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Curious Chamber Players
Stockholm
 “...avantgarde, men avantgarde med en vilje til virkelig at kommunikere med publikum uden fisefornemme prætentioner...”
[avant-garde, but avant-garde with a commitment to communicate with the public without the usual pretentiousness that one finds with new music ensembles]
CCP are always curious(...) to explore a wide range of new music repertoire from hard-core modernism to graphically notated chance music, from minimalism to noise music, and from electronics to improvisation. Since its inception in 2003, CCP has experimented with framing concerts and sound installations with a unique use of time and space, each different according to the venue and situation . Experimentation is atthe core of CCP’s work and past projects have included bringing other art forms such as video improvisation, theatre, Tarot meditation, dance, poetry, and fragrance. Other than conventional instrumentation (flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello), CCP extends its sound world through integrating everyday objects into their projects such as balloons, kitchen utensils, and the infamous "beckoning cat".
The core members of Curious Chamber Players have also worked with several of the most renowned new music ensembles in Scandinavia and Europe such as Oslo Sinfonietta, KammarensembleN, Athelas Sinfonietta, Scenatet Ensemble, Asamisimasa,as well as ensemble recherche and musikFabrik. In turn, the group has since developed into one of the most exciting new music groups in Scandinavia and performed in festivals such as SPOR, Ung Nordisk Musik, Sirén, and Stockholm New Music to critical acclaim, bringing their own flavour of spontaneity and identity to every project they undertake.
With Malin Bång as the resident composer and co-artistic director, CCP specializes in collaborating with composers of the younger generation throughout Scandinavia: Simon Steen Andersen, Nicolai Worsaae, Christian Winther Christensen, Øyvind Torvund, Lars-Petter Hagen, Tomi Räisänen, Sami Klemola, to name but a few. As a result the group has formed a special place in Swedish culture which is cosmopolitan in its coremembership and repertoire, but also dedicated to the development of art music in Northern Europe. This is exemplified by its determination to present works from composers outside of Sweden such as Pierre Boulez, Alvin Lucier, Terry Riley, John Cage, Luigi Nono, Rebecca Saunders, Brian Ferneyhough, Tristan Murail, and Louis Andriessen. New commissions for 2009 include works from Mika Pelo, Hannah Hartman, Dominik Karski, Joakim Sandgren, and Jonas Valfridsson. Curious Chamber Players gratefully acknowledges the support of Kulturrådet and Konstnärsnämden. Please see
www.curiouschamberplayers.com
Oslo Sinfonietta
Oslo Sinfonietta ble etablert i 1986 av komponisten Asbjørn Schaathun og er det eldste eksisterende samtidsmusikkensemble i Norge. Christian Eggen er ensemblets kunstneriske leder og faste dirigent. Oslo Sinfonietta er organisert som en musikerpool med noen av Norges fremste musikere som til daglig spiller i Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester, Den Norske Operas orkester, Det Norske Kammerorkester, Kringkastingsorkestret og frilansere. Denne organisasjonsformen gir ensemblet den fleksibilitet og kvalitet som det moderne ensemblerepertoaret krever.
Oslo Sinfonietta spiller jevnlig ved norske og internasjonale festivaler og har spilt inn flere CD-er, eksempelvis Boyl med musikk av Rolf Wallin som fikk Spelemannsprisen, Birds and Bells med musikk av Bent Sørensen (ECM), og Eivind Buenes’ Objects of Desire (Albedo). Oslo Sinfonietta deltok i 2008 på Casa da Música-festival i Porto, og i Présence-festivalen i Paris. I 2009 er Oslo Sinfonietta invitert til Veneziabiennalen.
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Oslo
 
Trivium
Stockholm
Anders Emtell, guitar
Karin Hellqvist, violin
Hanna Gustafsson, flutes
Trivium play all kinds of music, from baroque to newly comissioned works. In 2006 the trio took part in Ung & Lovande, a lancing programme for young chamber music groups in Sweden. Trivium also guested the international new music festival Arena Riga, premiering a new work by Swedsh composer David Lennartsson. In 2009 Trivium, with the support from Rikskonserter, collaborates with composer Rei Munakata and perform a new work by him in the spring.
www.trivium.se
Node
Stockholm
 Karin Hellqvist, violin
Adina Rydqvist, cello
Katarina Lundeberg, arkitekt
Node är en del av ett tvärkonstnärligt samarbete mellan unga musiker, tonsättare och arkitekter. Det tar form genom musikaliska gestaltningar på starka platser för att undersöka kommunikationen mellan utövare, publik och rum. Projektets initiativtagare är Adina Rydqvist och Karin Hellqvist, musiker, tillsammans med strata arkitektur AB, Katarina Lundeberg & Petra Gipp. Nod bildades 2008 och har framträtt på bland annat Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival på Dramaten i maj/juni 2009.
www.nodeproject.se
SpelStina
Sweden
 SpelStina consists of 8 fiddlers and one key harp player from the regions surrounding lower Dalälven; Dalarna, Uppland, Gästrikland and Västmanland. The repertoire basis is found in the tunes of 19th century fiddler SpelStina from Torsåker, Gästrikland, but with the influence of many different traditions the SpelStina sound is an exciting experience of Swedish fiddle music. Please see www.myspace.com/spelstina for more info and audio samples!
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