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00062 = URUPPFÖRANDE Musikaliskt norrsken i Benjamin Staerns Det eviga
PREMIERE Musical Northern Lights in Benjamin Staern's The Eternal
Slow chord columns in brown, yellow, orange and turquoise with purple, pink and blue overtones. This is how Staern describes his new work, to be premiered by the Norrlandsoperans Symphony...
00058 = Stora Christ Johnson-priset till Daniel Nelson för Chaplin Songs
Stora Christ Johnson-priset till Daniel Nelson för Chaplin Songs
Landets främsta belöning för tonsättare – Kungl. Musikaliska Akademiens Christ Johnson-pris – har utdelats sedan 1958. År 2025 ges Stora Christ Johnson-priset till Daniel Nelson för hans Chaplin Songs. Priset...
00042 = Johan Ulléns One Last Tango uruppförs i London
Johan Ullén's One Last Tango premiered in London
On Thursday, June 12, the BBC Concert Orchestra premiered the work, which they call "a dazzling new showpiece." One Last Tango is subtitled Apocalypse and is a sensual orchestral dance...
00041 = Till minne av Halvor Haug
In memory of Halvor Haug
Norwegian composer Halvor Haug has passed away at the age of 73. With his five symphonies and symphonic pictures, he was one of Norway's great orchestral composers. He combined the...
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Eskil Kauppi is Tomorrow's Composer in Helsingborg
On May 7, Eskil Kauppi's orchestral suite Wings will be performed by the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra at this year's edition of Tomorrow's Composers, a collaboration between Helsingborg Concert Hall and...
00037 = Jubileumsverk av Rehnqvist uruppförs i Helsingfors
Anniversary work by Rehnqvist premiered in Helsinki
On April 26th, Karin Rehnqvist's "Take the Milky Way" for choir and baroque orchestra will have its world premiere at the Helsinki Music Centre. The work was composed for and...
00036 = Daniel Nelsons The Rave Chronicles
Daniel Nelson's The Rave Chronicles
The Rave Chronicles is the title of Daniel Nelson's concerto for self-playing piano and orchestra, which will be premiered by the Norrlandsoperans Symphony Orchestra in Umeå on April 25. Patrik...
00034 = Premiär för Mats Larsson Gothes Cellokonsert
Premiere of Mats Larsson Gothe's Cello Concerto
On Thursday, April 10, there will be the premiere of Mats Larsson Gothe's Cello Concerto, composed for Torleif Thedéen. Johannes Gustavsson will conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in two concerts...
00029 = Marie Samuelssons Kärlekstrilogi i sin helhet
Marie Samuelsson's Love Trilogy in its entirety
On Thursday, February 13 , Marie Samuelsson's Love Trilogy will be performed for the first time in its entirety, at Alla Hjärtan's concert at Malmö Live. This means 50 minutes...
00026 = Marie Samuelsson tilldelas Rosenbergpriset
Marie Samuelsson is awarded the Rosenberg Prize
​Marie Samuelsson is awarded the Rosenberg Prize, established in 1982 by the Swedish Composers' Association. The prize money is SEK 100,000.
00025 = Premiär för Cecilia Damströms "Information" i Tammmerfors
Premiere of Cecilia Damström's "Information" in Tammerfors
Cecilia Damström's orchestral work Information premieres in Tampere Hall on Friday 29 November. The work wants to shed light on the information society we live in today, where disinformation and...
00024 = Matthew Peterson får Lilla Christ Johnsonpriset
Matthew Peterson receives the Little Christ Johnson Prize
Matthew Peterson is awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Music's Lilla Christ Johnson Prize for the Högalidsmässan (2023) for mixed choir, brass quartet, percussion, organ and string orchestra, to texts...
00022 = Emmy Lindström – årets tonsättare på Rusk Festival
Emmy Lindström – Composer of the Year at Rusk Festival
Emmy Lindström is this year's composer at the Rusk Festival on November 19–23 in Jakobstad, Finland. The festival opens with the premiere of the string trio To be or not...
