Thank you for celebrating STELLA 30 years with us!
WOW! THANK YOU ALL INCLUDED!! We celebrated 30 years on stage! Well, I have been in the band for 23 years, but nevertheless:)
This was a really SMASHING event! And so many came to Musiken Hus to celebrate our birthday!
Reliable groove, good temper, warm feeling, sparkling guests…looking forward to the 40-years celebration…!
On stage:
Karin Klingenstierna – voc
Paula af Malmborg Ward – keyb, voc
Niss Kerstin Hallgren – bass, voc
Tomas Olsson – tr
Mia Samuelsson – tp
Elisabeth Engdahl – sx
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JAG BEHÖVER (I NEED)
Commission completed! Always a nice feel when the final bar line is drawn. 50 minutes of new music on the beautiful lyrics by poet Olivia Bergdahl. Dedicated to the women’s choir YMNA, for whom I composed ”Äggen är slut”, 2017. Happy that they approached me once again with this new commission. I am really happy to write for YMNA again and delighted to collaborate with poet Olivia Bergdahl, whose lyrics this time are based on the choir’s own experiences. The piece will be premiered in spring 2026, date TBA.
PAO Trio, Älvsborg church
Sunday, August 24, 5:00 PM PAO Trio Composer and musician Paula af Malmborg Ward diger further into her musical treasure with the help of jazz musicians Arvid Jullander and Ossian Ward. Together they […]
PAO Trio/Pållans musikaliska meny at Panget, Svartlöga
THANK YOU SVARTLÖGA/SÖDERÖRA/BLIDÖ/OTTERKOBBARNA – AUDIENCE!
PAO Trio had a lovely time performing at Panget, Svartlöga 24/7, involving you all. This time, we had weeks of preparations of another, more unusual kind than ever before, including construction of a (heavy!) piano podium, built with left over wood from two deconstructed verandas on our own property, a clothes hanger (scenography) made from a tree trunk, moving the PA-system back and forth from the big tractor garage in the woods, having a piano tuner come to the island a few days before the gig…We also managed to save water in the dry weather, which […]
Tistou – an music drama for the whole family
Thank you Cultural Council (Kulturrådet), Helge Ax:son Jonsson foundation and Writers Guild of Sweden (Dramatikerförbunet) for important financial supports on Tistou – a musical drama for the whole family. Finally, after many years of projecting, planning, promoting dear friend and collegue, librettist Kerstin Perski and I are beginning to see the light.
Our goal is to, via Kerstin Perski´s doctoral thesis end up with a beautiful poetic musical drama based on Tistou, green thumbs (Maurice Drone 1961). Hopefully with a premiere at Scenkonstmuseet in Stockholm September 2026.
We will keep you updated!
New music for The Royal Orders of Knighthood
Short version for smaller ensemble premiered – I arranged my new ceremony music for the Medal Awarding Ceremony for The Royal Orders of Knighthood for a smaller orchestra this year. Joakim Unander conducted greatly at the ceremony May 28th.
Below some info from the KMO website, and a youtube-link from the ceremony.
On 28 May, an investiture ceremony was held, after the recipients’ names were announced on 30 April. The King presented the orders to the recipients and the Queen presented the letters patent. This was the second ceremony according to the new regulations introduced in 2023.
Besides the Royal Orders […]
