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Shimmering Blue - Magnus Båge's No. 20

March, 2010

In 2005 Magnus Båge premiered Martinsson's flute concerto Shimmering Blue, a co-commission by the Norrlandsoperan and Värmland Sinfonietta. On 11th of March 2010 Båge performed Shimmering Blue with Uppsala Chamber Orchestra/Paul Mägi which means 20 performances in all by Båge since the premiere. In Shimmering Blue Båge's invension "Expression Slide" is used for the first time. Cut from the premiere review:

"...I have listened to many first performances of contemporary music, but rarely has a work's orchestral attire conveyed such spontaneous and captivating beauty, nor has any solo part revealed so much of the instrument's hidden powers as in this solo concerto..."
Bengt Hultman/Västerbottenskuriren

Read more:
Magnus Båge/Shimmering Blue at YouTube
Magnus Båge/Energy at YouTube
Work Note for Shimmering Blue
Magnus Båge's homepage

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Open Mind on Tour to Japan

February, 2010

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is to be this year's touring orchestra for Toshiba Grand Concerts Tour 2010 and will tour Japan in February-March together with chief conductor Sakari Oramo. The programme features, among other things, Rolf Martinsson's concert overture, Open Mind, which will be performed in Fukuoka, Sendai and Hyogo, as well as at the two final concerts in Suntory Hall in Tokyo.

Open Mind was commissioned by Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and opened the Östersjö festival in 2005, where the premiere was conducted by Manfred Honeck. The piece is often performed both in Sweden and abroad, e.g. in England, Germany, Finland and Estonia. The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Japan tour will give Open Mind its 36th performance and have indeed played the piece several times before, e.g. during the Stockholm International Composer Festival in November 2008, a festival shared by Martinsson and his Finnish colleague Kimmo Hakola.

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Co-commission for Anders Paulsson

December, 2009

The contract for Martinsson's Soprano Saxophone Concerto for Anders Paulsson has been signed by the two Swedish co-commissioners the Norrlandsoperan and the Dalasinfoniettan. The two premieres are planned to the 2011/2012 season, and a CD recording will be made by the Swedish label Phono Suecia and the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra.

Anders Paulsson is one of the pioneers commissioning new music for his instrument and he is a highly dedicated musician and one of Sweden's internationally top leading performing artists. This solo concerto will be Martinsson's number eight. Previous concertos are written for trumpet, trombone, cello, flute and violin, and his Clarinet Concerto and Double Bass Concerto will be finished during 2010.

More information about Anders Paulsson at:
Anders Paulsson's official homepage

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Marianne Jacobs tours Japan with Scorpius

July, 2009

From the 2nd to the 12th of July Marianne Jacobs, piano, and Hugo Ticciati, violin, are touring Japan. Their programme includes Rolf Martinsson's piano piece Scorpius (1987) which will have its Japanese premiere and all together seven performances in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Nishinomiya, Akashi and Shizuoka.

Scorpius has had more than 60 performances around the world and Marianne Jacobs, to whom the piece is dedicated, accounts for more than half of these concerts in Sweden, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal and now Japan. Scorpius is the first composition in a planned series of twelve, all representing signs of the Zodiac. So far nine of the pieces are finished.

More information about Jacobs at:
Musikhögskolan i Malmö

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Stunning reviews for Anne Sofie von Otter

May, 2009

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

"...The concert was a triumph in particular for a composer who is Malmö's own, Rolf Martinsson...Martinsson creates sounds that are genuinely beautiful."
Robert Beale / Manchester Evening News

"...never before have I heard a musical costume so miraculously fitting the voice of a singer."
Carl-Gunnar Åhlén / Svenska Dagbladet

"...This is new music with great contact potential; Martinsson has found a recipe for success - if Ann Sofie von Otter catches on, "Orchestral Songs" has the potential to interest and enchant an English and American audience as well."
Carl-Håkan Larsén / Sydsvenskan

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Open Mind selected for the WMD 2009

May, 2009

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. The piece was selected by the international jury of ISCM, the International Society for Contemporary Music.

