A new string quartett piece

Recently I finished a string quartet piece for the Swedish quartett, Kristallkvartetten (e. Crystal Quartett). The quartett is based in the province of Norrbotten, the northen part of Sweden. The new piece is called ‘Vinterstilla’ (e. Winter calm) and is inspired by the beauty of the winter calm and the stilness of the province. Kristallkvartetten will soon begin a tour of Norrbotten named ‘Kristaller i Norrbotten’ featuring folk tunes and four new pieces by composers Lisa Stenberg, Emil Råberg, Björn Sikström and myself.

Invitation to participate at an International Workshop in Umeå in 2013

Today I got an invitiation from Kulturverket in Umeå to participate in a unique international opera workshop in Umeå as a part of their project Fair Opera. It is a week long workshop with students from the Opera University in Stockholm and the Norrlands Opera symphony orchestra, which will end with a public performans at NorrlandsOperan in Umeå. Also participating at the workshop is composer Jan Sandström and librettist KG Johansson.

Regards Gísli