Debussy, Stravinsky and Hillborg

Dates

18. March 2021 at 19:30 Sold out
19. March 2021 at 19:30 Sold out

Fartein Valen, Stavanger konserthus

Dates

Thursday 18. March 2021 at 19:30 Sold out
Friday 19. March 2021 at 19:30 Sold out

Duration

1 time og 30 minutter, inkl. pause

Program

Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Anders Hillborg: Cello concerto - commissioned work and Scandinavian premiere
Anders Hillborg: Mantra Elegy - Homage to Stravinsky (Norwegian premiere)
Igor Stravinskij: The Firebird (1919 version)

Contributors

James Gaffigan, conductor
Amalie Stalheim, cello
Anders Hillborg, Composer-in-Residence

Anders Hillborg

Composer

Anders Hillborg gained his first musical experience singing in choirs and he was also involved in various forms of improvised music. From 1976 to 1982 he studied counterpoint, composition and electronic music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where his teachers included Gunnar Bucht, Lars-Erik Rosell, Arne Mellnäs and Pär Lindgren. Brian Ferneyhough, who was a guest lecturer at the College of Music on several occasions, was also an important source of inspiration.

Apart from occasional teaching positions, Hillborg has been a full-time freelance composer since 1982. His sphere of activity is extensive, covering orchestral, choral and chamber music as well as music for films and pop music.
James Gaffigan

Conductor

Hailed for the natural ease of his conducting and the compelling insight of his musicianship, James Gaffigan continues to attract international attention and is one of the most outstanding American conductors working today.

James Gaffigan is currently the Chief Conductor of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, recently extended for the third time. Since becoming Chief Conductor of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester James has made a very significant impact on the orchestra’s profile, both nationally and internationally, with a number of highly successful tours and recordings. In recognition of this success his contract has been further extended until 2021.
Amalie Stalheim

Soloist

Amalie Stalheim from Bergen is one of the most promising young cellists in Scandinavia today.

She started playing the cello at the age of 6, and has studied and worked as a musician in Norway and Sweden. Amalie has won several international awards and has appeared as soloist with several noteable orchestras.

She is Artist in Residence at the Swedish Radio’s classical music channel during 2018/2019, and in the past Amalie has won first price in Ljunggren Competition and YAMAHA Music Foundation Europe Competition.

At the Verbier Festival Academy, she was awarded with the prestigious Firmenich Prize. The last two years Amalie was nominated for the Statoil Scholarship, as one of five young, Norwegian musicians.