STIM Scholarship
Among many precious colleagues in music making, I had the joy of receiving the STIM scholarship 2024.
And the party was great too! Thank you Ylva Q Arkvik and Pao Duell for the photos and thank you STIM for the scholarship and a joyful night:)
Since 1923, during more than a century of challenging changes, STIM has been working for the musical right holders and continues to do so. There are many of us music makers, and we have to BOTH be aware of our rights AND stick together.
Read about STIM´s important work here
Eric Ericson Award/The Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Beside my carreer as a composer I am also dragged to the stage, in different ways. Representing The Royal Swedish Academy of Music (KMA), I had the honor to present the Finals of Eric Ericson Award in October. EEA is the world’s most prestigious competition for young choir conductors, so I was really honored to be chosen for this task, side by side with Josef Beltzikoff from The Berwald Hall. Josef and I had a lot of fun writing our script and we collaborated both off and on stage in a truly nice way. Alexander Lüken from Germany was 2024 […]
Thank you Edvin, Arvid, Eskilstuna!
PAO Trio had a great time at ”Sörmlands musik och teater” in Eskilstuna. They had already made a really nice poster, before the announcement that our drummer Ossian was going on tour in northern Sweden with no less than Ben Patterson.
What to do? I called The one and only, super talented, super flexible Edvin Glänte who accepted the gig and delivered BOTH superb drumming AND solo singing/artistry alongside bassist/singer/artist Arvid Jullander. A special thanks to Edvin!! The audience was overwhelmed. And we were happy. The shows works so well and we have now run it in Borås, Gothenburg, Västerås, Kalv […]
Thank you Pållans band and Bruket festival!
Pållans band had a really nice gig at Bruket festival i September. At this occasion we came up with the one and only Gothenburg version of the band, consisting Paula af Malmborg Ward vocals/keyboards, Martin Bjurek Svanström sax, Per Strandberg guitar/vocals, Ludvig Ward bass, Johan Björklund drums. It was fun! I even managed to make a little with clips from the gig, please watch below.
Thank you Bruket Festival and Nikolas Gialtrinos. Looking forward to more gigs with Pållans band in it’s different versions:)
Taking over the baton from Abbé Vogler
This was one of my most exceptional commissions so far. I was asked to compose new music for the Medal Awarding Ceremony for The Royal Orders of Knighthood (Kungl. Majt:s Orden), taking place 31/5 a the Royal Castle, Stockholm. Obviously, this was a very honorable mission and an exciting task; to take over the baton from Abbé Vogler who composed the previous ceremony music – which has been played for centuries. Until now.
The piece is written for various wind orchestras, and was premiered by Arméns Musikkår, conducted by Felix Bagge. Last time I made music among royalties was as […]
Ikaros´fall premiered
Well done Oscar´s Vocal Ensemble! Humble composer (me) attended the world premiere of my latest choir piece Ikaro´s fall, after a poem by Ebba Lindqvist. Grateful to Sällskapet Ebba Lindqvists vänner (Ebba Lindqvist Society) for the rights to use this beautiful words. Vehicles was the theme of this concert with Oscar´s Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Pär Olofsson. Also music by Whitacre, Vaughan-Williams, Mäntyjärvi – fantastic pieces all over! Thank you for this. Looking forward to the recording:)
