TrioRAMA consist of principal clarinetist of the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Mathias Kjøller, cellist Tobias Kruse Lautrup & pianist Jakob Alsgaard Bahr.
The three movement work was commissioned with support from the Danish Arts Foundation
The first performance was part of the closing concert of the festival held in the Glinka Hall of the Philharmonic
The piece in 3 movements is written for recorders, saxophones and percussion.
"Zoomerne" is produced by Zentropa and directed by Academy Award nominee Christian E. Chrstiansen
info on the film from DFI
The event was part of the celebration of the 91th Finnish Day of Independence, December 6th 2008
The concert also featured works by Jean Sibelius and Toivo Kuula
Svartir Englar is planned to be shown on National Swedish Television at a later time.
a new piece for Male Choir and String Orchestra was premiered to a capacity crowd at St. Nicolai Church in Kolding, Denmark March 29th.
Kolding Mandskor had commisioned this choral work, that tells the story of the tragic fire at Koldinghus Castle 200 years ago, when Spanish and French troops where stationed in Denmark during the Napoleonic wars.
Læs dansk værknote her
More info about the concert in this link
The Guitar Ensemble of Vejle Music School has played this new piece in a series of concerts in November and December in Denmark.
A PDF-score of the piece "Lunch Break in the Desert" can be freely obtained from the homepage of Dansk Guitar Center Syd
In Vanløse Kulturhus on Sept. 12th 2007 Finnish pianist Anne-Marie Lipsonen premiered a series of new solo piano pieces titled "Sunshine Etudes". More additions to this cycle are planned in the future.
The Skazki Theatre hosts the new staging, directed by award winningIgor Ignatiev. The play is scheduled to premiere in December 2009.
The concert featured music for chamber groups, choir and solo instruments.
A debut mini site will soon be launched from where recordings of all the featured pieces will be available..
Deputy principal Ole Henrik Dahl congratulates at the end of the concert.
Photo: Yula Sciavitsky Dalberg
Performed by the Hymnia Chamber Choir and conducted by Flemming Windekilde in the Sankt Lukas Church in Copenhagen, Nov. 19th. 2006
The Piece was commisioned by the "Menneske - Musik - Kirke 2006"
project, initiated by the organists of the 10 Frederiksberg churches of Copenhagen.
With Aalborg Symphony Orchestra and Australian pianist Daniel de Borah
Listen to the live recording from DR - Danish National Radio
A new piece by Nicklas Schmidt commissioned by Duo Cellissimo premiered in London.
Piano trio featured on "From Avant-garde to the Present day" festival, in a concert titled "Contrasts".
In the concert the Petersburg audience will also hear works by Danish composer Peter Helms, Russian Boris Tischenko and Igor Rogalev.
In a concert Feb. 26th the string Nonet by Nicklas Schmidt
will be played in Zürich by members of the acclaimed Tonhalle Orchestra. more info
Programme Notes in German and English
CelloSound Bremen performed the piece at the 8th PROFILE INTERMEDIA festival that ran from Dec. 8th - 11th.
two works by Nicklas Schmidt:
- November 1st Follow Me was played in the Concert hall of the Copenhagen Royal Academy of Music. The concert was repeated on Nov. 2nd in the St. Petri Church.
- November 3rd the string nonet Hymn to Chances Lost
was played in the Royal Library (den Sorte Diamant)
The concert was conducted by the French conductor
Jean Thorel.
The cellists Bastian
Schneider (DK), Live Johanson (NO) and Terese Unge (SE)
performed "Follow Me"
Morten Zeuthen, Jakob Kullberg and Mats Lidström performed this new piece by Nicklas Schmidt.
Press release on the event (in Danish)
On the 19th of December 2004, at a concert with Danish tenor Stig Rossen, Chairman (oldermand) Poul Ankjær announces the foundation's
decision to financially support Nicklas as a recognition of his achievements as a young composer and to encourage his further developement.
The event was part of the school's celebration for it's 25th anniversary the 7th of Nov 2004.
The printed music is available by contacting Nicklas Schmidt
Løgumkloster Kirkemusikskole
- Nicklas Schmidt was invited as "Composer in residence".
His new String Nonet, "Hymn to Chances Lost", was premiered at the event. London based violinist Thomas Bowes was the artistic director who had gathered a group of accomplished musicians from the U.K., Canada, Romania, Poland, Germany and Switzerland to participate in the festival.
- Listen to an excerpt of the string nonet
- Read a review of the nonet by former headmaster of the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus - Henrik Svane.
Violin: Thomas Bowes, Malina Zawierska, Warren Zielinski
Viola: Ursula Hafenrichter, Jonathan Stone, Nicholas Bootiman
Cello: Joanna Nicolaou, Judith Gerster, Naomi Pavri
A new commisioned piece for piano trio, made for the
25th anniversary of the Danish company Fiberline
The premiere took place
at the Radisson SAS Koldingfjord Hotel.
Musicians were:
Violin: Maj Kullberg
Cello: Jakob Kullberg
Piano: Maria Teresa Assing
Press release on the event
(in
Danish)
Listen to excerpts
here
Schmidt, Kullberg, Assing, Kullberg in Kolding, Denmark
premiere with the Murmansk Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Damian Iorio. The piece was played on the 6th of
March 2004 before a sold out hall in Murmansk, Russia.
Hear the opening passage of the piece in MP3
- You can hear the full version in
the Music Gallery
View some Pictures from Murmansk
Read an article on the event from Danish daily Politiken
Give it a listen in the Music Gallery
new The production, directed by Igor Ignatchev, later won the Russian National Golden Mask Award for best Puppet Play in Moscow, 2004.
and conducted by chief conductor and artistic director Damian Iorio.
The award ceremony was held in the White Hall of the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg.
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nicklas-schmidt.com is now online.