The new opera Drifted – this is what it is about
DriftedMusic: Karin RehnqvistLibretto: Kerstin PerskiWorld premiere at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, on November 19, 2022.Drifted was commissioned by the Royal Swedish Opera. Maria
World premiere in Norway: Day is here!
It became in Norway as Karin Rehnqvist’s work Day Is Here! received its premiere – a choral work in four movements for eight
The composer’s appreciated eulogy
Karin Rehnqvist’s acceptance speech after being awarded the Nordic Council’s Music Prize 2022 for the choral and orchestral work Silent Earth at the
Winner of The Nordic Council Music Prize
Karin Rehnqvist won the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for her work Silent Earth in Helsinki on Tuesday evening, November 1, 2022. Silent
Karin Rehnqvist receives 2022 Taube Award from Vi magazine
Composer Karin Rehnqvist is the recipient of the 2022 Taube Award, an award given yearly by Vi magazine. The award citation reads: “In
Intense November for Karin Rehnqvist
There is a lot happening around Karin Rehnqvist in November 2022. The month contains a mix of nominations, awards and premieres, including an
A striking climate oratorio
In early 2019, the idea of a musical piece was born that would portray the agony surrounding our planet’s fate: the all-too-clear, alarming
Time for the Swedish premiere of Silent Earth
On 27 August, after a delay of two years, Karin Rehnqvist’s Silent Earth finally will receive its Swedish premiere during the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm. The Swedish Radio
Karin Rehnqvist nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize
One of the major music prizes is the Nordic Council Music Prize (which has been awarded since 1965). The prize is awarded for
The initiator received the Gold Broom award
On a May day in 2008, Karin Rehnqvist lay on the sofa at home in the Nacka villa and read the Swedish orchestras’