Composer, artist, maker
We were fortunate enough to be able to sell out the Norwegian premiere at Parkteatret, and I am so touched by the response from audiences. We also received a great review in cultural magazine Ballade and enthusiastic testimonials in social media. My heart is full! Here is the full concert recording of Heroin Chic : The video was premiered here along with an interview with me: Ekslusiv…
An open invitation for orchestras to perform my piece Eclissi divina is a tone poem paralleling Dante’s Paradiso with natural phenomena occurring at sea during a solar eclipse. From the programme text: […] The twilight leads the fish to believe that it is night, and they start swimming upward in a fast motion. The eye of heaven is about to close, the receding light revealing an uncanny beauty. […]…
On the 22nd February my opera “Heroin Chic” will have its Norwegian premiere at Parkteatret in Oslo. We still need more funding, so if you are able to chip in in the name of indie opera please visit my crowdfunding campaign . For sponsors, I have several creative rewards also – just ask And in any case, please come! It will be a night to remember! 90 minutes of maximalistic, uncanny, emotional…
It was quite an overwhelming experience to have my most ambitious piece to date premiered by a large team of performers in front of an audience of nearly 500. We got plenty of attention from the TV in both Norway and Romania, a standing ovation, and the critics loved it, calling it “an eclectic soundscape” and praising the work’s “strong emotional impact”, “philosophical charge”, “pregnant…
My piece Love Theme orchestrated by Henrik Skram has been aired by the Norwegian Radio Corporation The whole beautiful concert “Meloditimen” with The Norwegian Radio Orchestra is available to listen to whenever you like. Here is when they play my piece: Listen From the rehearsal
Big news: On the 10th January 2024 The Norwegian Radio Orchestra ( Kringkastingsorkestret / KORK ) will perform my piece “Love Theme” as part of their “ Meloditimen ” concert! It will be in their own concert hall Store Studio co-located with The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and it will be broadcast on the radio, and available afterwards. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra by Julia Marie…
A week ago I participated in the 10 year anniversary concert of the fantastic label KOSO on which I have previously released some music as PYSJ. The label has a wonderful rooster of female artists, and I shared the stage with three of them including label founder and prolific artist Pieces of Juno. Another label sister, the talented Ane Bjerkan, made a recoring of the concerts, and below you can…
Ultimas nye festivalsjef Heloisa Amaral er opptatt av hvordan ulike lyttere møter musikken, og festivalen har derfor samlet en gruppe mennesker som skal dele av sine lytteopplevelser under årets festival. Jeg har fått i oppdrag å fasilitere samtalene med gruppen, og de vil være åpne for publikum som del av festivalprogrammet. Noen høydepunkter fra samtalene med disse spennende lytterprofilene blir…
I had a great time performing on the main stage in Slovakia’s biggest folklore festival Országos Népművészeti Fesztivál with my band Naturhistorisk (We also played a couple more gigs and tasted local wine and Sacher cake.)
It was such a thrill to listen to Matias Jentoft (violin), Uno Vesje (harp) and Sverre Barratt-Due perform the newest arrangement of “Love Theme” which I created for Oslo’s cool minimalism festival Interpuls . I was fortunate enough that it was filmed and recorded. Excellent musicianship, and I really love this combination of instruments! Matias Jentoft, Uno Vesje and Sverre Barratt-Due perform…