22/23 Season highlights
In the season 22/23 HKKS continues his work to present new compositions for percussion and orchestra as well as diving deep into the ocean of theater and music. It kicks …
2021 highlights four new Norwegian concertos
2021 is marking a particularly active year for Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen in his work of premiering new concertos. In spite of the current corona situation, he is premiering no less …
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The album Lament won the Norwegian Grammy!
The album Lament has won the Norwegian Grammy “Spellemannsprisen” in the contemporary category! The concerto for solo percussion and choir “Lament” was commissioned by Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen in 2015 by …
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Olga Neuwirth (CP) – Orchestre de chambre de Paris
April 23 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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My beer bottles and micro-tuned metals are all finding their place in this pearl of a piece by Olga Neuwirth 😃 The double concerto According to What will have its Swedish premiere tonight with the fantastic Svenska Kammarorkestern. I feel so honored and happy to present this great work with such a devoted group of artists! And to hang with friends…
Thierry Fischer, Tanja Tetzlaff, #olganeuwirth #solopercussion #concerto #classical
Really enjoying this week with friends in with the Svenska Kammarorkestern in Ørebro!
They are one of four orchestras that have commissioned Olga Neuwirth’s concerto for cello, percussion and orchestra, written for Tanja Tetzlaff and myself. And this week it’s the Swedish premiere (!), excellently held together by maestro Thierry Fischer!
Concert tomorrow …😃
One year ago today, I premiered Ørjan Matre - Composer´s Concerto for percussion and orchestra (during the very last days of the pandemic) with Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ludovic Morlot.
It was fortunately recorded by the orchestra and is available at bergenphillive.no and at the link here.
Enjoy!
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Congratulations to sound wizard Morten Lindberg for two Grammy nominations for the album TUVAYHUN.
The recording sessions of this album were done under trying circumstances for everyone during the last two years and this feels like a good reward.
Congrats to everyone involved!
Ørjan Matre: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra - World Premiere (with Bergen Philharmonic / Ludovic Morlot)