffusing Grains (2012)

Percussion quintet

Vicinities (2011)

Bassoon and Orchestra

Circe (2011)

Percussion and ensemble

In the midst of Trespassing No 2 (2010)

Violin, piano, percussion & electronics

Aftermath (2010)

Sax quartet & electronics

El pajaro con la quijada de burro (2009)

Violin, Viola and Electronics or 2 Alto Saxophones and Electronics

Lamento d’Arianna (2009)

Mixed choir

Kinship (2009)

Ensemble

In the midst of Trespassing (2009)

Violin, Percussion and Electronics

Pendants (2009)

Ensemble & electronics

In the midst of Trespassing (2009)

Violin, percussion & electronics

Surfaces Scintillantes (2008)

Ensemble

Arches (2008)

Recorder and Orchestra

Close Encounter (2008)

Laporte-bol and Electronics

Low Impact (2008)

Recorder, Percussion and Electronics

Gido (2007)

Violin (and dance)

Archvie:Lights (2007)

Ensemble

Undercurrents (2007)

Cello, ensemble & electronics

The Dangers of Trespassing (2006)

EAM

Residues (2006)

Orchestra and Laporte instruments (new version 2012 for only Symphony Orchestra)

Moirai (2006)

Percussion and Orchestra

Ingen får tro att allt är någons fel (2005)

Radiophonic piece

Arv (2005)

Orchestra

Invisible Mantra (2005)

Mixed choir

Cri du berger (2004)

Cello and Live Electronics

Frozen still (2003)

Piano

Vintage (2003)

Percussion and Live Electronics

Double Concerto (2003)

Violin, Cello and Orchestra

Dreams from the fire (2003)

Saxophone

Inevitability (2003)

EAM

the sound of inevitability (2002)

Cello, Bass Recorder & Electronics

inevitabilini (2002)

Recorder

Arnaía (2002)

Mixed choir

Et cantabant quasi canticum novum (2001)

Mixed choir

the aisle (2001)

Clarinet & String Quartet

Sleep now in the fire (2001)

Alto sax and Orchestra

just a quiet peaceful dance (2001)

Wind ens. & two singers

calm like a bomb (2000)

Violin and Electronics

Klotho (2000)

Marimba, cello and percussion quartet

And after this our exile (1999)

Orchestra

Ash-Wednesday IV (1999)

Soprano & early instr.

Så länge man kan säga idag (1999)

Mixed choir & organ

Kodoku na Odori (1998)

Marimba

Kull (1998)

Ensemble / Trio

Violinsonat (1998)

Violin and piano

Mörkret som ger glädjen djup (1997)

Mixed choir

Ma-xia (1997)

Viola

Scongiuro revocato (1997)

Orchestra

Gammeldansen (1997)

Violin or Cello

Tre färder (1997)

Oboe or Guitar

Concerto for Str. (1996)

String Quartet and String Orchestra

Lowland (1995)

Guitar

Departing Water (1995)

Flute and piano

And Voices Are (1995)

Saxophone Quartet

Publisher

C. F. Peters Ltd & Co. KG
Edition Peters Group, Standort Leipzig
C. F. Peters Ltd & Co. KG
Talstr. 10
04103 Leipzig
Germany

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www.edition-peters.de

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