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World Premiere by Anne Sofie von Otter

March, 2009

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Anne Sofie von Otter gave the world premiere of Martinsson's Orchestral Songs together with the commissioner Malmö Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Vassily Sinaisky on March 12 in Copenhagen's new concert hall. The premiere was live broadcasted by the Danish Radio P2 as well as the Swedish Radio P2. The world premiere was followed by the Swedish premiere on March 13 in Malmö Concert Hall and the UK premiere in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on March 15. All three performances by von Otter, the MSO and maestro Sinaisky.

Martinsson about his work:

"Emily Dickinson's short, subtle and precise descriptions of brief moments fascinate me; the dawn that gradually covers the lawn with darkness, the carefree flight of the bumble bee in the summer breeze, the imperceptible change from summer to late summer or an intense meeting symbolized by the sparks of a cloven flint. The fact that the short poems often focus on one specific feeling or mood has inspired me to compose Orchestral Songs as a suite of short movements, one for each character.

The movements are divided into three larger parts: Songs of Love, Songs of Nature and Songs of Life. In spite of the large number of instruments I've used a transparent instrumentation, focusing on details rather than tutti sections. Vibraphone, celesta and glockenspiel have got prominent roles and I have used a broad instrumental palette of colours in order to reflect all the poetical tints and shades of the lyrics. The aphoristic poems have clearly set their marks on musical form and instrumentation. I have tried to reflect the "music" of the poems, as I perceive it.

My aim has been to uncover their inherent music rather than forcing on them a specific musical style. This intuitive approach to creating music has characterized my works for some years now. Orchestral Songs celebrates the lyric and intimate musical expression, and Anne Sofie von Otter's wonderful singing art has inspired me immensely during my work."

More information about von Otter at:
Deutsche Grammophon
IMG Artists

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Guest Professor at the Iceland Academy of the Arts

March, 2009

At the end of April 2009 Martinsson will be visiting Reykjavik and the Iceland Academy of the Arts (IAA) as guest professor in composition within a teachers exchange (Erasmus) between the Malmö Academy of Music (MAM) and the IAA. Last May, Kjartan Olafsson, Reykjavik, visited the Composition Department at the MAM.

In Spring 2008 the Composition Department at the MAM took the initiative to invite all the composition departments on higher University level in the Nordic and Baltic states, in order to start the compositioNetwork. The main idea was to discuss important topics like teaching, how to organize a composition department, how to create exchanges between teachers or students and so on, but also to create a strong network between institutions. The above Erasmus exchange with Olafsson mentioned could be seen as part of the compositioNetwork.

More information at:

compositioNetwork

Musikhögskolan i Malmö

The Iceland Academy of the Arts

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In focus - Håkan Hardenberger

February, 2009

The Swedish trumpet phenomenon, Håkan Hardenberger, has played an important role in bringing Martinssons music abroad. The trumpet concerto Bridge was written for Hardenberger in 1998 on commission by the Swedish National Orchestra, Gothenburg SO. The world premiere in April 1999, led by Neeme Järvi, was a really great success and since then Hardenberger has performed the piece worldwide with orchestras like the The BBC SO, Detroit SO, Milwaukee SO, Helsinki PO, Orchester der Beethovenhalle, Spanish Radio SO and Oslo PO as well as all major Swedish orchestras. Close co-operations with conductors like Neeme Järvi, Alan Gilbert, Sakari Oramo, Leif Segerstam, James MacMillan and Andris Nelsons have led to performances in Berlin (Philharmonie), London, Madrid, Detroit and Birmingham to mention a few.

Highlights 2009 include performances of Bridge (Hardenberger) with the Porto National Orchestra/Olari Elts, Bamberger Symphoniker/Andris Nelsons (Bamberg, Bayreuth, Schweinfurth) and Seoul PO/Mikko Frank. The Korean premiere will be Hardenberger's 48th live performance of Bridge! A recording of the piece is available at BIS (Trumpet Concertos, CD-1208) with Hardenberger/Gothenburg SO/Järvi. Detailed information about performances of Bridge, reviews, work note and more could be found at the top menu of this page.

