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Premiere of the Month: Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s cello concerto for Johannes Moser

2 May 2025

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A new cello concerto balances chaos and calmness

‘Usually when I write a piece, the title comes at the end. But here, the title was one of the first things to emerge and it has stuck. It’s the absolute core of the piece,’ says Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir about her new cello concerto Before We Fall, written for cellist Johannes Moser…

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