‘Everything O/Modernt is creation’

O/Modernt embraces the world of contemporary music collaborating with emerging and internationally established composers from all over the world. Over the last decade, O/Modernt has commissioned more than forty works, ranging from short solo works to fully-fledged cantatas and symphonic music.

Commissioning partners have included Manchester International Festival, Wigmore Hall, King’s Place London, British Museum, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Sinfonietta Riga, Wimbledon International Festival, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Holstebro International Music Festival to name a few.

To encourage young aspiring composers at an early stage in their careers, in 2019 O/Modernt inaugurated an annual Composition Award. The third edition in 2021 asks composers to reflect on the dialogue between nature and the city.

O/Modernt exudes creativity from every pore Dagens Nyheter

Torniamo all’antico, sarà un progresso Giuseppe Verdi

commissions 2023-24

past commissions

Concertos

Dobrinka Tabakova ‘The Patience of Trees’ for Violin, String Orchestra and percussion (2021)
Pēteris Vasks 'In Evening light' for Violin and String Orchestra (2021)
Artur Maskats ‘Summer Dreams’ for Violin, Mezzosoprano and String Orchestra (2020)
Erkki-Sven Tüür ‘Angel’s Share’ for Violin and String Orchestra (2018)
Jörgen Dafgård ‘Eclipse’ for Violin and String Orchestra (2018)
Pawel Łukaszewski Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra (2017)
David Sandström ‘Seven Pieces’ for Violin and Orchestra (2016)
Jill Jarman ‘Mindstream’ for Violin, Marimba and String Orchestra (2015)
Victoria Borisova-Ollas ‘Labyrinths of Love’ for Violin and String Orchestra (2015)
Leonardo Coral Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2013)
Sverre Indris Joner ‘Con cierto toque de tango’ for Violin and String Orchestra (2013)
Volodymyr Runchak ‘Key to the Treble Clef’ for Violin and String Orchestra (2013)
Albert Schnelzer ‘Coupled Airs’ for Violin and Orchestra (2012)
Sergey Evtushenko ‘Dreaming’ for Violin and String Orchestra (2012)
Tobias Broström ‘Samsara’ for Violin, Marimba and Orchestra (2011)

Diverse works

Brett Dean Piano Quartet (2020)
Marcelo Nisinman Gaia Tango for Solo Cello and Chamber Ensemble (2021)
Kate Moore Concerto for Orchestra and Dance (2020)
Mark Anthony Turnage ‘Lament’ for Solo Violin and String Orchestra (2018-19)
Manuela Kerer De/Con (2018)
Gareth Lubbe Harmonic Firescales (2018)
Johan Söderholm Modem (2016)
Johannes Marmén Waiting (2015)
Charles Economou Kurukshetra (2014)
Rüdiger Blömer Dans la pénombre, Danse sacrée (2014)
Thomas Hewitt-Jones Panathenaia (2014)
Svante Henryson Three tunes inspired by J.P. (2013) / Rameau L’Enharmonique bars 15-25 through a microscope (2013) / Che faró senza groovy Euridice (2014) / En vapenvägrares historia (2014)
Alessandro Solbiati Les sauvages (2013)
Caterina de Cecca L’entretienne des Muses / Les Cyclopes (2013)
Hayk Melikyan Le berger infidèle (2013)
Henrik Måwe Impromtu: Rameau meets Reich (2013)
Johannes Marmén De l’origine des Dissonances et de leur rapport (2013)
Joseph Phibbs Serenade (2013)
Kristofer Svensson De la quantité de Mesures don't chaque Air doit êtra composé & de leur movement particulier (2013)
Ruggero Laganà Le Petites Guirlandes (2013)
Sten Åstrand Flow (2013)
Sverre Indris Joner Bach with a Salsa Dip / Con cierto toque de tango (2012)
Andrea Tarrodi Nocturne över B-A-C-H (2011)
Esaias Järnegard Snötyngd (2011)
Niklas Brommare Afterimage (2011)
Sergey N. Yevtushenko Bach-Lamento (2011)

He’s a fascinating programmer ... You would almost think he was a composer when you look at his programmes! Alasdair Nicolson, Composer

Commissioning

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

—John Cage

‘Everything O/Modernt is creation’