List of Hardenbergers repertoire with music by Martinsson:

- Bridge - Trumpet Concerto No. 1

- Carillon, for brass ensemble (playing/conducting)

- Face to Face, for solo trumpet

- Donna Lee, arrangement for trumpet and percussion (Hardenberger/Colin Currie)

Håkan Hardenberger is since many years collegue to Martinsson at the Malmö Academy of Music where he holds the Chair in trumpet playing.

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Chamber Concerto No. 2 - a three part commission

February, 2009

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. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Västerås Sinfonietta will programme the concerto for the 2010/2011 season. The instrumentation includes double woodwinds, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 timp/perc and strings. Duration about 20 minutes.

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In focus - Mats Rondin

January, 2009

Famous Swedish conductor and cellist Mats Rondin co-operates freequently with Rolf Martinsson in live performances, CD-recordings and broadcastings. On January 15 and 17, 2009, Martinsson's string orchestra piece, A. S. in Memoriam will be performed by Rondin and the Västerås Sinfonietta and on May 14, 2009 Rondin will perform the same piece with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. The concert will be broadcast by the EBU. Future performances of Martinsson's music in Spain, Germany and Sweden with Rondin conducting, are under discussion.

Earlier co-operations include the highly acclaimed CD portrait of Martinsson, OPEN MIND, in which Rondin conducts the flute concerto Shimmering Blue with Magnus Båge and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and the Cello Concerto with Mats Lidström and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Rondin has also performed Martinsson's String Moments with the Isidor Chamber Orchestra (former Huaröd CO), A. S. in Memoriam with the Dalasinfoniettan, the trumpet concerto, Bridge, with Håkan Hardenberger and the Malmö Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. Furthermore he has made a recording of Martinsson's orchestral piece Dreams with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

List of Rondin's repertoire with music by Martinsson:

- Dreams

- A. S. in Memoriam

- Cello Concerto

- Shimmering Blue - Flute Concerto

- Bridge - Trumpet Concerto

- String Moments

Mats Rondin is since many years collegue to Martinsson at the Malmö Academy of Music where he holds the Chair in cello playing.

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Mats Rondin was born in 1960 and has played the cello since the age of seven. He has studied with some of the best teachers in the world, including William Pleeth, Ralph Kirshbaum and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Since his debut in 1976 he has established himself as one of the leading cellists of his generation with an impressively wide and varied repertoire. He has performed with most Scandinavian orchestras as well as with orchestras in France, Germany and many countries in Eastern Europe. He is also a noted chamber musician, and as such he has performed in Germany, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Holland (Concertgebouw) and Italy. In 2001 he was, together with such renowned cellists as Gutman, Maisky and Rostropovich, invited to the Riga Cello Festival, where he performed Gösta Nystroem's Sinfonia Concertante.

In the last few years Mats Rondin has emerged as a prominent conductor. He has conducted all the symphony orchestras and major chamber orchestras in Sweden. He is the founder of the very successful Isidor Chamber Orchestra consisting of the elite of young Swedish string musicians. In Scandinavia he has conducted the Odense Symphony and the Copenhagen Royal Opera Orchestra in Denmark as well as Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in Norway.

He is, of course, continuing to perform as a cellist e.g. with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, with Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, and with various chamber orchestras. With the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra he combined his two roles when playing and conducting Aulis Sallinen's Cello Concerto.

Future engagements include new concerts with the symphony orchestras in Helsingborg, Norrköping, Malmö and Jönköping as well as with the Stockholm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He will also return to the Västerås Chamber Orchestra, Musica Vitae and the Skåne Dance Theatre and Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

Mats Rondin is currently professor of cello at the Malmö Academy of Music. He plays a cello built by Ferdinando Gagliano in 1772.

Mats Rondin features on many recordings, both as a cellist and conductor. He can be heard at Swedish Society, Caprice, BIS, Naxos and Vanguard Classics. His most recent recordings are Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major and Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht with Isidor Chamber Orchestra with Mats Rondin as conductor and soloist. With pianist Hans Pålsson he has recorded Beethoven's and Brahms' cello sonatas on Isidor Records.

