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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,
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
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 , @
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
Lovely words about AION in Helsingin Sanomat, after the performance in Helsinki with the @helsinkiphilharmonic and Eva Ollinainen 🌸

“AION is not a traditional tone poem depicting nature - it is an abstract modern work that proceeds according
Lovely words about AION in Helsingin Sanomat, after the performance in Helsinki with the @helsinkiphilharmonic and Eva Ollinainen 🌸 “AION is not a traditional tone poem depicting nature - it is an abstract modern work that proceeds according to the music’s own internal logic. At the same time, it is a concrete, sensory ecosystem. … The work conjured an atmospheric sound-world that enveloped the listener, drawing them into its depths. … AION’s tectonic shifts were in constant motion, often layered and pulling in opposing directions. The work has a taut, distinctive architecture, which Ollikainen commanded with complete authority. … Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring pairs perfectly with AION. The element of earth also rules The Rite, and both works transport the listener to a mythical realm.” - Hannu-Ilari Lampinen, Helsingin Sanomat
What a magnificent tour of the @icelandsymphony in Switzerland and Germany! Such a pleasure to join them along with Eva Ollikainen and @kian.soltani_cellist 🫶🏼 We have arrived in Hamburg and are all very excited for tonight’s concert! Wonderful to be back in this fabulous hall @elbphilharmonie with ARCHORA #icelandicmusic #newmusic
Very grateful for receiving the Iceland Music Awards last night for the cello concerto, Before we fall — I wasn’t able to be there in person so @gydnid from the Iceland Symphony received it on my behalf, takk Guðni! 🫶

Warmest thanks
Very grateful for receiving the Iceland Music Awards last night for the cello concerto, Before we fall — I wasn’t able to be there in person so @gydnid from the Iceland Symphony received it on my behalf, takk Guðni! 🫶 Warmest thanks to @cellistjohannesmoser for his virtuosity, his deep insight and powerful determination in carrying the piece - and bottomless thanks to the commissioning orchestras, the @sfsymphony , @helsinkiphilharmonic , @odensesymfoniorkester , @icelandsymphony and BBC Proms / @bbcsymphonyorchestra - and to Justus for the support ❤️ #iston #newmusic
I will be on tour with the wonderful @icelandsymphony in Switzerland and Germany, starting in Geneva this Friday and ending in Hamburg on March 26 - ARCHORA will be on the program and I will be giving pre- or post-concert talks at each venue

20/3 in
I will be on tour with the wonderful @icelandsymphony in Switzerland and Germany, starting in Geneva this Friday and ending in Hamburg on March 26 - ARCHORA will be on the program and I will be giving pre- or post-concert talks at each venue 20/3 in Geneva 21/3 in Bern 22/3 in Zürich 24/3 in Heidelberg 26/3 in Hamburg Come say hi if you will be there! Also on the program, Sibelius 2 and the remarkable @kian.soltani_cellist playing the Elgar concerto and the Lutosławski concerto in Hamburg which will also feature Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite - with conductor Eva Ollikainen 🫶 #icelandicmusic #ontour
a short stop in Iceland - always love being back here at the roots 🙆🏻‍♀️
Happy to share that Before we fall, cello concerto, and UBIQUE have been nominated to the Iceland Music Awards - the concerto as work of the year and UBIQUE as album of the year - in the classical and contemporary category 

Hugest thanks to the wond
Happy to share that Before we fall, cello concerto, and UBIQUE have been nominated to the Iceland Music Awards - the concerto as work of the year and UBIQUE as album of the year - in the classical and contemporary category Hugest thanks to the wonderful performers for diving so deeply into the music and for embracing it so beautifully 🥰 and to @dbssound , @rick.jacobsohn and @sonolummusic for their magic in the recording and release of UBIQUE congrats @cellistjohannesmoser * @clairechaseflute * Cory Smythe * @tinkatonk * @sethparkerwoods ❤️ #ístón2026
AION symphony is with @helsinkiphilharmonic conducted by Eva Ollikainen tonight along with the Rite of Spring - a program that Eva and I curated in connection with my residency with the orchestra this season. I had been very much looking forward to b
AION symphony is with @helsinkiphilharmonic conducted by Eva Ollikainen tonight along with the Rite of Spring - a program that Eva and I curated in connection with my residency with the orchestra this season. I had been very much looking forward to being back there for this concert but was unexpectedly not able to go so will be there in sprit 💜 It has been such a joy to get to know the orchestra so well through the residency and I am deeply looking forward to further collaborations to come - more soon! If you are in Helsinki, some extra standing spaces have been added to tonight’s sold out concert

Trailer for Todd Field's TÁR released

September 29, 2022

The trailer for the movie TÁR has just been released ahead of the Oct 7 opening and features three of my musicings - parts from Aeriality, Ró and Tactility providing some atmosphere to an intense glimpse of Todd Field's story about (fictional) conductor/composer Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett).

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