Since the start in 2007 we have been working in close collaboration with Swedish as well as international composers. Commissioning new music is the foundation for ensemble neos programming and since the start we’ve premiered over 100 works as well as around 500 works by young composers as a part of their education.
Commissions by Swedish composers
Composer
B Tommy Andersson
Sol Andersson
Catharina Backman
Tony Blomdahl
Britta Byström
Britta Byström
André Chini
André Chini
Title
The Secrets of Eros
Helix
Till Hilda
Uno dei Tanti
Revolt i grönska
Alfabet
La Princesse de Babylone
Trafficking – it could be your daughter
Premiered
2011
2015
2018
2015
2009
2022
2009
2015
ANDRÉ CHINI
ONE MUST HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE CURIOSITY, AN ENDLESS PATIENCE
an equally deep sensitivity as transcendental musical intelligence to, day after day, week after week, year after year, learn and play new works. Aside from, of course, a rare talent for one’s instrument paired with the necessary human qualities. All of this deeply rooted in these heroes who play – or have played – with ensemble neo.
Composer
Henrik Denerin
Mikael Edlund
Zacharias Ehnvall
Christofer Elgh
Christofer Elgh
Anders Eliasson
Dror Feiler
Marcus Fjellström
Marcus Fjellström
Marcus Fjellström
Ylva Fred
Hans Gefors
Fredrik Hedelin
Fredrik Hedelin
Kim Hedås
Jenny Hettne
Anders Hultqvist
Madeleine Isaksson
Madeleine Isaksson
Title
Ein deutscher Traum
Red Box Essay
Tillfälligt krumhorn utslaget i rumtid blommar likt frosten
On St. Christopher’s Day
Sincerity
Fantasia per sei strumenti
Poïesis
House of False Things
Imaginarium
Alchemist Dances
Come back soon
Bluebeard
Trio
Det snöade hela natten
Silent Plan
Stimme aus der Ferne
Light Winter Light
Isär
Capsuled time
Premiered
2019
2023
2022
2020
2011
2010
2013
2007
2012
2013
2019
2022
2008
2014
2021
2020
2007
2012
2021
MADELEINE ISAKSSON
ENSEMBLE NEO HAS, THROUGH ITS INTERNATIONALLY PERMEATED PROGRAMMING,
…in which Swedish and foreign composers works are subtly combined, premiered and performed with the highest excellence, opened an inspiring and beneficial breath of fresh air for Swedish contemporary music, whose repertoire has been greatly enriched.
Composer
Johannes Jansson
Lina Järnegard
Ingvar Karkoff
Molly Kien
Chrichan Larson
Anders Lind
Pär Lindgren
Ylva Lund-Bergner
Tebogo Monnakgotla
Per Mårtensson
Per Mårtensson
Mika Pelo
Johan Ramström
Karin Rehnqvist
Joakim Sandgren
Johan Svensson
Benjamin Staern
Lisa Streich
Mirjam Tally
Andréa Tarrodi
Klas Torstensson
Johan Ullén
Title
Reflections on the Self
Emellanåt stundom
Bortbytingen
No Chaos
Bodies in Motion
Voltage Controlled Ensemble
Catch
Jubilee
Toys
Diptychon
Nemea ’ s secret
Soot
10 December
Musik i natten
fluorescences naturelles
Morendo
Hilma Scenes
Pietà
The Turn
Madrigal
Sieben mal neo
Pulcinella, prince of everything
Premiered
2013
2016
2009
2012
2020
2015
2014
2009
2010
2016
2012
2007
2021
2015
2022
2015
2018
2017
2014
2017
Johan Ullén
ENSEMBLE NEO´S GREAT SIGNIFICANCE FOR SWEDISH MUSICAL LIFE
…rests mainly on the members of the ensemble. These musicians are not just experts in new music, and all the special techniques required to master new scores, but they are also full-fledged virtuosos in the more traditional classical sense, with all the sonic brilliance that brings. This unusual breadth of proficiencies gives the ensemble a special status within Swedish musical life.
Composer
Andreas Zhibaj
Djuro Zivkovic
Tommy Zwedberg
Title
Turdus Merula
Citadel of Love
Voices of water
Premiered
2018
2020/2023
2015
Commissions by International composers
Composer
Krists Auznieks
Matej Bonin
David Felder
Sebastin Hilli
Maria Kõrvits
Alesandro Perini
Kaija Saariaho
Chaya Czernowin
Jan-Peter de Graaff
Jēkabs Jančevskis
Title
Turning the Wheel
Shimmer
Three Songs
Butterfly Curve
Trough
Time as Landscape
Light and Matter
AYRE: TOWED
Pascal
3 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh
Premiered
2023
2017
2014
2019
2018
2017
2014 Swedish premiere
2016
2020
2021
Chaya Czernowin
Norrbotten NEO Played an important role in my international career.
They performed the first concert of my work in 2008 in Sweden and then commissioned a piece and played it in a concert portrait some years later. I can strongly attest to the rare excellent quality of this ensemble and to its important and essential function within the international music world.
Premieres of works by Swedish composers
Composer
Jonas Asplund
Dror Feiler
Johan Hammerth
Hansén, Krister
Fredrik Hedelin
Fredrik Hedelin
Fredrik Hedelin
Mats Larsson Gothe
Anders Lind
Christian Marina
Kent Olofsson
Lars Sandberg
Jan Sandström
Henrik Strindberg
Victor Varela
Title
Into Shadows Subside
Hypokeimenon
Frustrations
Beahci
Konsert för flöjt och ensemble
Konsert för violin och ensemble
Konsert för piano och ensemble
Lilits återkomst
Twenty Twenty
Four on five
Cathedra III
Fältstudier
Nostalghia
Tidsbågar
Remains
Premiered
2010
2011
2023
2013
2014
2015
2012
2016
2016
2014
2009