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Lipparella

LIPPARELLA was founded in 2008 with the aim of developing a contemporary repertoire for baroque instruments and countertenor. Since then, the ensemble has continually initiated new collaborations and there is a great interest among composers to explore the tension between the sound world of baroque instruments and a musical language rooted in our own time. Presently, Lipparella operates as an instrumental ensemble that collaborates with various singers and other instrumentalists in different projects. Currently, the ensemble has ongoing collaborations with soprano Alexandra Büchel, composer, voice artist and singer Sofia Jernberg, violinist Eva Lindal and clavichordist Mats Persson, as well as composers such as Christopher Fox (England) and Walter Zimmermann (Germany).

Lipparella has carried out a number of projects focusing on the relationship between text, music and space, where new musical works have been staged in an art form between concert and music drama. In these contexts, Lipparella has worked with directors Johan Petri, Karl Dunér and Jörgen Dahlqvist, a number of composers, as well as lighting designers, set designers, librettists and actors. Most recently, Lipparella collaborated with director and artist Karl Dunér in the production PING and the Skulls (2024), which premiered at the Orion Theatre in Stockholm. In the concert performance The poetic space of sound  (2022), Lipparella collaborated for the first time directly with a poet, Lina Hagelbäck, who herself participated with readings from her poetry collection Kometkarta (2021) in a new musical work set to music by Christofer Elgh.

Again & Again is a format in which the ensemble performs a contemporary musical work twice during the same concert. During these concerts, invited guests; composers, poets, filmmakers, critics and translators have provided the audience with additional perspectives that are in different ways connected to the musical content, highlighting new aspects to the audience on the second listening of the work.

The ensemble has released three CDs: Champs d’étolies 2017 with music by Kent Olofsson (dB Productions), Hidden voices 2021 with music by Madeleine Isaksson, Chrichan Larson and Christer Lindwall (Blue Music Group) Chantbook for Lipparella 2022 with music by Walter Zimmermann (World Music).

ANNA LINDAL  was during a long time playing in the string trio Trio des Lyres, specialized in mixed programs with older music on original instruments and contemporary repertoire. Between 1983-2001 she was concertmaster in the Stockholm Philharmonic and 2002-2006 Visiting Professor of violin at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Anna is now a freelancing musician and has collaborated with several composers and played in chamber ensembles and ensembles with free improvisation. She is part of many interdisciplinary projects in collaboration with artists, authors, filmmakers and choreographers.

KERSTIN FRÖDIN (recorder and baroque oboe) is internationally active as a soloist and chamber musician in both early music and contemporary experimental art music. Her interest in contemporary music has led to a number of collaborations with composers, and she has been awarded the Crystal Prize for her work in new music. In 2024 Kerstin completed her PhD in Musical Performance at Luleå University of Technology (Piteå School of Music) with a thesis centred on musicians’ interactions and interdisciplinary performing arts. 

LOUISE AGNANI is a multi-facetted musician who besides playing the viola da gamba also performs on baroque and modern cello. She has a position in Uppsala Chamber Orchestra and has worked with most Swedish symphony and baroque orchestras. As a viola da gamba player Louise has for instance participated in performances of baroque operas in Sweden and in recordings such as Ensemble Villancico (Caprice 2002) and Mårten Falk and El Escorial (dB Productions 2010). Louise has given several first performances of new solo works for viola da gamba. The viol is close to her heart and its special sound makes it an exciting instrument within the contemporary chamber music.

PETER SÖDERBERG has a background as a guitarist and improviser. As a lute player, he is since many years a profile within both early and contemporary music. Many composers have composed solo works for Peter, some of them recorded on Phono Suecia CD “Liuto con forza” (2010). Since 2010, Peter has collaborated with Erik Peters in projects involving instruments and live electronics. Besides his concert performances Peter also participates in different theatre, dance and literature contexts. He has made numerous recordings and is also active as a writer in the Swedish contemporary music magazine “Nutida Musik”.