{"id":1769,"date":"2026-05-31T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:27:26","slug":"graduation-concert-elin-eigard-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/?p=1769","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Concert \u2013 Elin Eigard and Olov Larson Lundberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunday 31 May 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Thursday, May 28, two of my piano students performed their graduation concert\u2014which, at MOMDU<\/a>, constitutes the independent final project of the Bachelor\u2019s Degree Program. They described the concert themselves in the printed program as following: “Tonight\u2019s concert features a selection of the repertoire we have studied during our Bachelor\u2019s Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We begin by listening to Brahms; his trio was written following a major creative crisis in late 1890. Brahms\u2014who frequently burned his own compositions\u2014had declared that he would stop composing altogether. However, after hearing the clarinetist Richard M\u00fchlfeld, he was so inspired that he wrote this trio, as well as two clarinet sonatas. Two relatively recent works are presented this evening: Kasputin\u2019s *Variations*, Op. 41\u2014filled with jazz influences within a Western structure\u2014and Bystr\u00f6m\u2019s *A Sign in Space*. Bystr\u00f6m\u2019s symphonic works have often been performed at the V\u00e4ster\u00e5s Concert Hall; tonight, we hear a piano solo set in space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concert concludes with the movement nicknamed ‘Dance of Death.’ The entire pianotrio is deeply marked by the era in which it was composed (1943\u20131944). Shostakovich was profoundly shaken by news of SS soldiers forcing their victims to dig\u2014and dance upon\u2014their own graves. The trio is also imbued with criticism of the Soviet regime and was banned in the USSR in 1948. The work is dedicated to his close friend Ivan Sollertinsky, who died unexpectedly in 1941.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a highly successful concert, and if I\u2014as a teacher\u2014were to pick two highlights, I would have to say that the more recent works by Britta Bystr\u00f6m and Nikolai Kapustin were absolute triumphs. I want to thank Elin and Olov for these years; it has been a great pleasure working with you, and I wish you all the very best of luck in your future musical endeavors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00f6ndag 31 maj 2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examenskonsert Elin Eigard och Olov Larson Lundberg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I torsdags den 28 maj var det s\u00e5 dags f\u00f6r tv\u00e5 av mina pianostudenter att genomf\u00f6ra examenskonsert som vid MOMDU<\/a> \u00e4r det sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndiga slutarbetet inom kandidatutbildningen. \u00a0De beskrev sj\u00e4lva sin konsert i det tryckta programmet: “Kv\u00e4llens konsert inneh\u00e5ller ett axplock av den repertoar som vi har studerat under v\u00e5r kandidatutbildning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vi f\u00e5r f\u00f6rst lyssna till Brahms vars trio skrevs efter en stor kreativ kris vid slutet av 1890. Brahms, som inte s\u00e4llan br\u00e4nde sina kompositioner, hade deklarerat att han skulle sluta komponera. Men efter att han lyssnade p\u00e5 klarinettisten Richard M\u00fchlfeld blev han s\u00e5 inspirerad att han skrev denna trio, s\u00e5v\u00e4l som tv\u00e5 klariettsonater. Tv\u00e5 relativt nyskrivna verk presenteras i afton och det \u00e4r Kapustins Variations op 41 som \u00e4r fylld med jazzinfluenser i en v\u00e4sterl\u00e4ndsk struktur samt Bystr\u00f6ms \u201c A Sign in Space\u201d. Bystr\u00f6ms symfoniska verk har ofta spelats p\u00e5 V\u00e4ster\u00e5s Konserthus. Ikv\u00e4ll blir det ett pianosolo i rymden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Konserten avslutas med den sats som har smeknamnet \u201cDance of Death\u201d. Hela pianotrion \u00e4r starkt pr\u00e4glad av sin samtid n\u00e4r den komponerades 1943-1944. Shostakovich blev djupt skakad av nyheterna om SS-soldater som tvingat sina offer att gr\u00e4va och dansa p\u00e5 sina egna gravar. Trion \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 fylld med kritik mot den egna regimen och f\u00f6rbjuds i Sovjet 1948. Verket \u00e4r tillt\u00e4gnad den n\u00e4ra v\u00e4nnen Ivan Sollertinsky som ov\u00e4ntat dog 1941\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Det blev en mycket lyckad konsert, och om man som l\u00e4rare f\u00e5r v\u00e4lja tv\u00e5 h\u00f6jdpunkter s\u00e5 m\u00e5ste jag s\u00e4ga att de nyare verken med Britta Bystr\u00f6m och Nikolaj Kapustin var riktiga fulltr\u00e4ffar. Tack f\u00f6r de h\u00e4r \u00e5ren s\u00e4ger jag till Elin och Olov, det har varit ett stort n\u00f6je att arbeta tillsammans med er och all lycka till f\u00f6r framtider i musikens tecken!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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