News
The Nose-flute
Premiere of Fredrik Österling´s latest opera in august.
Follow the process ... on the Nose-flute´s blog,
on Youtube ...
Del 1 - Hon vakar för vår skull
Del 2 - Före, innan och efter
Del 3 - Tror du på spöken?
Del 4 - Muuuuuuu
Del 5 - Magnus och Fredrik på presskonferens (1)
Del 6 - Magnus och Fredrik på presskonferens (2)
Del 7 - Biter vi den hand som föder oss?
... and in an interview in Dagens Nyheter, May 24.
Österling in Berwaldhallen
Österling appointed general manager for the Swedish wind ensemble.
Österling and Trio Gáman
Österling's most recent piece Scenes for trio, is soon to be premiered
by
danish trio Gáman - a trio consisting of renowned young danish musicians.
Trio Gáman
(from left to right)
Bolette Roed, recorder
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin
Andreas Borregaard, accordeon
Scenes is a piece in three short movements. The simple idea is to use the
timbre of these seldom combined instruments to create a kind of inner
sceneries that bears distant traces of drama or stories untold.
The project is sponsored by
KulturKontakt Nord
Nordisk Kulturfond
Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968
Brødrene Hartmanns Fond
Dansk-Færøsk Kulturfond
Nine symphonies project
Österling invites you to buy one of his nine upcoming symphonies.
They will be crafted as personal portraits of the commissioning person - or someone of his/her choice. The first symphony has already been commissioned by the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra - it will be composed as a portrait of the composer Robert Schumann. Questions regarding this project should be directed to: 9symphonies@live.se
The swedish wind ensemble
The swedish wind ensemble has elected Fredrik Österling to the post of chairman of the board. The ensemble is one of the few professional wind orchestras still operating in Sweden. Together with their chief conductor Christian Lindberg, the orchestra has created a unique sound with popular appeal.
Soloist competition in Helsingborg
Österling's recorder concerto Thisbe was played in the last round of the
prestigious soloist competition Solistpriset. Recorder player Katarina
Widell is a former student of Dan Laurin - who played the world premiere a
couple of years ago. The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra accompanied Katarina in the concert, that took place April 19.
Article about Katarina Widell in Vestmanlands Läns Tidning.
Katarina Widell playing the concerto Thisbe in the final rounds of the soloist prize competition (fast forward some 58 minutes into the radio recording).
Viennese ensemble Reconsil
commissions a concerto for contraforte!
This unique instrument will now be challenged by the intricacies of Österling's rhetoric. Premiere scheduled sometime 2009 in the ensemble's series at Schönberg center, Vienna.
The Nose-flute
Fredrik Österling and writer Magnus Lindman have recently started the research for their upcoming opera, The Nose-flute. During two days in january, they have followed the minister for culture and sports, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, and her staff to get a sense of the ministerial atmosphere. The Nose-flute is set in a fictitious Sweden with a fictitious minister for culture in the principal part.
The Nose-flute´s blog
“In a serious and humorous fashion, we want to show what happens when the arts, culture and politics meet. We will also divulge what nose-flutes have to do with the ministry”, says Fredrik Österling and Magnus Lindman in a slightly cryptic way. The opera will have it’s premiere July 2009 at the Vadstena Opera. The opera will be staged by Stina Ancker.
More information:
Vadstena-akademien
Östgöta Correspondenten
Sarrasine
On 24 November 2007, Alpha trio performed Österling’s piece Sarrasine at Sound Ways Festival in St Petersburg, Russia. The yearly festival was organized by the Russian composer, Aleksander Radvilovich, with the support of the Cultural Committee of St Petersburg.
Sarrasine could also be heard at the Mogens Dahl Koncertsal in Copenhagen,
on November 2nd.
Horisont
On Friday 19 October 2007, Fredrik Österling was elected chairman of the Board of Horisont, a national platform for contemporary art music. One of the goals of Horisont is to improve the conditions for the diffusion of new music on a national level. Horisont is a society that includes some 15 organizations committed to work with new music.
Book release!
Österling’s first literary project
The musean front
(Den musiska fronten)
has been released by King Ink förlag
It is a story about music, love and the love of music.
Composer Adrian and violinist Lisa explores
the musean language and its powers… Buy it! >>
Success for Österling’s latest opera!
Music: Fredrik Österling
Libretto: Manuel Cubas
Critics unite in appraisal!
”… music of compelling beauty …”
Review in Dagens Nyheter, March 12, 2007
”… emotionally eruptive timbre explosions …”
Review in Svenska Dagbladet, March 12, 2007
”… you are left moved, amused and pleasantly
aired by the Swedish Wind orchestra …”
Review in AB, March 21, 2007
Time of music festival (Musiikin aika) in Viitasaari, Finland
Paul Verlaine´s and Fredrik Österling´s piece
Quartetto; étude sentimentale performed by Vocal Ensemble VOX (Sweden)
At the opening concert 3 July 2007
New brass quintet
Livre des cuivres
recently premiered in Uppsala
by the Linné Quintet!