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SUMMARY:Unga Klara's "Romeo & Julia" - Sergels Torg\, Sweden
DESCRIPTION:”Romeo och Julia” med Unga Klara\, 6–7 september\, Sergels torg.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/unga-klaras-romeo-julia-sergels-torg-sweden/
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SUMMARY:Grand Guignol (with Anna von Hausswolff\, Swedish Radio Symphony and Choir)\, Berwaldhallen\, Stockholm
DESCRIPTION:Participants\n\nOmer Meir Wellber\, conductor\nSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra\nSwedish Radio Choir\n\n\n\nWorks\n\nMikael Karlsson & Anna von Hausswolff: Grand Guignol 42 min (final orchestration by Michael P. Atkinson)\nClaude Debussy: Nocturnes 25 min\nAlexander Skriabin: Poème de l’extase\, Op. 54 22 min\n\nGrand Guignol is based on a type of theatre that was born at the Théâtre du Grand Guignol in the Pigalle district of Paris in the 19th century. The primary function of these innovative and popular plays was to make the audience sensuously awaken from the mundaneness of everyday life and experience shocking\, frightening\, seductive\, carnal and hypnotic stories that were not accepted in the high culture of the time. \nAnna von Hausswolff and Mikael Karlsson have composed a piece for the Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Radio Choir that celebrates the uplifting powers of darkness and that\, in the Grand Guignol tradition\, embraces stories and sounds that call us to places we reflexively flee from. There\, in the borderland between physical\, ritual music and the tickling allure of the darkest stories\, we encounter Grand Guignol. \nThe piece uses pulsating intensity and alternating waves of calm and aggression to create a space through text\, music\, and electronics in surround where great emotions and sensual liberation are at the center and where the terrible and the beautiful are embraced on equal terms – an aesthetic that characterizes both composers’ previous music.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/grand-guignol-with-anna-von-hausswolff-berwaldhallen-stockholm/
LOCATION:Berwaldhallen\, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3\, Stockholm\, 115 27\, Sweden
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SUMMARY:Sophie Laplane's and James Bonas' "Mary\, Queen of Scots" - Edinburgh International Festival
DESCRIPTION:For this one Michael P. Atkinson and I have composed the score together. \n\n\nRenaissance meets punk in Scottish Ballet’s retelling of the story of one of Scotland’s most famous women. \n\n\n\n\n\nTwo women. Two crowns. One story. \nAs her death approaches\, Elizabeth I of England is haunted by memories – both real and imagined – of her cousin and rival\, Mary\, Queen of Scots. Bound by blood yet divided by power\, their lives were a dangerous dance of ambition\, intrigue and betrayal. \nThe two queens’ fraught relationship is explored in this stunning world premiere from Scottish Ballet’s choreographer-in-residence Sophie Laplane and co-creator James Bonas. With striking designs by Soutra Gilmour (Sunset Boulevard) and a bold new score from the team behind the 2022 International Festival sensation Coppélia\, Mary\, Queen of Scots reimagines the story of one of Scotland’s most famous women. \nThis new production imagines a Renaissance where punk meets haute couture\, and where Mary and Elizabeth’s relationship inspires a rich\, resonant journey through memory\, history and myth. \nScottish Ballet  \nSophie Laplane Choreographer & Co-Creator\nJames Bonas Director & Co-Creator\nMikael Karlsson & Michael P Atkinson Original Score\nSoutra Gilmour Set & Costume Designer\nBonnie Beecher Lighting Designer\nAnouar Brissel Projection & Video Design \nThere will be a post-show talk on 16 Aug after the matinee performance. Post-show talks are an informal opportunity for you to connect further with artists. It will begin 10 minutes after the performance ends and is expected to last no more than 30 minutes. You are welcome to stay for as little or as long as suits you.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/sophie-laplanes-and-james-bonas-mary-queen-of-scots-edinburgh-international-festival/
LOCATION:Festival Theater\, Edinburgh\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250728
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SUMMARY:Alexander Ekman's "Play" - New National Theater - Tokyo
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Ekman’s PLAY\, created for the Paris Opera Ballet\, goes to Tokyo\, Japan. All the same musicians\, including Callie Day\, will perform there. I will be there for the premiere.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/play-tokyo/
