Developing presence, a comparison of two concerts I watch a video from two concerts I did with the Grenager Solo Suite, the premiere of this commissioned work in Vår Frue, May 2012, and then in Kammersalen, April 2014. I analyse the two different approaches. The first concert is surprisingly positive. I have good balance, and a good feeling of swing. The…
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26 March 2017
Concert with Alpaca Ensemble playing Rehnqvist at Svensk Musikvår 2017 in Stockholm I had a good feeling after the concert. Watching the video, I see that I seem more present than in Berlin in September 2016. I have a bit of intonation issues in one movement, but I need to focus more on feeling the top notes in my body…
Karin Rehnqvist: In Orbit
21 October 2016 Specs On festival Berlin, Alpaca Ensemble playing Rehnqvist A fantastic venue, such a rich sound in the room. In the free passages, I try to do as I worked with Stanislaw, and I feel it works better than before. Karin comments that she really liked what I did this time. More contact in the free passages and…
1 July 2016
Reflection one month after Marmæle These last months have been incredibly intense. I had no surplus for anything else than to practice and go into the musical material. I feel that the reflections and research work I am supposed to do has been neglected for some time. But playing wise I worked hard and got some steps further, and I…
26 May 2016 MARMÆLE PREMIERE
Premiere of Jon Øivind Bylund Ness cello concerto Marmæle, with Trondheim Symphony orchestra. Conductor: Kai Grinde Myrann Trondheim Symphony Orchestra During the concert the volume and balance with me and the orchestra worked much better. Some of the woodwinds said after the concert that it was the first time they could hear me. I think they needed to be told…
Klassisk musikkmagasin October 2016
Review of Khipukamayuk in Klassisk Musikkmagasin Of all the records in the pile, the new recording with cello-music by Lene Grenager was the one I was most looking forward to hear. Grenager is one of Norways most dynamic composers. because she is a cellist herself she knows the instrument practically from the innside. There is a new concerto here…
24 – 25 May 2016
Reflections on rehearsals with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra First orchestra rehearsal and reflections afterwards with Stanislaw, two days before the concert: I thought the rehearsal was ok. I felt I was playing from my body, being musical and doing quite well. But obviously not according to Stanislaw. I did not engage enough or use enough energy. I did not play solistically,…
20 May 2016
Reflection on concert feedback I walk off stage filled with adrenalin. I did carry out what I intended. I generated lots of energy but kept my arms free, and the contact with the body. Maybe I didn’t vary enough, but I felt the audience holding their breath when we took the music down as much as possible. I filled every…
2 February 2015
Practice blog Asheim Cello stories
26 November 2015 CELLO STORIES PREMIERE
Concert at Dokkhuset, new premiere of Cello Stories by Nils Henrik Asheim Trondheimsoloists Conductor: Øyvind Gimse The concert hall Dokkhuset is filled with people. I walk out on stage, feeling a bit jittery, but calm. I try to stay in the energy I have focused on back stage preparing to go in. My chair is a bit too far to…