Released on the BIS label
Arktis Arktis!
The Swedish Chamber Orchestra
On a Distant Shore
Martin Fröst, clarinet, The Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Beginning
Kungsbacka Piano Trio
I himmelen (In Heaven's Hall)
Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir
New CD
To the Angel with the Fiery Hands
The vocal ensemble La Cappella, conducted by Karin Eklundh
+ Jörgen Pettersson, saxophone, in the piece Hymn from Night
To the Angel with the Fiery Hands
– a visual concert for female chorus, soprano and four instruments
[ site in Swedish about the project, the composer, the artists and with lyrics ]
The Rosenberg Award to Karin
The 2006 Rosenberg Award goes to Karin Rehnqvist. The jury's citation is as follows:
"With her feet deeply planted in the musical soil, the 2006 Rosenberg Award winner has created a personal tonal language that speaks to all the world, with a mixture of genuine musicality, Smĺland tenacity and musical creativity.
The Award, which is for the sum of Euro 8,000, was conferred upon Karin Rehnqvist in Stockholm on 2 December 2005.
...she has created one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music since Ligeti and Penderecki first emerged in the early 1960s.
– Guy Rickards in NOMUS/Nordic Sounds
From the Composer's Weekend Festival with Karin Rehnqvist in Stockholm Concert Hall
Webb gallery >
Reviews >
Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, 1872-1960
The Alfvén Prize to Karin
For her compositional skill which goes from strength to strength. Her musical creativity is multi-faceted, but her characteristically inventive writing for choirs, and highly personal response to folk music link her with Hugo Alfvén.
The Hugo Alfvén Prize comprises an award of 11,000 euro and a gold medal. It is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, presented on 6 July 2007 at Alfvéngĺrden in Leksand, Dalecarlia.
Concert photos
Where the Raven Blanches >
From Västernorrland county museum,
January 2008
Where the Raven Blanches >
See the video clip
Ulrika Bodén, soprano, Nordic Chamber Ensemble
spring 2012
In March, Karin will be going to New York, where there will be a Portrait Concert with her work at the Miller Theatre. The Either/Or ensemble will be playing, and the vocal artists will be Lena Willemark and Ulrika Bodén. One of the pieces on the program will be a world premiere, dedicated to Either/Or: Raven Chant. Karin will also be addressing the World Leaders forum on 20 March, and the composition students at Columbia University on 21 March.
Opera for Young People in Hannover The operatic thriller Sötskolan (The Beauty School) by Karin with a libretto by Kerstin Perski, will be performed at the Junge Oper in Hannover, opening on 11 January. The opera is entitled Hübsch Häßlich in German. This is the fifth time this young people’s opera from 1999 is being performed.
On Karin's desk: A full-length opera commissioned by the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm. |
8 January |
11 January – premiere |
16 - 20 January |
13 - 17 February |
20 March |
21 March |
22 March |
22 March |
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Hymn, the piece Karin wrote for the wedding of the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling in June, 2010, has recently been released on CD as “Bröllopsmusiken frĺn Storkyrkan” on the Ladybird label.
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Gustavo Dudamel and Karin Rehnqvist at the premiere of Tiger Touch with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
Photos: Magdalena Nilsson
