Happy to share that the cello concerto Before we Fall is nominated for the Ivors Composer Awards 🦋 w @ivorsacademy , @cellistjohannesmoser , @sfsymphony , @bbcradio3 / @bbcsymphonyorchestra , @icelandsymphony , @helsinkiphilharmonic , @odensesymfoniorkester @wisemusicclassical

Shadows of Solace editing done and handed in - now being prepped by the publisher @wisemusicclassical 🎶🙆🏻‍♀️ Looking forward to January with @daliastasevskaofficial & @helsinkiphilharmonic ❤️ and then Tabita Berglund & @icelandsymphony in March ❤️ then @bostonsymphony & @gewandhausorchester following 🪐

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 *

Composing Myself: Anna Thorvaldsdottir

March 02, 2020

A short profile film about the creative process ❀