At EMS Sören Hermansson, Ivo Nilsson and Joan Bagés are creating a new work for horn, trombone and electronics, exploring various sounds linked to the biological world of the Cicada. The project “Cicada killer” is a metaphor and an indicator of the relationship that human beings have established with our planet.
Ivo Nilsson was educated at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at IRCAM in Paris. In 1989 he made his debute as a soloist with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and as a composer with an Octet premiered by the Ensemble L’Itinéraire at Radio France. Ever since his music has been performed by ensembles internationally acclaimed ensembles such as the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Kammerensemble Neue Music Berlin, Orchestrutopica and Vertixe Sonora.
Sören Hermansson is an internationally known performer, recording artist and educator. He studied in Stockholm, Amsterdam and West-Berlin (Karajan-Academy) and has held orchestral positions in Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Sören Hermansson has commissioned and premièred around 80 works for horn. He is now focusing on commissioning new works for Horn and Electronics.
Joan Bagés is a composer, professor of electroacoustic composition at ESMUC Barcelona and artistic director of MORPHOSIS ENSEMBLE Barcelona and co director of FESTIVAL CONTEMPORANEUS IN REUS (Spain). He is currently part of the Catalan Association of Composers, the Electroacoustic Music Association of Spain and the Ribera d'Ebre Jazz Friends Association.