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

METACOSMOS

February 14, 2019

The Iceland Symphony has posted a full recording of METACOSMOS, for orchestra, from the performance on January 31st 2019, conducted by Daníel Bjarnason.

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The Berlin Philharmonic gave the European premiere of the work the week before, conducted by Alan Gilbert, and below is an excerpt from that performance. The full performance is available in the Digital Concert Hall of the Berliner Philharmoniker here.