LOCATION:New National Theater – Opera Palace\, Tokyo\, Japan
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SUMMARY:Maria Radutu piano recital - "Ragtime" - Muth Konzertsaal - Vienna
DESCRIPTION:Maria Radutu is one of Europe’s leading pianists. She recorded “Sovereign” by Mikael Karlsson for her album “Phoenix”. Her new concert program “The Liberation of Classical Music” which premieres in the legendary MuTh Konzertsaal in Vienna on April 28 finishes with Mikael’s “Ragtime” which was written for five pianos as part of Alexander Ekman’s “Rooms”\, but now reduced to a single piano thanks to the Steinway Spiro system that allows live performance to be mixed with pre-recorded self-playing mechanisms on a single grand piano. \nOther composers on the program: Alexander Skrjabin\, Alberto Ginastera\, Robert Schumann\, Nikolai Kapustin. \nFrom the website:\nHow can new technologies be leveraged to enrich the concert experience in diverse ways? The Austrian-Romanian pianist Maria Radutu enjoys creating opportunities to experience classical music from a fresh perspective. This time\, with the help of her partner Steinway & Sons and its Spiro system\, she engages in a dialogue with piano legends like Vladimir Horowitz\, Glenn Gould and Gina Bachauer. Radutu facilitates this interaction between herself and the great masters\, forging connections across past\, present and future\, allowing her audience to experience classical music in an excitingly novel and unconventional manner.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/maria-radutu-ragtime/
LOCATION:Muth Konzertsaal\, Vienna\, Am Augartenspitz 1\, Vienna\, 1020\, Austria
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SUMMARY:Fanny and Alexander - Brussels
DESCRIPTION:In December 2024\, the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie premieres a brand new opera based on the 1982 Ingmar Bergman film “Fanny and Alexander”. Music by Mikael Karlsson and libretto by Royce Vavrek. Ivo van Hove directs the piece. The cast includes Sasha Cooke (Emilie)\, Thomas Hampson (Bishop Vergerus)\, Peter Tantsits (Oscar)\, Doris Soffel (Helena)\, Anne Sofie von Otter (Justina)\, Loa Falkman (Isak)\, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Ismael)\, Gavan Ring (Gustav Adolf)\, Justin Hopkins (Carl) and more to come. \nConductor is Ariane Matiakh.\nOrchestration by Michael P. Atkinson and Mikael Karlsson. \nExact dates and more info to come when La Monnaie announce their 2024-25 season.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/fanny-and-alexander-brussels/
LOCATION:La Monnaie De Munt\, Pl. de la Monnaie\, Brussels\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:Titta en Älg - Stockholm
DESCRIPTION:A play in two acts by legendary Swedish playwright Kristina Lugn\, directed by Mellika Melouani Melani\, at the Royal Dramatic Theater (Dramaten) in Stockholm.\nThe play is in Swedish\, with no subtitles. \nDescription in Swedish from the Dramaten homepage. \n\n\n\nverpastej och döden. Medelålder och avgrund. Kristina Lugns Titta en älg handlar om kvinnorna som lyckats lägga band på sig. Som sökt skydd i äktenskap och folkhälsomyndigheter. Som anpassat sig till självupplösning och nu står på en perrong och undrar vilka de är och vart de ska ta vägen. Men vi möter också kvinnorna som faktiskt släppt loss\, som förvildats\, som gnäggar lite för högt. \nMellika Melouani Melanis uppsättning är en hyllning till den egensinniga\, djupsinniga\, absurt roliga och helt unika dramatikern Kristina Lugn\, där pjäsen Titta en älg hemsöks av scener\, rollfigurer\, dikter och citat ur andra Lugn-verk. \nKristina Lugn (1948-2020) är en av Sveriges mest uppmärksammade författare\, kritikerhyllad och folkkär\, kompromisslös och tillgänglig\, hysteriskt rolig och ogenerat sorglig. Med sin unika formuleringsförmåga har hon ofta lyckats sätta fingret på sin samtid\, på det absurda i vardagen – och inte minst samhällets omöjliga förväntningar på kvinnor: ”Jag har försökt verka trevlig. Och lagom fotbollsintresserad.” \nPå scen medverkar kören Stockholm City Voices med ett tjugotal sångerskor i olika åldrar. Nyskriven musik av Mikael Karlsson\, kompositören bakom operan Melancholia som bygger på Lars von Triers film\, och flera av Alexander Ekmans verk. \nMellika Melouani Melani är regissör och tidigare konstnärlig ledare på Folkoperan. 2021 satte hon upp Kristina Lugns Idlaflickorna i Göteborg.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/titta-en-alg-stockholm/
LOCATION:Royal Dramatic Theater (Dramaten)\, Nybrogatan 2\, Stockholm\, Stockholm\, 114 34\, Sweden
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SUMMARY:So We Will Vanish - Stockholm
