Ivo Nilsson

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Born in Stockholm in 1966, a composer and trombonist, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and at ircam in Paris. In 1989 he made his debut as a soloist with the Swedish Radio Orchestra. His career as a composer started in the same year with performance of his octet by the Ensemble L'Itinéraire at Radio France. Since then, his music has been performed at such prestigious events as the Huddersfield Festival, 'Sonorities' (Belfast), Le Biennale du Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Montreal), 'Time of Music' (Viitasaari, Finland), 'Inventionen' (Berlin), Gaudeamus Music Week (Amsterdam), 'Spaziomusica' (Cagliari), 'Two Days and Two Nights' (Odessa) and 'Beyond 440 Hz' (Los Angeles).
Besides his activities as a soloist, he is a member of the KammarensembleN and 'Son' Ensemble as well as the Axelsson & Nilsson duo.
Both his own works and his performances of other composers can be found on the label Phono Suecia.
Selected works: Ioco for cimbalom and piano (1994), Nerve for solo viola (1988), Puls for solo piano (Ariadne's flutes) (1988), Agnosi for chamber ensemble (1988), Per-cept for septet (1989-91), Eidetics for chamber ensemble and live electronics (1991), Totentanz for chamber ensemble (1993), ixoidi for wind symphony orchestra (1995), ¿Lo mismo for two pianos (1996), Deaf-mute for percussion, trombone and live electronics (1997), Tre equale for guitar, trombone and vibraphone (1998), Pedal for flute, organ and percussion (1999), Luta for solo theorbo (1999-2000), rotor for solo clarinet (1999), rotor 2 for percussion and trombone (1999), root for solo percussion (1999), rotorelief for chamber ensemble and voice (2001), rotorelief, suite for chamber ensemble (2001), Skev for recorder and theorbo (2001-02), Sotto vuoto for saxophone and trombone (2002).