WORK IN PROGRESS
Piece for Rolf Borch (double bass clarinet)
Piece for Valen Trio (violin, cello and piano)
Violin concerto for Harald Aadland and KORK
Piece for Erlend Aagaard-Nilsen (trumpet, 10 piece brass and electronics)
MAY 2013 AND FORWARD - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
November 2
The opera "Nokon kjem til å komme" (Someone is going to come) is to be performed in Germany
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June 1 at 14-15 and June 2 juni at 17-18
Concert Vaage/Valen Trio, Fageråsveien 19D, Bergen
The host premieres his latest piece
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Recording of "Speech of Tears" ("Tåretale"), Seven Songs about Death
Poems by Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen set to music by Knut Vaage
Review of "Khairos", NRK (radio)
Review of "Khairos" in Dagsavisen
Review of "Khairos" in Kulturspeilet
Wednesday May 15, NRK P2, Musikk i brennpunktet at 21.03 – 22.00
NRK follows the rehearsels of the opera "Khairos"
More info (word)
Opera "Khairos" will be premiered at the 10th of May 2013
More info (the National Norwegian Opera & Ballet)
Article from NRK
Article from Aftenposten
MAR/APR 2013 - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
Friday, April 12
The thriller "Blåtur" premieres at Bergen Kino
Music: "Vath"
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JAN/FEB 2013 - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
"Blått lerret"
at Litteraturhuset i Bergen, Sunday February 24 at 18.00
The collaboration "VATH" (Knut Vaage/Thorolf Thuestad)
have composed music for two movies:
"Blåtur" and "Snø"
More info
NOV/DEC 2012 - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
November 25 2012
Bergen Library at 15.00
Premiere of vocal piece "En klump med leire" by the chamber choir GNEIS, conducted by Tore Kloster, poem by Hanne Bramness
November 11 2012
"Sonetter for chamber orchestra" premiered by Gjøvik Sinfonietta leaded by Atle Sponberg
SEPT/OCT 2012 - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
October 21 2012
Rosendal Samfunnshus at 18.00
"I vrimmelen" for Sunnhordland Chamber Orchestra, cond. Lars-Erik ter Jung, Folkemusikkveka i Kvinnherad
October 14 2012
Oslo Poesifestival, Litteraturhuset at 16.45
"Tåretale"
"Syv sanger om døden"
Music: Knut Vaage
Lyrics: Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
Siri Torjesen – soprano, Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen – voice, Knut Erik Nystrøm – alto saxophone and Knut Vaage – piano
October 11-13
Reksten-samlingene Bergen
coach at Bergen National Opera's Libretto Academy
September 29 2012
BFO performs "Tjat", Grieghallen at 15.00
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JULY/AUG 2012 - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
July 14 2012
New version of "Morfemaskin" performed at the festival "Ut av vår hule", by "Ut av vår hule festivalchoir 2012", July 14 at 15.30
Recording of the performance
Article in local newspaper
MAY/JUNE 2012 - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
Video from performance of "MultiMORF 3", Saturday Oct 1. Integra-festival, Copenhagen.
Performer: John Arild Suther
Video: HC Gilje
Sounddesign/programming: Thorolf Thuestad
June 6 2012
Victoria Johnson, CD-release at 20.00 at Drivhuset. New programmed version of "Electra".
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Two new pieces added to works, "I vrimmelen" (chamber) and "Ein ny dag" (vocal)
MARCH/APRIL 2012 - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
April 22 2012
Stord Ungdomskor (Stord Youth Choir) performs "Nøkkerose" at 18.00, Kulturhuset at Stord, Storsalen
April 21 2012
BFO performs "Troll", Grieghallen, at 15.00
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April 20 2012
NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
Stadhalle, Braunschweig
Knut Vaage: "Troll" for Orchestra (2007)
Prokofiev: "Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16"
Tchaikovsky: "Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64"
April 19 2012
NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
Großer Sendesaal, Hannover
Knut Vaage: "Troll" for Orchestra (2007)
Prokofiev: "Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16"
Tchaikovsky: "Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64"
March 17 2012, Borealis in Odda
Premiere of "Ein ny dag", piece for the music scene in Odda, meets Poing and Maja Ratkje; "Wach auf"
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JAN/FEB 2012 - CONCERTS/PREMIERES/++
Sunde kyst- og litteratursenter, February, 18. at 19:00
Music to readings with authors Oskar Stein Bjørlykke, Anne Karin Fonneland, Inger Bråtveit, Torgeir Schjerven, Rune Belsvik, Kenneth Steven, Einar Økland
Introductions: Hanne Bramness
Tickets: Nkr. 100,-
More info (pdf, Norwegian)
Troldhaugen, January 22. at 10:00-15:30
"Ad hoc": composed on one day for 6 hand piano, Impro-big band and the trio 1982
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