Contact: Malin Gjörup, Svenska Konsertbyrån AB

Svenska Konsertbyrån

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Available orchestral works for programming the 09/10 season

January, 2009

A list of available orchestral works by Martinsson for programming the 09/10 season is presented in the following text. You'll find details about instrumentation and duration. For more details, such as alternate woodwinds and percussion instruments, please go to "Works" in the menu on top of page where you'll also find a "Play List" for each work. Go to "Listen" to hear the music and please find work notes and reviews under "Press". All material on hire from Gehrmans Musikförlag, Stockholm.

Concertos

Bridge - Trumpet Concerto (27')

3333 4331 timp 3perc 2ha pi/cel str

Fairlight - Trombone Concerto (20')

3333 4331 timp 3perc ha pi/cel str

Cello Concerto (26')

2222 4330 timp 2perc ha pi/cel str

Shimmering Blue - Flute Concerto (26')

2222 2210 perc str

Violin Concerto (28')

2222 2200 perc ha str

Voice / Orchestra

Orchestral Songs (26')

2222 4220 timp 3perc ha pi/cel str

Vid tidens slut (15')

1110 0000 str

Orchestra

Dreams (26')

3333 4331 timp 3perc 2ha pi/cel str

Open Mind (10')

2222 4230 timp 2perc str

Variations for Orchestra (17')

2222 4231 timp perc str

Concerto for Orchestra (24')

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String Orchestra

A. S. in Memoriam (12')

str orch. or 5-4-3-2-1 (two versions)

Kalliope (27')

5-4-3-2-1 or larger

String Moments (15')

5-4-3-2-1 or larger

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2008

Martinsson in focus at Composers Festival

November, 2008

During November 6-15, 2008 Martinsson was one of two composers in focus during the composer festival at the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

More than 20 of his works were performed. The RSPO, lead by the new chief conductor Sakari Oramo, opened and closed the festival with music by Martinsson.

On November 6, Christian Lindberg performed the trombone concerto Fairlight, and the evening ended with the premiere of Concerto for Orchestra, both works commissioned by the RSPO. At the final concert on November 15, Open Mind and the trumpet concerto Bridge were performed with Håkan Hardenberger as trumpet soloist.

The symphony orchestras of Norrköping (NSO) and Gävle also took part in the festival. On Nov. 7 Thomas Søndergård conducted NSO in A. S. in Memoriam and the Cello Concerto, with Mats Lidström as soloist. The Gävle SO, lead by Eva Ollikainen, gave a concert dedicated to Martinsson's music at Stockholm Concert Hall on Nov. 13.

The concert, in co-operation with light designer Hans Fredholm, began with the flute concerto Shimmering Blue with Magnus Båge as soloist and Vid tidens slut with Jacques Werup. The intermission is followed by the orchestral piece Dreams and the Violin Concerto with soloist Jan Stigmer.

Within the festival Martinsson's music was also performed by the Snyko, Avanti!, RSPO Wind Quintet, Duo Gelland, Anders Kilström and musicians from the RSPO.

Live broadcastings from the Swedish Radio P2 on Nov. 6, 12 and 15 and recorded broadcastings on Nov. 13 and Dec. 1.

 

More information at the RSPO homepage at www.konserthuset.se

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World Premiere - Concerto for Orchestra

November, 2008

The world premiere of Martinsson's Concerto for Orchestra opened the Stockholm International Composer Festival with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of the new chief conductor Sakari Oramo. The 24 minutes piece, written for large orchestra and commissioned by the RSPO, has three separate movements.

