Ivo Nilsson | Föreningen svenska tonsättare
Ivo Nilsson is educated at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at IRCAM in Paris. In 1989 his Octet was premiered by the Ensemble L’Itinéraire at Radio France. Since then, his music has been performed by ensembles such as Cantus, Either/Or, Ensemble Reconsil, Ensemble Son, KammarensembleN, Kammerensemble Neue Music Berlin, Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Orchestra dell' Arena di Verona, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestre des Flûtes Français, Orchestrutopica, Slowind at festivals like Biennale di Venezia, Chiffren festival (Kiel), Enescu festival (Bucarest), Gaudeamus Music Days (Amsterdam), Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival, Ilhom (Tashkent), Musica (Strasbourg), Roaring Hoofs (Mongolia), 2 Days and 2 Nights (Odessa), Sonorities (Belfast), Spazio Musica (Cagliari), Spectra (Tirana), Time of music (Viitasaari), Ultima (Oslo), Warsaw Automn and the ISCM World Music Days in Hong-Kong, Stockholm and Zagreb.
His music has also been broadcasted by the radio companies BBC, DR, RAI, RNE, SR, SRR, WDR and YLE as well as released on the record labels Ariadne, Phono Suecia and SFZ Records.
Ivo Nilsson was the artistic director of the Stockholm New Music festival in 2003 & 2005.
Title:
More objects with destinations
Year of composition:
2009
Instrumentation:
Orchestra 2222-221-Timp.1 perc-Strings
Duration:
8´
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2009-09-30
Place of first performance:
Teatro alle Tese, La Biennale di Venezia
Ensemble:
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, cond. Renato Rivolta
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Title:
Torso
Year of composition:
2004
Instrumentation:
orchestra -- 3*3*4*3* 4321 12 1 str, pf
Duration:
10
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2004-10-22
Place of first performance:
Venezia, Teatro Malibran (48. festival internazionale di musica contemporanea)
Ensemble:
Orchestra dell' Arena di Verona, dir Paul Manns
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Title:
Doppler Wobbler
Subtitle:
Double concerto for viola, bassoon and
9 instruments
Year of composition:
2011-2012
Instrumentation:
fl,cl,bsn,trp,hrn,piano,2vln,vla,vlc,cb
Duration:
16´
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2012-02-10
Place of first performance:
Chiffren festival, Kiel
Ensemble:
KammarensembleN, Cond. Franck Ollu
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Title:
NEJD
Year of composition:
2010
Instrumentation:
voices: 3 sopranos,3 altos, tenor, baritone, bass
fl,cl,trp,hrp,vibr,mar,vln,vlc,cb
Duration:
23´
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2010-10-08
Place of first performance:
Connect festival, Palladium, Malmö
Ensemble:
Vokalharmonin & KammarensembleN
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Title:
Lunaria
Year of comp:
2007-08
Instrumentation:
Soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and bass cimbalon (alt. piano)
Duration:
15
Publisher:
SMIC
Premiered yyyy-mm-dd:
2008-02-23
Place:
Musikmuseet, Stockholm
Performers:
Ensemble MA, soprano Ibba Andersson, conductor Staffan Larson
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Title:
ROTORELIEF
Text:
Duchamp, Marcel
Language:
French
Year of comp:
2001
Instrumentation:
f voice and chamber ensemble -- 1111 1110 01 1 str, pf
Duration:
60
Publisher:
SMIC
Premiered yyyy-mm-dd:
2001-11-10
Place:
Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Performers:
KammarensembleN, dir B Tommy Andersson
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Title:
Agnosi
Year of comp:
1988
Instrumentation:
pour hautbois, saxophone, trompette, harpe et quatuor à cordes
Duration:
9
Publisher:
SMIC
Premiered yyyy-mm-dd:
1989-03-07
Place:
Paris, Radio France
Performers:
Ensemble L'Itinéraire
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Title:
Hereabouts
Year of composition:
2012-13
Instrumentation:
Saxophone, Trombone, Guitar,Cimbalom, Piano, Vibraphone, Violin & Cello
Duration:
15´
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2013-10-03
Place:
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, Buffalo
Performers:
Ensemble Son & Either/Or
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Title:
Apnea
Year of comp:
2004
Instrumentation:
p quintetto di fiati -- fl, ob, cl, cor, fag
Duration:
9'
Publisher:
SMIC
Premiered:
2004-10-10
Place:
Ljubljana, Slovenian Radio
Performers:
Slowind
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Title:
Gedeckt
Year of composition:
2008-09
Instrumentation:
alto flute and electronics
Duration:
15'
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2009-07-17
Place of first performance:
Berlin, COMA Centre for opinions in music and arts
Ensemble:
Erik Drescher
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Title:
Object with destinations
Year of composition:
2008
Instrumentation:
soprano,clarinet, contrabassoon, bass saxophone,trumpet, piano, vibraphone, marimba,violin, viola, cello, doublebass
Duration:
4´
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2008-10-11
Place of first performance:
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Ensemble:
KammarensembleN
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Title:
5 actions
Year of composition:
2008
Instrumentation:
percussion duo
Duration:
12´
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2008-09-26
Place of first performance:
Pusterviksteatern, Gothenburg
Ensemble:
Amund Sjölie Sveen, Yi-Ping Yang
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Title:
Toccata
Year of composition:
2007
Instrumentation:
per sestetto di percussionisti
Duration:
14'
Publisher:
SMIC
Date of first performance:
2009-10-03
Place of first performance:
ISCM World New Music Days, Artisten Göteborg
Ensemble:
Kroumata
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Title:
Sotto vuoto
Year of comp:
2003
Instrumentation:
p sassofono tenore e trombone
Duration:
12
Publisher:
SMIC
Premiered:
2003-10-30
Place:
Rome, Hungarian Academy (Nuovi Spazi Musicali)
Performers:
Jörgen Pettersson, Ivo Nilsson
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