Finally started up Tistou – a music drama, at VICC in Visby
Thank you VICC! We finally ”took off”, starting the work with ”Tistou” in two intense weeks at Visby International Center for Composers. SO incredible creative!
Thanks to financial supports from Cultural Council (Kulturrådet), Helge Ax:son Jonsson foundation, Stockholm city and Writers Guild of Sweden (Dramatikerförbunet) and FST, my dear companion/librettist/director Kerstin Perski and myself will create a musical drama from ”Tistou”. We will collaborate with Teater Barbara and fabulous actor Anders Jansson, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet and light designer Lina Benneth. After many years of projecting, planning, promoting – we are excited to have started this work in progress towards a performance […]
Celebrating International Women´s day
Thank you for bringing my music to life, again! A wonderful concert took place in Älvsborg church on International woman’s day. Female composers of all times were performed by singers Amanda Flodin, Anna Maria Friman and Karl Peter Eriksson.
Kersten Cottyn: cembalo, organ, other keys…
Music by Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Francesca Caccini, Marie Samuelsson and myself.
Thank you Eskilstuna and ”Visionary soundscapes”
TIMESTUCK for organ and saxophone quartet was premiered within GIOA and their astonishing Gothenburg International Organ Festival, Octobre 2025. ”Visionary soundscapes” are now touring in Sweden. Happy to be a part of this fantastic project, together with composer colleagues David Riebe and Zacharias Enwall, new companion organist Mila Ortgies Thoors, and my dearest musical friends in Stockholm Saxophone Quartet.
An adventure and a true joy.
Welcome to Eskilstuna!
https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/kalender?eventId=b33cc9a7a3f94b869c559d5d2bddeb5a&webId=547704
SYSTEMET-crew says: Thank you ”Folk och Kultur” audience!
A true joy visiting Eskilstuna Theatre, within Sweden´s most important cultural-political event ”Folk och kultur”, held every year in Eskilstuna.
On February 4 we played our ”Breathtaking and insanely wonderful” chamber opera SYSTEMET for the 11th time, in front of a hundred-headed audience. Thanks to everyone who showed up, and thank you so much for your beautiful response:):):)
We have now played SYSTEMET in Gothenburg, Stockholm (twice!) Borås and Eskilstuna.
More performances in Gothenburg upcoming autumn. More info TBA!
Looking forward!
Trailer, link below.
SYSTEMET
Libretto: Naima Chahboun
Music: Paula af Malmborg Ward
Director: Gunilla Johansson Gyllenspetz
Stage director/costume: Martin […]
FRONTSIDE 2026 – thank you all!
The 7th edition of Frontside Gothenburg International Chamber Music Festival took place in January. This years theme: Beyond the stars.
I had great fun meeting all wonderful artists, presenting concerts, singing and in fact making my debut as a solo-accordeonist! Well, 30 seconds of Stockhausen’s ”Tierkreis” (Schütze) but still…
Via links below, we can both recapitulate the 2026 Frontside – and look forward to FRONTSIDE 2027 – Below the surface.
See you 2027!
https://www.frontside-festival.se/previous-festivals/follow-the-stars-2026/
https://www.frontside-festival.se
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
More info/tickets
