Artist & composer
WORK
”Fotografen” (2024) Opera commissioned by Vadstena Akademien. 6 opera singers, 13 musicians. Premiered July 2024.
”Defying Gravity” (2024) For solo guitar and live electronics. Commissioned by Mats Bergström, premiered at Ida Presti Music Festival, Malmö, Swe
”Libera me” (2021) 8-part choir commissioned by Turun chamber choir, Finland
”Courage, mon amie” (2021) String quartet commissioned by the Stenhammar Quartet
”Fanfar” (2016)
EAM tape piece, commissioned work from Uppsala Concert hall
”One piece of a shared space” (2015)
Audiovisual performance work containing visuals, live jojk and live electronics
”Metamorphoses” (2015)
Performance work, 4 vocalists & 4 laptops
”PS. Jag kommer snart hem” (2012)
Chamber opera (electrical), work commissioned by Malmö Operaverkstad
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”Gold Mining” (2011)
Flute, piano, cello, violin, work commissioned by the ensemble ”Pärlor för svin”. With the support of Statens kulturråd
”Avtryck” (2010)
Children’s choir and tape, a collaboration with Hägerstens barnkör and conductor Kerstin Börjeson. Can a sound be a carrier of a memory? With the support of SLL
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”Let me speak” (2009)
Audiovisual performance work in collaboration with André Sièr, Portugal. An 8-channel audio and stereo video. The Principle of Freedom of Expression freely inspires the work.
”Plats för drömmar” (2008)
Tape.
”Waiting for nothing” (2008)
Electronic music for a dance performance at SSMD Copenhagen, Denmark
”Ljudspår” (2008)
A project by MAM (Anna Einarsson with Mattias Petersson and Mattias Sköld) in collaboration with Stockholms spårvägssällskap. Electronic music made of sampled live tram sounds of the ancient Djurgårdslinjen no 7.
”Reveries” (2008)
For orchestra and Anagram (electronics, voice, piano, double bass). Work commissioned by Dalasinfoniettan.
”Third mind” (2008)
Violin, double bass, live electronics. Work commissioned by George Kentros and Johan Bertling.
”No two minds ever come together without, thereby, creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind” Napoleon Hill
”Espacos sonhoros” (2008)
Tape piece premiered in Lisbon, Musica Viva. Work on commission. The title is a play on the word for dream and the word for sound.
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”Märkvärdiga kvinnor” (2008)
Music for a dance performance by Gottsunda Dans och Teater, Uppsala. Work on commission with the support of Statens kulturråd.
”Om konsten att falla” (2007) Tape
”Viskleken” (2007)
For four laptops, 2007
”Det finns många sorters förtvivlan” (2006)
String quartet, wind quintet and electric guitar solo
”There are many ways of loving” (2006)
String orchestra and clarinet solo
”Elegi – en sång om döden” (2005)
For Sandvikens Big band and Claes Janson
”Nostalgie” (2005)
Mixed 8-part choir and instrumental soloists, music by Anna Einarsson and text by Åsa Ericsdotter
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”Bubblegum for the eyes” (2004)
Saxophone Quartet and Voice
”Ljus och skugga” (2004)
Music for a dance performance by Gottsunda dans och teater, Uppsala. Work on commission.
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RELEASES BY FONOGRAM
1995 Anna Einarsson ”Längtans karusell”
2005 Anagram ”Anagram”
2007 Anagram ”Archipelago”
2009 Anagram ”Reveries”
2013 Anna Einarsson ”Tigern säger Grr”
2016 Anna Einarsson ”Tigern säger Brr”
PUBLICATIONS
Involved in the book ”Vägen till sångerna”, 2010
”Triptyk om rösten” in the magazine Nutida Musik. Article 2010
”Using singing voice vibrato as a control parameter in a chamber opera” – International Computer Music Conference, Article, 2015
”We can work it out – Calibration as artistic method” – RUUKKU Finnish journal for artistic research. Article, 2015
”Exploring the multi-layered affordances of composing and performing” in the magazine Frontiers in Psychology. Artikel, 2017
”Experiencing responsive technology in a mixed work” in the magazine Organised Sound (pre-print). Artikel, 2017
”Singing the body electric – Understanding the role of embodiment in singing and performing interactive music” Doctoral dissertation, Lund University, 2017