People get ready! After months of composing and rehearsing, the Hydroglisseur is ready to go out and will play her first gig on the 26th of August at 7:30 pm at the Ankunft: Neue Musik Festival. Click on the picture for more informations.
The official video of “Als wäre alles gut” by Vember. This is by the way my final appearance with the band. After 3 great years of composing, recording and touring with the band, I felt like I had to move on to something different. Merci Vember!
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Víctor Manuel Morales playing Pastorale & Toccata for organ last May at the 36th International Forum of New Music Manuel Enriquez in Mexico City.
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I have just finished a piano piece entitled “You saw me die every Night….” for Nicolas Horvath’s GlassWorlds, a massive concert project dedicated to the piano music of Philip Glass. Nicolas Horvath -who is just finished with the recording of Glass’ complete piano music for the label Naxos- commissioned composers from all over the world to compose homages to the American composer and is soon going on tour. Click on the picture for more informations and concert dates.
The 10th of December 2014 shall be the greatest day of my life! I have been asked by Laura Marie Rueslåtten to compose a carillon piece for the opening ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 in Oslo. I can’t say much at the moment but it is going to be a long and massive composition, filled with Joy and Light.
A little souvenir by Tobias Abt of the Daughtervill Festival 2014 in Hamburg where Vember played on last Saturday. We still have 2 two festivals coming on in July: Blank It Open Air Berlin on the 19 of July and BombRocks on the 26th of July in Hamburg.
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For those who wondered what a 20,000 Kilos bellstorm might sound like, this is the answer given by Laura Marie Rueslåtten last Sunday at Oslo City Hall.
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People of Oslo get ready! On Sunday at 7 pm the mighty bells of the Oslo City Hall will chant the world première of “Diurne et Nocturne” for carillon, performed by Laura Marie Rueslåtten Olseng.
Starting at 9 o’clock on Saturday night in the Auditorium Ottava Nota in Milan: the Italian guitarist Silvia Cignoli will play a concert including among others Electric Counterpoint by Steve Reich, Trash TV Trance by Fausto Romitelli and my piece Bruxelles for electric guitar and electronics. You can listen to my own rendition of Bruxelles here