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Stunning review in American Record Guide

November, 2008

David Moore, American Record Guide, gave Martinsson's new CD portrait OPEN MIND a stunning review. He writes:

"Rolf Martinsson (b. 1956) knows how to make an orchestra sound exciting without making them sound crazy. This composer accepts music and musicians in a traditional kind of way, complete with all the fixings, harmony as she is taught, instruments as they are played, and, perhaps most important, life as it is lived. Then he expresses it all effortlessly in colourful, deeply felt orchestral expression, feeling no need to exaggerate any of life's elements at the expense of others but carrying us off into the world as it is, not as he wishes it were. Perhaps I should note that part of my enthusiasm is probably in response to some of the other recent composers I have been hearing who don't seem to feel satisfied with the world for one reason or another. But it is good to hear an excitingly colourful orchestral piece like Open Mind, a demanding but highly satisfying cello concerto played by a really fine cellist like Lidstrom. And then, just in case you liked the cadenzas, we have a solo cello piece based on that material, called Exposé. Finally comes a considerable 26-minutes-in-one-movement flute concerto called Shimmering Blue, emphasizing both a flute glissando technique and a matching orchestral sound. It is a lovely piece of many moods, played with considerable tonal variety by Bage. The whole program is recorded in beautifully resonant sound and I found it a satisfying experience with a sensitive composer."

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von Otter premieres Orchestral Songs

November, 2008

Anne Sofie von Otter premieres Martinsson's Orchestral Songs in the new Radio House in Copenhagen, March 12, 2009. After the world premiere there will be a Swedish premiere in Malmö Concert Hall on March 13 and a UK premiere in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on March 15. The commissioner, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, accompanies Otter under the baton of MSO's charismatic chief conductor, Vassily Sinaisky.

The songs, with lyrics by the American poet Emily Dickinson, which consist of ten short movements, are orchestrated for chamber orchestra with percussion, harp and piano/celesta. The songs are divided into three groups: Songs of Nature, Songs of Love and Songs of Life. Dickinson's beautiful garden seems to be a most important source for her wonderful imagination: the squirrel, the bumble bee, the grass, the leaves.

More information about von Otter at:

Deutsche Grammophon

IMG Artists

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Fröst/Martinsson in collaboration

November, 2008

The Malmö Symphony Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will join in a co-commission of a clarinet concerto for Martin Fröst. The premiere is scheduled for the 2010/2011 season. Martinsson will write the concerto in close co-operation with the soloist.

More information about Martin Fröst at:

Martin Fröst's official home page

HarrisonParrott

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Styffe - Oslo PO - Saraste

November, 2008

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. Styffe will perform the concerto on a Gasparo da Salo, dated 1575!

 

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Premiere for Martinsson's Newsletter

February, 2008

Wednesday February 27, 2008, Martinsson's publisher Gehrmans Musikförlag released their first e-newsletter for composers, Composer News. The newsletter will have a wide international circulation and in the first issue, Martinsson's Eventful 2007, you can read about cooperation and performances 2007-2008. More information in Newsletter No. 1.

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New scores at Gehrmans

January, 2008

During december 2007 Martinsson signed Gehrmans for two more pieces:

• Variations for Orchestra on themes from Dietrich Buxtehude
• Symbiosis, for two violins

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2007

CD release!

October, 2007

Martinsson's second CD portrait, OPEN MIND, now available at Daphne Records. The CD includes:

• Open Mind, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
• Cello Concerto No. 1, Mats Lidström, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Mats Rondin
• Exposé, Concert Fantasy, Mats Lidström, cello
• Shimmering Blue - Flute Concerto No. 1, Magnus Båge, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Mats Rondin

More info

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Praise for Martinsson's violin concerto

September, 2007

An emotionally appealing piece
by Rikard Flyckt, Jönköpings-Posten

"Rolf Martinsson's violin concerto is written especially for Jan Stigmer and recently premiered by him and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra (...) Highly accessible and stunningly beautiful, this concerto speaks to the mind for sure (...) but it definitely stands out through its emotional quality. The solo part is incredibly handsome and beautiful, and with a soloist like Jan Stigmer there is absolutely nothing left to wish for. It's a great pity we haven't had the chance to hear him enough in recent years. But we have to make do with what we get, and on an evening like this he just gives so unbelievably much."

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Northern Light project

September, 2007

Visit Magnus Båge's homepage and read about the exciting Northern Light project in which Martinsson's flute concerto Shimmering Blue exposes Båge's sensational flute invention Expression Slide for the first time ever!