DESCRIPTION:Mikael Karlsson’s song cycle So We Will Vanish about the destruction of the natural landscape is dedicated to the Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Text by Royce Vavrek and Orchestration by Michael P. Atkinson and Mikael Karlsson. At Berwaldhallen von Otter meets the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The concert will open with the multifaceted piece The Ring of Fire and Love by the Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen. The evening’s final piece is Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony\, inspired by his brief\, unhappy marriage.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/so-we-will-vanish-stockholm/
LOCATION:Berwaldhallen\, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3\, Stockholm\, 115 27\, Sweden
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SUMMARY:Forever - Stockholm
DESCRIPTION:Dance piece by Mari Carrasco. 40 minutes. On the small stage at the Royal Swedish Opera. \nWho hasn’t felt alone at a party at some point\, despite being among people? In the dance performance Forever\, the audience is part of an ongoing party in the Opera’s Rotunda. During the performance they go from being observers from a distance to participants. The piece revolves around life and death\, sorrow and hope\, and being part of a continuous flow. How can one be an individual and part of a group at the same time? The show is primarily aimed at audiences in upper secondary school and high school. \nMari Carrasco is one of today’s most interesting and acclaimed choreographers. Together with her creative team – Mikael Karlsson\, celebrated for several collaborations with the choreographer Alexander Ekman and most recently for the opera Melancholia; as well as Jenny Nordberg’s at naturalistic yet artificial scenography\, and Mira Svanberg’s evocative lighting design – they create a performance entirely based on the venue.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/forever-stockholm/
LOCATION:Royal Swedish Opera\, Gustav Adolfs torg 2\, Stockholm\, 11152\, Sweden
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SUMMARY:So We Will Vanish - Copenhagen
DESCRIPTION:Mikael Karlsson’s song cycle So We Will Vanish about the destruction of the natural landscape is dedicated to the Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Text by Royce Vavrek and Orchestration by Michael P. Atkinson and Mikael Karlsson. At Berwaldhallen von Otter meets the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The concert will open with Bruckner’s 4th Symphony.
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/so-we-will-vanish-copenhagen/
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SUMMARY:Midsummer Night's Dream - Stockholm
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Ekman’s hit MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is back at the Royal Swedish Opera \nA universal theme\, the same longing for light summer nights\, a dream of the origin of everything\, a night of love and lust. The boundary between reality and the supernatural is unclear. Traditions are distorted\, the world changes\, and all of a sudden we become uncertain – is it all a dream? \nThe celebrated Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman created the acclaimed performance Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Royal Swedish Ballet. Like Tyll\, Escapist\, and most recently Cacti (part of Ekman/Hjálmarsdóttir/Naharin)\, it was an immediate success at the Royal Swedish Opera. The music is by New York-based Mikael Karlsson\, who apart from several collaborations with Ekman has written the opera Melancholia\, with world premiere at the Royal Swedish Opera in 2023. \n(from the RSO website)
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/midsummer-nights-dream-stockholm/
LOCATION:Royal Swedish Opera\, Gustav Adolfs torg 2\, Stockholm\, 11152\, Sweden
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SUMMARY:Midsummer Night's Dream - Chicago
DESCRIPTION:The Joffrey Ballet brings back Alexander Ekman’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” to the Chicago audience. \nFar from a Shakespearean tale\, Ekman’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a mind-bending trip to a surreal realm of unearthly delights. Set during the traditional Scandinavian summer solstice festival\, dancers celebrate a day of revelry and romance under the maypole\, which soon unravels into an otherworldly dream. Ekman’s picturesque fusion of classical and contemporary ballet blurs the line between the real and the imagined and makes us wonder\, is it all a dream? \nMore info about Midsummer Night’s Dream
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/midsummer-nights-dream/
