Aeriality (2011) will receive its US premiere at the
Kennedy Center in Washington DC on March 4th, performed by the
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov. Also on the program is a new
piece (2013) by Icelandic composer, and a friend, Hlynur A. Vilmarsson, which
will receive its US premiere as well. Hlynur’s music tends to have rhythmic qualities
and he has e.g. worked with computer animated graphic scores as well as with
more "traditionally" notated scores – it will be exciting to hear the new piece!
The concert is a part of the Nordic Cool Festival and
will also feature pieces by Grieg and Sibelius – it starts at 7:30PM. See here
for more information about the concert.
The ISO will be performing the same program in Reykjavik,
Iceland, on February 26th, at 7:30PM, in Harpa Concert- and
Conference Center. See here for more information about the concert in
Reykjavik.
The day after the orchestra concert in Washington, on
March 5th at 6:00PM, the Iceland based Duo Harpverk will be premiering
Tactility (2012), for percussion and harp, and a selection of other new pieces,
on their concert at same festival. See here for more info about their concert.
I am very much looking forward to going to Washington for
these concerts! And then I’ll be on my way to NYC for a workshop with ICE – but more on that later :)
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