The cello concerto will be visiting quite a few places this season - the piece was premiered just over a year ago by wonderful @cellistjohannesmoser and the @sfsymphony conducted by amazing @daliastasevskaofficial , followed by the UK premiere at the BBC Proms and further performances in Iceland and Finland 💜 This season includes performances in Belgium at @bozarbrussels , Germany, Norway, Denmark, Spain and Taiwan with soloists Johannes Moser, @juliansteckel and Valerie Fritz 🙆🏻‍♀️ link to the full piece in bio with @jpsaraste & @helsinkiphilharmonic * @icelandsymphony , @bbcsymphonyorchestra , @odensesymfoniorkester , @bbcradio3

It was really lovely to talk with Cedric Freys to mark the opening of my residence with @bozarbrussels and the @belgiannationalorchestra this season 🪷 We talked about various aspects of music making - metaphors, layers, spaces and processes 🎶 Link in bio

Shadows of Solace I have been all consumed and staying inside the universe of the new symphony-scale piece which will be premiered by the @helsinkiphilharmonic and @daliastasevskaofficial ❤️ in January next year and with the @icelandsymphony in March with Tabita Berglund 💜 It is a 38 minute piece in 5 movements 🪐 The local premieres of other co-commissioners, @bostonsymphony and @gewandhausorchester , have not yet been announced, so will share when I will know more… …and ps. we have also been moving and are now a bit closer to the coast… 🌊

Quite a week! CATAMORPHOSIS in London and Turku, ARCHORA in Köln, and METACOSMOS in London, Köln, and São Paulo 🌸 further info on the website performance calendar - link in bio ⁃ with @rohorchestra , @koen_kessels , @turkuphilharmonic , John Storgårds, @baselsinfonietta , @titus.engel.dirigent , @guerzenichorchester , Andrés Orozco-Estrada, @oerftm , @leo.labrada

Happy to ~ finally ~ share that the chamber opera UR_ will be presented at the Royal Opera House next season in a new production by the brilliant Netia Jones ✨ - her work is incredible, if you don’t know it I recommend checking it out! Also, these current weeks at the ROH, METACOSMOS and CATAMORPHOSIS are featured in Wayne McGregor’s wonderful choreography “Untitled” with a few shows remaining * The cast and crew for the new UR_ production will be announced later so I will excitedly share that info when the time comes 🦋 with @royalballetandopera * @studiowaynemcgregor *

moments from a great rehearsal of CATAMORPHOSIS yesterday with @londonphilharmonicorchestra and @kirillkarabits - concert tonight at Royal Festival Hall 🎶 #newmusic #icelandicmusic

From a really great photoshoot with @edwinsfreyer for @5elevenmag for a feature in the Music Issue which is out now ✨ wearing some of my favorite @rickowensonline pieces 🖤 link in bio with @boramleekim , @soundandmusicuk , @studio_will_dutta , @goodwoodartfoundation , @jensenartists & @felt_seen

ICElab Presents: Anna Thorvaldsdottir

May 07, 2013

ICE has posted a video excerpt from the workshop we had in March. The workshop was a week long session where members of ICE and I were working on technical aspects of the new piece that will be premiered next season in NYC. The piece will be an entire concert length in duration and will feature 5 performers and a light installation. Apart from their instruments, the performers will also be "performing" on lights through their own breathing - i.e. rather than using the audio of their breathing their breaths will be converted into the lights of the installation.

Click on the image to see the video.

The piece will feature Kyle Armbrust on viola, Michael Nicolas on cello, Cory Smythe on piano, Ross Karre on percussion & Nuiko Wadden on harp, as well as lighting designer Nicholas Houfek & sound engineer Levy Lorenzo.

Needless to say I am having a great time working on the piece ***v***