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Jesper Nordin
12+ albums
composercontemporary classicalswedishAvant-Gardegammarec
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Jesper Nordin (born in 1971 in Stockholm) is a leading Swedish composer, and one who has garnered considerable international acclaim in recent years. His music, with its powerful emotional impact and traces of traditional Swedish folk music, rock music and improvised music, is broadcast and performed throughout the world. His music is performed by conductors like Kent Nagano, Daniel Harding and Pierre-André Valade. His orchestral pieces have been played by such orchestras as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel and the Swedish and Finnish radio orchestras. He is also included in the repertoires of several of the world’s foremost contemporary music ensembles, amongst them Ensemble Itineraire, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain and The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. He was composer-in-residence for Swedish Radio’s serious music station (P2) between 2004 and 2006. Jesper Nordin has also had huge success with his iOS app Gestrument that is based on his own composition technique. It is used worldwide to create music in genres ranging from Electronica and Techno to Jazz Impro and Contemporary Classical music. For more info see www.gestrument.com. His music has been performed at numerous festivals, including ISCM, Gaudeamus, Musiques en Scène, Ultima, Stockholm New Music, Tokyo Summer Music Festival and Archipel. In 2010 he received the Grand Christ Johnson Prize for being “a sound magician, who explores and expands the acoustic space with original
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Emerging from Currents and Waves: I. Currents (Live)
502Röster: I. Åkallan (Invocation)
413Emerging from Currents and Waves: IIc. Emerging (Live)
404Emerging from Currents and Waves: IIa. Emerging (Live)
385Pendant I
386Pendant II
387Emerging from Currents and Waves: IIb. Emerging (Live)
368Residues
339Pendant III
3210Emerging from Currents and Waves: III. Waves (Live)
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