JONATHAN ÖSTLUND
F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S
“Jonathan Östlund is one of those contemporary composers who writes music with natural poetic melodies and highly sophisticated harmonies, blending tradition with contemporary expression. The music flows with extremely flexible interpretation, with both dramatic climaxes and romantically soft sections, with variations in color, texture, emotion and narrative expression. Full of passion, emotion, fatality... ”
Jan Hocek (His Voice, Czech Republic)
“Östlund's signature, like Debussy and Schumann in the great tradition, merges atmosphere, mystery, fantasy, and fairy tale. The sensation of Nachtmusik is so strong that one can approach [Lunaris] these two discs as a single narrative of encounters by moonlight. [Östlund's] personal vocabulary—striking, often repetitive rhythms, dashes of Shostakovich and Prokofiev, diatonic harmonies that bend in other directions, and remembrances of vocal traditions from Arabia and the Orient that decorate the lyrical line with melismatic flourishes—is markedly original. [I] feel enriched by stepping into his world of fancy free.”
Huntley Dent (Fanfare)
"There is a terrific swirl of music headed by the flute as the instrumentalists rush to the coda with a flourish. This is a most entertaining piece. [...] 'Winter Vigil', a piece that slowly develops through some quite lovely passages, conjuring some very fine images whilst giving the impression of an improvisation. At times the music gains an almost Bach like flow before rippling phrases lead to the coda. This is a particularly fine piece. [...] Jonathan Östlund is a composer who reveals an ability to create works that are magical, playful and energetic, but always with a distinctive sound, a sound that will surely appeal to a wide audience."
Bruce Reader (The Classical Reviewer)
N E W S
Spring 2023
NEW double album "Elysían";
a new Special Creative Project of www.missflute.ch,
to be released under Divine Art Records
&
Summer 2023
NEW album "Reveries";
a new Special Creative Project of www.missflute.ch,
to be released under Divine Art Records
"Elysían" features recordings with:
Natalie Anston [Soprano; Piano con Voce],
Evgheny Brakhman [Piano],
Martina Bortolotti von Haderburg [Soprano],
Edward Cohen [Piano],
Inga Feter [Piano; Piano con Voce]
Myriam Hidber Dickinson [Flute],
Patrick Jablonski [Piano],
Esau Jovane [Violin/Viola],
Laura Kimmel [Mezzo-Soprano],
Luca Schinai [Piano],
Nikita Stepanenko [Piano],
Serene Yu [Piano],
Alexander Zagorinsky [Cello],
Maria Zagorinskaya [Soprano],
& additional artists T.B.A.
*
Spring 2021
Double album:
"Imago" [Miss Flute - Special Creative Projects]
"Imago" features recordings with:
Maria Zagorinskaya [Soprano],
Lina Ferencz [Mezzosoprano],
Esther Haarbeck [Leader] & Coro Calliope [Mixed Choir],
Myriam Hidber Dickinson [Flute],
Anna Noakes [Flute],
Christine Elizabeth Hoerning [Clarinet],
Ursula Leveaux [Bassoon],
Laurence Perkins [Bassoon],
Oleg Egorov [French Horn],
Gabriella Dall'Olio [Harp],
Evgheny Brakhman [Piano],
Stefan Cassar [Piano],
Caroline Doerge [Piano],
Walter Gatti [Piano],
Nataly Grines [Piano],
Sasha Grynyuk [Piano],
Vladimir Kharin [Piano],
Andrea Pedrazzini [Piano],
Mauro Zappalà [Piano],
Andreas Laake [Violin],
Yan Li [Violin|Viola],
Paola Nervi [Violin],
Yukiko Ogura [Viola],
Martha Potulska [Viola],
Elena Saccomandi [Viola],
String ensemble from the Soloists of Nizhny Novgorod Soloists; Violins: Anastasiya Bogdanova, Vladimir Plaksin, Dmitriy Stoyanov, Violas: Vsevolod Lysenko, Natalia Milova,
Cellos: Oksana Tchekhova, Natalia Telminova,
Double-bass: Artem Volkov.
Andreas Laake [Conductor]
& Orchestra da Camera del Locarnese
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January 2020
New album: "Mistral" [Divine Art]
"Mistral" features recordings with:
Thomas Beard [Cello],
Evgheny Brakhman [Piano],
Nataly Grines [Piano],
Rachael Elizabeth Cohen [Flute],
Felix Foster [Horn],
Myriam Hidber-Dickinson [Flute],
Olivier Hebert-Bouchard [Piano],
Christine Elizabeth Hoerning [Clarinet],
Natalia Kovalevskaya [Violin],
Andreas Laake [Violin],
Sydney Links [Viola],
Vlad Podgoretsky [Conductor],
Bow Tie Orchestra & Mixed Chorus.