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Musikverein, Vienna

May, 2007

Rolf Martinsson's Trombone Concerto No. 1, Fairlight, was performed May 24, 2007 in Musikverein, Vienna by Christian Lindberg and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of chief conductor Bertrand de Billy. At the same concert Mr. Lindberg will also perform his Arabenne for trombone and strings. Lindberg is Artist in Residence in Musikverein that week and will also give a concert with Swedish pianist Roland Pöntinen.

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Two new scores at Gehrmans

April, 2007

During April 2007 Martinsson signed Gehrmans for two new pieces: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 and NATTVIOL for male choir a cappella.

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New CD-release

March, 2007

Martinsson's Carillon for nine brass players will be released on CD, May 16 at Malmö Academy of Music. Teachers brass ensemble lead by Håkan Hardenberger. The recording is part of the Malmö Academy of Music - 100 years! celebration.

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New scores at Gehrmans

March, 2007

Recently Martinsson signed Gehrmans for seven new pieces: CARILLON for nine brass players, MOUTHPIECE for male choir, CAPRICCIO for violin, CHORDS AND BELLS for organ, EXPOSÉ, CONCERT FANTASY for cello, AQUARIUS for piano and FACE IT! for trumpet.

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2006

Rosenberg Prize 2007

December, 2006

At the first of December 2006 Martinsson received the "Rosenberg Prize 2007" from the Swedish Composers Society.

 

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New CD portrait

November, 2006

Martinsson's second CD-portrait (DAPHNE RECORDS) will be released at the end of 2007. The CD will include Cello Concerto No. 1, Shimmering Blue (flute concerto), Open Mind (orchestra) and Exposé (cello). Mats Lidström (cello), Magnus Båge (flute), Manfred Honeck and Mats Rondin (conductors), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Norrköping Symphony Orchestra.

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Read article in Highlights

June, 2006

Read Staffan Storm's article about Martinsson in Gehrmans Musikförlag's newsletter Highlights no. 19/2006.

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Martinsson having masterclass in Vienna

May, 2006

Martinsson visits Vienna in May for a masterclass in composition at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst and a performance by Duo Gelland of Symbiosis at Alte Schmiede, Kunstverein.

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von Otter/Martinsson in cooperation

April, 2006

Anne Sofie von Otter premieres Martinsson's ORCHESTRAL SONGS with Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Malmö concert hall 2008/2009.

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Fairlight in Musikverein, Vienna

March, 2006

Two performances of FAIRLIGHT confirmed at Musikverein in Vienna, 24 and 25 May, 2007. Christian Lindberg, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy.

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Martinsson signs Gehrmans Musikförlag

February, 2006

Recently Martinsson signed with the music publisher Gehrmans Musikförlag in Stockholm. Nine orchestral works are included in the contract: Bridge, Fairlight, Cello Concerto, Shimmering Blue, Dreams, Open Mind, A. S. in Memoriam, Kalliope and String Moments.

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2005

Swedish Music Publishers Award 2005

October, 2005

Martinsson's trombone concerto FAIRLIGHT, written for Christian Lindberg and The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra got The Swedish Music Publishers Award 2005:
"The Most Significant Contemporary Music Work of the Year"

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New CD recording!

May, 2005

Martinsson's LEO, GEMINI and LIBRA for piano now available on Daphne Records (DAPHNE 1018). Anders Kilström/piano
Buy Now!

 

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Martinsson premiered in London

March, 2005

Martinsson premiered in London:
From-Sweden.com
BBC Symphony Orchestra

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New CD recording!

February, 2005

Martinsson's COLOURED FLAMES for woodwind quintet now available on Daphne Records (DAPHNE 1019). The Amadé Quintet
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2004

CD portrait

October, 2004

A portrait of Rolf Martinsson on Daphne Records (DAPHNE 1022). Jacques Werup/Malmö Symphony Orchestra /Christoph König/Marcus Lehtinen.
DREAMS: CD of the week in Swedish Radio P2/Aurora, October 11-15, 2004.
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