Messe I.X-VI.X in Tasmania

06/26/2017

Can a soul exist without the presence of death? It seems to me that things that include and embrace death and the dead, are fuller of soul than anything else. Having driven around in the Tasmanian wilderness for two days, I could not help to note those enormous silvery-grey and sun burned trunks of long gone trees, sticking up from the southern temperate rainforest like grotesque twisted needles from hidden, deeper places below the surface of the earth. In any cultivated part of the world,
Recording at Abbey Road Studios

02/20/2017

Abbey Road Studios. A warm, welcoming place with great musicians and technicians alike. History and harmonies encrusted into the walls like jewels. What a privilege to have the experience to conduct and record ones own work here. At the end of February we recorded my "Norse Mysteries", a cycle of seven pieces for orchestra and choir, based on the text from the ancient Hávamál and Völuspá. The music will be published at Audio Networks this year, which is one of the biggest providers of library
New Blog

02/02/2017

New year, new times, new approaches. I have decided to start a blog about music, art, and philosophy. We are living in a time were everything will change. Jet some things will not change and again other things will come back from the past. We, the living, should be the ones who decide upon that future. Hope to see you around!

I am blogging about music, life and philosophy.

Upcoming Projects

29.09.2017

World premiere,

"Fëanor", for orchestra
comission from opéra de Nice, France

11.05.2019

The Tale Of Taliesin, concerto for sxaophone and orchestra. Soloist Lara James, Scarborough Symphony Orchestra.

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