percussionist and cimbalist
Vacation is over and I am so happy to be back this week at Festspillene in Elverum.
Playing with the likes of Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Wolfgang Plagge, Knut Erik Sundquist, Martin Kuuskmann is always a thrill!
Music by Bach, Stravinsky, Nørgård, Aperghis, Kagel, Kurtag, Corea and many, many more…
HKKS has commissioned a new percussion concerto by Henrik Hellstenius. The concerto Public Behaviour is now granted by Arts Council Norway and will be premiered in 2019 – 2020, with the musical support of Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Nordic Voices.
Amongst the best experiences working as a musician, are the ones that relate to my friendship with conductor Grete Pedersen. She always encourages me to go above and beyond of what I thought I was capable of.
My marimba arrangements of Sven-Eric Johanson´s Fancies came as a result of Grete´s creative mind: “Why piano when it would sound so much more interesting with a 5-octave marimba”, she said.
And listening to the recording we did with the Norwegian Soloists Choir, I must admit (although I am quite familiar with the sound of the marimba!)) that the combination marimba – choir in Johanson´s music gives me new audible dimensional experiences on my own instrument. It sounds like meant-to-be.
This week I am again diving into these 9 songs with lyrics from Shakespeare’s plays when playing with the chamber-choir Le Voci on Thursday in Oslo.
And the exciting shivers come back once more!
Read more and listen to the recording of Fancies HERE:
