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Klas Torstensson: Pockets Size Violin Concerto

Sunday, 31 July 2022   |   18:00 - 21:00

Klas Torstensson: Pockets Size Violin Concerto

Pockets Size Violin Concerto was composed by Klas Torstensson for and dedicated to George Kentros and The Peärls Before Swïne Experience (Sweden) and is a condensed chamber music adaptation of the Violin Concerto (2010) for violin and large ensemble

  • Composer(s) Klas Torstensson
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Pockets Size Violin Concerto
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Norrbotten NEO
Date
Jul 31 2022
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Time
18:00 - 21:00
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Location
Vaasa, Vaasa City Hall, Finland
Vaasa, Vaasa City Hall, Finland
Senaatinkatu 1, 65100 Vaasa, Finland
Website https://www.vaasa.fi
Composer

Klas Torstensson

There are people who climb the highest mountains or dive into the deepest sea caves. Adolescents who sail solo around the world. And then there are composers who explore pristine soundscapes. Klas Torstensson is such a composer. He dangles from cliffs, wanders over tranquil plains, weathers gusts of winds ... while working in his loft at home. The result is an amazingly strong and rich oeuvre which has been performed, praised, and admired all over the world.”
(Saskia Törnqvist)

Klas Torstensson (January 16, 1951, Sweden) studied composition at the Ingesunds Musikhögskola, musicology at the University of Gothenburg and electronic music at the Institute of Sonology, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Torstensson’s compositions are performed by orchestras, ensembles and soloists worldwide and presented on most major European new music festivals: Huddersfield, Ultima (Oslo), Steirischer Herbst (Graz), Wien Modern, Stockholm New Music, Nordic Music Days (Reykjavik/Malmö/Berlin), Gaudeamus (Amsterdam), Warsaw, Gaida (Vilnius), Festival van Vlaanderen (Belgium), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), GAS (Gothenburg), NYYD (Tallinn), Darmstadt, to name only a few.
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