Performances
2020
Blodhov / Bloodhoof, Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Lectures and concert
Sji olwått, version for solo voice, percussion and mixed choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, 75th anniversary. Conductor Fredrik Malmberg. Stockholm Concert Hall
Le Chant 1 and 2 – Premiere
Det Norske Solistkor/The Norwegian Soloist Choir. Conductor Grete Pedersen
The Norwegian Soloist Choir 70th anniversary
Ris Church, Norway
2019
Blodhov / Bloodhoof, mono-drama – Premiere
Point Music Festival, Gothenburg
Lena Willemark, ensemble recherche, Svante Grogarn, regi
The Järnåker Award – for Blodhov / Bloodhoof
2018
När korpen vitnar/ When the Raven blanches, Solsången/ Sun Song – Tromsö, Bodö and Svalbard, Norway
Berit Norbakken Solset, soprano, Nordnorsk symfoniorkester, Tim Weiss, conductor
Songs from the North, för mixed choir – Premiere
Sacred and Profane Choir, Rebecca Seeman, dirigent
St Mark’s Episcopal, Berkely, St Mark’s Lutheran, San Francisco
Day is here! – for eight solo voices and string ensemble – Premiere
Musica Vitae, Vokalharmonin, Fredrik Malmberg, conductor
Day is here! – tour to Japan
The biography about Karin Rehnqvist by Per F Broman – book release
Jag lyfter mina händer/ I raise my hands, for mixed choir (to the memory of the choir conductor Bo Johansson) – Premiere
Maria Magdalena Chamber Choir, Mats Nilsson, conductor
2016
All Those Strings! – Ritva Koistinen, Kronos Quartet; San Fransisco, Carnegie Hall New York
In Orbit – Alpaca Ensemble; Stangvik
The festival Ren Rehnqvist, portrait concert with Alpaca Ensemble; Trondheim, Berlin, Stockholm, Köpenhamn, Oslo
2013
The World Clock, Alingsås and Gothenburg, Sweden, Oslo, Norway, Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps, cond
Belle Sounds – A Very Large Concert (for 200 church bells on the island Gotland), broadcast by Swedish Radio
2014
Klockrent – En Mycket Stor Konsert. Prix Italia 2014. Första pris i klassen Radio Music.
All Those Strings! – Stockholm. Uruppförande. Kronoskvartetten och Ritva Koistinen, kantele
Grammis för cd LIVE; Karin Rehnqvist, composer – 2013 års bästa klassiska album
Porträttkonsert London: i Philharmonia Orchestras serie Music of Today
2012
Composer Portrait Concert, Miller Theatre, New York, Either/Or Ensemble, Richard Carrick, cond.
2011
Tiger Touch, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, cond., Gothenburg, Oslo, Reykjavik
Portrait Concert, Vox Musica, Daniel Paulson. Sacramento, USA
Portrait Concert. Tromsö kunstförening, Norway
2010
Tenebrae for mixed chorus. Latvian Radio Choir, Kaspars Putniņš, cond. Ultima Oslo Contemporary Festival
Hymn for mixed chorus, orchestra and high soprano. Gustaf Sjökvist’s Chamber Choir, Stockholm Cathedral Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeanette Köhn, Gustaf Sjökvist, cond. The Royal Wedding in Stockholm Cathedral 19 June, Stockholm
2009
Haya! for mixed choir, Eric Ericson Award, Swedish Radio Choir. Berwaldhallen, Stockholm
Solsången/The Sun Song, Lena Willemark, l’Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro La Fenice, Joana Carneiro, cond. The Venice Biennale
Composer In Focus, Båstad Chambermusic Festival
När korpen vitnar (Where the raven pales) Ulrika Bodén, BIT20 Ensemble, Norway’s Museum of Cultural History. Happy Nordic Music Days, Oslo
2008
Triomphe d’exister, Coro Infantil do CPO, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Martin André
Casa da Musica, Porto
Quem chama? (Who’s that calling?) Marie Axelsson, Johanna Bölja Hertzberg, Remix Ensemble, Franck Ollu. Casa da Musica, Porto
Requiem aeternam. Helena Ek, Maria Keohane, SCO Choir, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Olari Elts. Glasgow City Hall
Der Herr ist mein Hirte. Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir, Bo Johansson, 8th World Symposium on Choral Music, Copenhagen
Embrace me. London Sinfonietta, Synergy Vocals, Pierre-André Valade. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
När korpen vitnar (Where the raven pales), Ulrika Bodén, Nordic Chamber Ensemble, Sundsvall, Härnösand. Light, direction Svante Grogarn, Ulrika Bodén, OrchestrUtopica, Cesário Costa. Festival in Extremis, Lisbon
2007
Salve Regina – Heavenly Queen, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard. Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam
2006
Rehnqvist Festival at the Stockholm Concert Hall 20-23 April. Among other things the premiere of Preludes for Large Orchestra
2005
To the Angel with the Fiery Hands – staged concert for female chorus, soprano and four instruments. La Cappella, Susanne Rosenberg, Sarah Lindloff, Backa Katarina Eriksson, Leo Svensson, Mats Olofsson. Karin Eklundh cond, Svante Grogarn director. Västerås
2004
When the Earth Sings – fairy tale for actress, orchestra and audience was performed more than 60 times by orchestras all over Sweden and Scotland during the 2004-2005 season.