00020 = Dubbelt upp för Daniel Börtz
Double awards for Daniel Börtz
Daniel Börtz not only went home with the Honorary Award from the Music Publishers' Awards Gala on November 8, but also with the Art Music of the Year Award –...
00018 = De är nominerade till Musikförläggarnas pris 2024
They are nominated for the Music Publishers' Award 2024
We congratulate Johan Ullén, Benjamin Staern and Daniel Börtz who have been nominated for the Swedish Music Publishers' Prize 2024 in the art music classes. The winners will be presented...
00017 = Michelin uruppför Staerns Älvalek
Michelin premieres Staern's Älvalek
Laura Michelin premieres Benjamin Staern's flute concerto Älvalek , Thursday 17 October in Västerås Konserthus. The concert is a reflection on August Malmström's well-known painting of the same name. In...
00015 = Daniel Börtz får Musikförläggarnas hederpris
Daniel Börtz receives the Music Publishers' honorary award
Daniel Börtz is awarded the Music Publishers' Honorary Award 2024. With a career that spans six decades, Daniel Börtz has created a unique and colorful musical treasure that left a...
00014 = Nelson & Mühlrad – två premiärer i Örebro
Nelson & Mühlrad – two premieres in Örebro
On Thursday, October 10, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra offers two premieres during the same evening, Daniel Nelson's song cycle I Am Monster, composed for the soprano Johanna Wallroth, and the...
00012 = Cecilia Damströms Earth Songs - premiär i Tampere
Cecilia Damström's Earth Songs premieres in Tampere
On Wednesday 18 September, Cecilia Damström's violin concerto Earth Songs will be premiered in Tampere Hall. Soloist Elina Vähälä and Tampere Raw play under the direction of Maria Itkonen ,...
00011 = Matthew Petersons Vagabond
Matthew Peterson's Vagabond
On Friday, 6 September, Matthew Peterson begins his tenure as Composer-in-Residence with the Dalasinfonietta, that will premiere his Vagabond, an orchestral piece that reflects the composer's own personal and musical journey. 
00010 = Mats Larsson Gothes Symfoni nr 4 uruppförs på Östersjöfestivalen
Mats Larsson Gothe's Symphony No. 4 premieres at the Baltic Sea Festival
On Saturday 31 August, Mats Larsson Gothe's Symphony No. 4 will be premiered at the Baltic Sea Festival's final concert in Berwaldhallen. The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra plays under the...
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Matthew Peterson – composer-in-residence with Dalasinfoniettan
Matthew Peterson is the Dalasinfoniettan's new composer-in-residence 2024–2026. The residency begins on September 6 with the premiere of the commissioned work "Vagabond", which Peterson himself describes as his most personal...
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Cecilia Damström nominated for the Nordic Council's music prize
Cecilia Damström is nominated for the Nordic Council's music prize 2024 for the work "Extinctions" (2023). Justification: "Cecilia Damström (b. 1988) has become known as a versatile and skilled composer,...
00006 = Thomas Jennefelt 70 år
Thomas Jennefelt 70 years
With his vocally anchored and expressive music, Thomas Jennefelt is one of our most established contemporary composers. Already at the age of 22, he composed one of his most successful...
00006 = Broströms Garden of Earthly Delights
Broström's Garden of Earthly Delights
On Friday, April 12, Tobias Broström's new orchestral work The Garden of Earthly Delights will have its world premiere at the Gävle Concert Hall. The piece was commissioned by and...
00004 = Carl-Bertil Agnestig 100 år
Carl-Bertil Agnestig 100 years
On March 7, 2024, Carl-Bertil Agnestig would have turned 100 years old. With his playful and elaborate musical methodology, Agnestig was innovative when his first instrument schools were published by...
00002 = Cecilia Damström – Extinctions premieres in Helsinki
Cecilia Damström – Extinctions premieres in Helsinki
Friday 26 January will see the world premiere of Cecilia Damström's orchestral work Extinctions in Helsinki Music Centre. The 20-minute work describes the different phases of the evolution of life on Earth....