*
January 2019
Double album: "Voyages" [Divine Art]
Palette of Previews [from all 38 tracks]
"Voyages" features recordings with:
Duo Almira [Flute & Bassoon],
Evgheny Brakhman [Piano],
Walter Gatti [Organ],
Manon Gleizes [Soprano],
Sasha Grynyuk [Piano],
Myriam Hidber-Dickinson [Flute],
Christine Elizabeth Hoerning [Clarinet],
Harry Polda [Piano],
Elena Saccomandi [Violin],
Artyom Safronov [Tenor],
Alicja Śmietana [Violin],
Vladimir Spector [Violin],
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg [Piano],
Trio Tempora [Clarinet, Cello, Piano],
Alexander Zagorinsky [Cello],
Ksenia Zuleva [Viola],
Ensemble NEO,
Umeå Symphony Orchestra
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January 2016
Double album release "Lunaris" [Divine Art]
"Lunaris" features recordings with:
Ruxandra Cioranu (soprano)
Lydia Hillerudh (cello)
Yoana Karemova (piano)
Ariel Jacob Lang (violin)
Ursula Leveaux (bassoon)
Eleonore Pameijer (flute)
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano)
Blandine Waldmann (piano)
Alexander Zagorinsky (cello)
The Cellini Quartet
E V E N T S
Summer 2021 - Autumn 2022
New Recordings
for the double album "Elysían",
& for the album "Reveries",
created in: Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, U.K., U.S.A., Czech Republic, Russia and Hong Kong.
Spring 2021
NEW Album Release:
"Imago"; double album released as a
Special Creative Project of Miss Flute, Switzerland
*
August 2020
New Recordings with:
Soprano Maria Zagorinskaya,
Piano Evgheny Brakhman,
Piano Nataly Grines,
French Horn Oleg Egorov,
and String Ensemble from the Nizhny Novgorod Soloists Orchestra.
Russia
WP of
Fantasie über ‘O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden’;
Mezzosoprano Lina Ferencz
& Organ Katharina Hieke,
Vienna, Austria
July 2020
New Recordings with:
Organ Walter Gatti,
Viola Elena Saccomandi,
Violin Paola Nervi
Italy
New recordings with:
Mezzosoprano Lina Ferencz,
Viola|Violin Yan Li,
Viola Marta Potulska,
Piano Mauro Zappala,
Piano Vladimir Kharin.
Vienna, Austria
Studio recordings with:
Piano Caroline Doerge,
Violin Andreas Laake.
Switzerland
Studio recording with
Coro Calliope [Mixed Choir]
Choir Leader Esther Haarbeck
Switzerland
April 2020
Studio recording with
Flute Myriam Hidber-Dickinson
Switzerland
February 2020
Studio recordings
Flute Myriam Hidber-Dickinson,
Piano Stefan Cassar
Switzerland
January 2020
NEW Release:
"Mistral", Divine Art Records
WPs of:
'La nuit étoilée',
'La neige de Noël',
'Mariä Wiegenlied'
and 'Midnight Hour'
[Mezzosoprano, Flute, Piano & String Orchestra],
Cond. Andreas Laake,
Mezzosoprano Lina Ferencz,
Flute Myriam Hidber-Dickinson,
Piano Andrea Pedrazzini
Ascona, Switzerland
Studio recording with
Piano Sasha Grynyuk
London, UK
Studio recording with:
Bassoon Ursula Leveaux,
Bassoon Laurence Perkins
London, UK
Studio recording with:
Harp Gabriella Dall'Olio,
Flute Anna Noakes,
Viola Yukiko Ogura
London, UK
November & December 2019
Studio recordings with
Clarinet Christine E. Hoerning
Montreal, Canada
March 2019
Studio recording with:
Piano Nataly Grines,
Piano Evgheny Brakhman
Russia
Studio recording with
Flute Myriam Hidber-Dickinson
Switzerland
Studio recording with Verisimo Ensemble
Montreal, Canada
February 2019
Studio recordings with the Bow Tie Orchestra
[based on the National Orchestra of Russia],
conductor Vladimir Podgoretsky
Russia
January 2019
NEW Album Release:
"Voyages", Divine Art Records
November 2018
Premiere of 'Fantasia on Scarborough Fair'
during Kosova Kamerfest 2018;
Flute Nina Shala,
Cello Mario Guralumi,
Piano Lirika Pula-Kasapolli
Prishtina, Kosovo
WP of 'Night of June' [Mixed Choir];
Conductor Gunnar Eriksson
Göteborg, Sweden
August 2017
WP of 'L'al di la' [Alto Saxophone & Piano],
Münster, Germany
excerpt (from the live performance)
May 2017
WP of 'Minuit et Mistrale' [Violin & Piano],
Violin Yury Revich
Piano Matthieu Esnult
Vienna, Austria
March 2017
WP of 'Sonata in Blue' [Trombone & Piano];
dedicated to Duo Anasa
Athens, Greece
February 2017
WP of 'Silver Cathedral' [Piano Concertino];
Piano Marilina Tzelepi
Conductor Faidra Giannelou
& OperArt Lab Chamber Symphony Orchestra,
Athens, Greece
October 2016
Recording of 'Air dans l'Air' [Solo Flute]
dedicated to Myriam Hidber-Dickinson
WP of 'Lune d’Été',
commissioned by La Côte Flûte Festival,
interpreted by Vega Ensemble
Nyon, Suisse
January 2016
NEW Album Release:
"Lunaris"; Divine Art Records