Teile dich Nacht, Lena Willemark, Danish Radio Choir, Ed Spanjaard, Nordic Music Days Copenhagen
Ljus av Ljus (Light of Light) Adolf Fredrik’s Girls Choir, Orchestre National de France, cond. Jonathan Darlington, Festival Présences, Paris
2003
Davids nimm, London sinfonietta, Queen Elisabeth Hall, London.
Ice Music Phantasy, music for instruments of ice, Ice Hotel Jukkasjärvi.
Beginning, Kungsbacka Piano Trio, City of London Festival.
Sun Song, Festival Klangspuren, Austria
2002-2003
On a distant shore, Martin Fröst, the Scottish Chamber Orch, cond. Swensen, the Swedish Chamber Orch, cond. Sundkvist, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Örebro
2002
Teile dich Nacht, Lena Willemark, SWR Vokalensemble, Donaueschinger Musiktage
2001
Main composer at Time and Music festival, Viitasaari, Finland
Solsången, Amsterdam, Lena Willemark, Asko Ensemble, cond. B Tommy Andersson.
Time of Taromir, BBC Orch. Glasgow
The Angel with the Fiery Hands, Southwest Missouri University, USA
2000
Lamento, Warszaw autumn, Silesian Philharmnic Orch Katowice.
Lamento, Nordic Music Days, Lahti, Helsingfors Stadsorkester.
Lod (Plummet), Festival Foro, Mexico City
2000-2002
Arktis Arktis! Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Gothenburgh Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orch., Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm
1999
Portrait concert Deutschlandfunk, Köln, arr Frau Musica (nova)
Sötskolan (Beauty School) – a horror opera for children, premièred in Växjö, on tour in the south of Sweden.
Kast, Neiuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, cond. Peter Rundel.
Spent one month with a polar expedition on the icebreaker Louis S. Saint-Laurent in the Canadian High Arctic
1998
Sun Song, Ultima Oslo,
Davids nimm, Wings, I raise my hands, Warszaw autumn,
Davids nimm, Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart, Frau Musica (nova), Festival Köln,
Time of Taromir, Osterbothia Chamber Orcehstra, Wien Modern
1997
Solsången, ISCM Seoul, Anrop – Inrop – Utrop (Invocation – Convocation – Avocation), 1997 Taromirs tid (Time of Taromir), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Vishetens lov (The Praise of Wisdom), Swedish Radio Choir, Stockholm
1996
Solsången (Sun Song) Reykjavik, Island, Nordic Music Days, Lena Willemark, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, cond. Anne Manson
Teacher of composition classes for young people at the Gothenburg Concert House, with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra playing their compositions (method described in “Unga människor, ny musik” Rikskonserter)*
1994
Lamento, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stockholm, cond. Okko Kamu,
Puksånger – lockrop, Rädda mig ur dyn, ISCM Stockholm,
Portrait concert, Festival Alternativa, Moskva
1992
Hetluft (Limelight), a multimedia performance with sculptor Lenny Clarhäll
1991
Skrin, ISCM Warszaw
1990
Skrin (Shouts) – violin concerto (together with Sven Ahlbäck) Nils-Erik Sparf, Swedish Radio Symphony Orch, conducted by Leif Segerstam,
Puksånger – lockrop, Davids nimm, Den Haag Netherlands
1989
Kast, Nordic Music Days Stockholm
Puksånger – lockrop (Timpanum Songs – Herding Calls) premièred at the Falun Folk Music Festival, Lena Willemark, Susanne Rosenberg, sopranos, Helena Gabrielsson, percussion
Tilt&mara, dramatized concert for choir and percussion, Stans kör, cond. Karin Rehnqvist, choreographer Lisbeth Hagerman
1987
Kast (Sudden changes), International Gaudeamus Music week, Alicante International Contemporary Festival
1985
Davids nimm, Rostrum
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2000 – 2004 Composer in residence with the Scottish and the Swedish Chamber Orchestras in collaboration
*1996 – 2001 Compositions classes for young people held in Gothenburg, Uppsala, Stockholm, Åland
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 1997
Medal “Litteris et Artibus”, received from the Swedish King, in January 2003
Prizes
The Golden Broom /KVAST, The Swedish Association of Women Composers) – 2021
The Swedish Music Publishers Honorary Award – 2017
Bo Wallner Memorial Award – 2015
The Gannevik Award – 2015
The Hugo Alfvén Award – 2007
The Rosenberg Award – 2005
Kurt Atterberg Prize – 2001
City of Stockholm Honour Prize – 1999
Christ Johnsson Prize – 1997
The daily newspaper Expressen’s Spelmannen Prize – 1996
The Läkerol Arts Award – 1996
Nominations
Grammis 1996 for the CD Davids nimm
Nordic Music Council Prize 1998, Solsången (Sun Song)
Finalist Prix Italia 2002, A Passion Play – As four sports
Nordic Music Council Prize 2002, Solsången
Competitions
Kast (Sudden changes), honourable mention at The International New Music Composers Competition, New York, 1987
Kast, honourable mention at The Gaudeamus International Music Week, Amsterdam, 1987