SOLO PIANO RECITAL BY
Ellen Ugelvik (NORWAY)
Special guests:
Bente Leiknes Thorsen & Christian Jaksjø
Bente Leiknes Thorsen & Christian Jaksjø
Christian Blom (b. 1974, Norway):
Lyric Pieces
for solo piano (2012) *
(based on five of Edvard Grieg’s Lyriske stykker)
[dedicated to Ellen Ugelvik]
Little Bird (Liten fugl)
Watchman’s Song (Vektersang)
Butterfly (Sommerfugl)
Solitary Traveller (Ensom
vandrer)
Halling
Bente Leiknes Thorsen (b. 1980, Norway):
with my ear
to the ground
(at the tips
of my fingers)
for piano and live electronics (2016) **
(supported by the Arts Council Norway)
[dedicated to Ellen Ugelvik]
Bente
Leiknes Thorsen – live electronics
Bente Leiknes Thorsen’s attendance is supported by
the Norwegian Society of Composers.
* * *
Magne Hegdal (b. 1944, Norway):
Songs and
Flowers (Annotations VIII – XVII) for solo piano (2004) *
“For 4 no. 4”
Herbarium
Herbarium
“Nord” for choir
Herbarium
“Fragmentarium”
Herbarium
Herbarium
Herbarium
Credo
Christian Jaksjø (b. 1973, Norway):
Encountering
the Imaginary [Ulysses]
for piano and live electronics (2011) *
[dedicated to Ellen Ugelvik]
Christian
Jaksjø – live electronics
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* Bulgarian premiere
** World premiere
* * *
Ellen Ugelvik
concentrates on discovering and performing new works by contemporary composers.
She works as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe, USA and Asia. She has
been invited to festivals such as the Darmstadt International Summer Courses
for New Music, Donaueschingen Festival, Tasten
– Berliner Klaviertage, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Ultraschall, Tzlil Meudcan, Gaudeamus,
Kammer Klang, Musikhøst, Rainy Days, De Suite Muziekweek, Angelica Festival, Kwadrofonik Festival, Nordic
Music Days, Musik der Jahrhunderte,
Südseite Nachts, Other Minds, Monday Evening
Concerts, Risør Festival of Chamber Music, Ultima Contemporary Music Festival, Borealis, Happy Days and Ilios.
She
collaborates with composers like Helmut Lachenmann, Carola Bauckholdt, George
Crumb, Simon Steen-Andersen, Mathias Spahlinger, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf,
Michael Finnissy, Clemens Gadenstätter, Dai Fujikura, Magne Hegdal, Therese
Birkelund Ulvo, Trond Reinholdtsen, Christian Blom, Bente Leiknes Thorsen and
Øyvind Torvund.
Her
commitment to contemporary music is widely recognised. In 2008 she received the
State Grant for Performing Artists, one of the most coveted awards in Norway.
Today she is a research fellow at the Norwegian State Academy of Music, working
on a project giving premieres of five new piano concerti in the period 2013 –
2016. The first concerto was premiered at Huddersfield Contemporary Music
Festival in 2013.
She
has performed as a soloist with the most important orchestras and ensembles in
Norway such as Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, The
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Oslo Sinfonietta and Risør Chamber Orchestra. She is
a member of the ensembles asamisimasa,
Jagerflygel and Polygon.
Her
first solo album was rewarded with the Norwegian Grammy in 2008. She also won a
Norwegian Grammy with asamisimasa in
2012 for the album Pretty Sound with
music by Simon Steen-Andersen. In 2016 her fourth solo album with music by
Magne Hegdal will be released.