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Erik Eino Ochsner to Conduct Lord of the Rings Symphony
New York -based Erik Eino Ochsner will conduct the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in two nights of performances of at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland . is a six-movement piece spanning the film scores written by Howard Shore for film trilogy.
In 2011, Erik led successful performances of (FOTR) with the St. Louis Symphony and Tampere Philharmonic ( Finland ). In March 2012 , Erik will make his debut in Taiwan conducting FOTR and will also debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra with live-to-projection performances of . Future 2013 engagements include Adelaide , Athens , Berlin , Indianapolis , Melbourne , Milwaukee , Nurnberg, Ottawa, Stuttgart and Sydney .
Erik has worked closely with the composer Tan Dun for worldwide productions and workshops, including and as assistant conductor and chorus master for the Shanghai workshop of Tan Dun's , a Metropolitan Opera commission. He assisted the Boston Symphony Orchestra's world premiere performances of with Yo-Yo Ma in Boston , Tanglewood, and Carnegie Hall.
Erik is music director and founder of the SONOS Chamber Orchestra. They have performed six U.S. premieres, and two world premieres. This season Erik will conduct SONOS in the U.S. premiere of Fredrik Sixten's , plus works by Jon Leifs, and Johann Christian Bach . http://www.SONOSchamberorch.org
Howard Shore's score captures the sweeping emotion, thrilling vistas and grand journeys, and echoes the construction of Tolkien's Middle-earth. Styles, instruments and performers collected from around the world provide Tolkien's cultures with a unique musical imprint. In operatic fashion, these musical worlds commingle, sometimes combining forces for a culminated power, other times violently clashing...and always bending to the will of the One Ring and its own ominous family of themes.
"This amazing music and fantastic drama have moved me since day one: it is always thrilling and moving," Ochsner described. "What an amazing satisfaction at the end of each and every performance!"
Thursday/Friday February 16-17 ,
8PM
Tickets: http://en.harpa.is/events/orchestra/nr/1112