Rolf Martinsson

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts the Belgian Premiere of Open Mind

Esa-Pekka Salonen
Photo: Nicho Soedling

On September 9 Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra will give the Belgian premiere of Martinsson's orchestral piece Open Mind at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Every year, in connection to the Baltic Sea Festival, SRSO visits an international venue and in 2009 the international performance takes place in Brussels to celebrate the Swedish Chairmanship of EU, starting July 1st.

Esa-Pekka Salonen is Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London...

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Stunning reviews for Anne Sofie von Otter

Anne Sofie von Otter

The world premiere of Martinsson's Orchestral Songs received stunning reviews in Manchester Evening News, Svenska Dagbladet and Sydsvenskan...

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Chamber Concerto No. 2 - a three part commission

Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

Martinsson is writing his second Chamber Concerto in close co-operation with three of the leading Swedish chamber orchestras. The Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Västerås Sinfonietta take part in this co-commission. The world premiere with Uppsala Chamber Orchestra and chief conductor Paul Mägi takes place in the new wonderful concert hall in Uppsala on May 6, 2010...

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Open Mind selected for the WMD 2009

Wisby Strand
Photo: Jörgen Borg

Martinsson's orchestral piece Open Mind has been selected for the World Music Days in Visby, Sweden, to be performed at the opening festival concert at Wisby Strand by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra on September 25, 2009 under the baton of one of Sweden's leading conductors, B. Tommy Andersson...

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Fröst/Martinsson in collaboration

Martin Fröst
Photo: Mats Bäcker

The Malmö Symphony Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will join in a co-commission of a clarinet concerto for Martin Fröst...

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Styffe - Oslo PO - Saraste

Dan Styffe

The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra have commissioned a double bass concerto from Martinsson for co-principal Dan Styffe, to be premiered late Spring 2011 in Oslo under the baton of Jukka-Pekka Saraste...

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