LOCATION:Lyric Opera House\, 20 N Wacker Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60606\, United States
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SUMMARY:Burn Baby Burn - Umeå
DESCRIPTION:Eldig grandfinal i 160 bpm\n\nBurn baby burn är ett nytt verk av Mari Carrasco som har premiär på Dansens Hus i Stockholm våren 2024. \n\nKöp biljett\n\n\nInformation\nTitel: Burn baby burn \nLängd: 50 minuter \n\n\nPriser\n\nOrdinarie:\n250 kr\nPensionär:\n225 kr\nUpp t o m 18 år:\n80 kr\nGrupp minst 10 pers:\n225 kr\nStudent / 19-26 år:\n125 kr\n\n\n\nTid och datum\n\n\n\nOnsdag 24 apr 19:00Black Box\, onumrerad salong \n\nKöp biljett\n\n\n\n\nBurn baby burn är Mari Carrascos tredje verk på temat groove och nu är det dags för en grandfinal i 160 bpm.\nMed musiken som verkets pumpande hjärta utmanar Carrasco sina dansare med underfundiga rörelser och stegkombinationer. Vi bjuds in i ett filmiskt landskap\, till en drömvärld där dansaren snart blir ett med musiken. \n\n”You are pushing it\, just relax\, it will go by itself\, don’t put nothing in it unless you feel it.” – Nina Simone\n\nMari Carrasco\nMari Carrasco är en Stockholmsbaserad dansare och koreograf från Sverige/Chile. Carrasco tog examen från Balettakademien Stockholm 2008 och har studerat vid Stockholms Konsthögskola och vid The International Visa Program – Dance New Amsterdam i New York. \nCarrasco började skapa verk under sin utbildning och har producerat egna oberoende verk från 2009. Sedan dess har Mari Carrasco etablerat sig som en välkänd koreograf i Sverige. Hon fick sitt genombrott som koreograf med sitt verk BARTOLOMEO. Föreställningen turnerade med RIKSTEATERN och den framfördes över hundra gånger i Sverige. År 2014 gjorde Carrasco en framgångsrik världsturné med samma föreställning och uppträdde på festivaler i; New York\, Tokyo\, Okinawa\, Amman\, Ramallah\, Capri\, Madrid\, Vilnius\, Roskilde\, Chur\, Belfast och Helsingfors. BARTOLOMEO vann också PRIX D’ASSITEJ 2013. \nGroove & flow\nUnder de senaste två åren har Carrasco utforskat en praktik som bygger på groove\, flow och att bli musiken. I studion arbetar hon kollektivt med sina dansare med en tänkande och fysisk kropp. Dansarna får uppgifter och noter att utforska och arbeta utifrån. Carrasco använder följande nyckelfraser: ”Allt kan hända”\, ”begränsa rörelsen” och ”lyssna på musiken”. Rörelsens kvalitet betonar ofta det mellanliggande landskapet med implodering och explosion. \nSedan 2016 har Mari Carrasco samarbetat med den världsberömda kompositören Mikael Karlsson. Karlsson har skapat musiken till hennes verk: BLACK FOREST\, PAPER PLANE\, INTERNALLY BLACK\, THE HEART och REMIND ME IM NOT DEAD. Tillsammans med Karlssons storslagna och dynamiska musik och Carrascos genomträngande rörelsespråk skapar de föreställningar som har en brinnande kvalitet som får rummet att vibrera och publiken att luta sig framåt
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/burn-baby-burn-2/
LOCATION:Norrlandsoperan\, Operaplan 7\, Umeå\, Sweden
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SUMMARY:Burn Baby Burn - Stockholm
DESCRIPTION:Burn baby burn is Mari Carrasco’s third work on the theme of groove and now it’s time for a grand finale.\nWith music as the pumping heart of the work\, Carrasco challenges his dancers with subtle movements and step combinations. We are invited into a filmic landscape\, a dream world where the dancer soon becomes one with the music. \nYou are pushing it\, just relax\, it will go by itself\, don’t put nothing in it unless you feel it – Nina Simone \n\n\n\n\nCo-produced by Dansens Hus\, Norrlandsoperan and Dansnät Sweden. Supported by the Swedish Arts Council and Region Stockholm. Will also tour with Dansnät Sweden in spring 2024. \n\n 
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/burn-baby-burn/
LOCATION:Elverket\, Linnégatan 69\, Stockholm\, Stockholms Län\, 114 60\, Sweden
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SUMMARY:Sol Invictus - New York City
DESCRIPTION:Led by the imaginative choreographer Hervé Koubi\, Compagnie Hervé KOUBI returns to New York with the mesmerizingly kinetic Sol Invictus. Named after the “invincible sun” deity\, the work upholds love as the guarantor of peace\, that despite fracture\, communion emerges as humanity’s saving grace. The music score includes a composition by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson\, with excerpts by Steve Reich and digital composer Maxime Bodson. “I want to talk about light\, solidarity\, and those bonds that unite us\,” says Koubi. “Here\, the sun and the dance will emerge victorious.” \nDigital Program
URL:https://mikaelk.com/event/sol-invictus-new-york-city/
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