Larsson/Rspo/Oramo/Manze - Rolf Martinsson: Presentiment

One of Sweden�s leading composers, Rolf Martinsson had an international breakthrough with the trumpet concerto Bridge, composed for H�kan Hardenberger who has also recorded it (BIS1208). Martinsson has since gone on to compose soloistic works for performers including Martin Fr�st, Anne Sofie von Otter and Christian Lindberg, and enjoys a particularly close collaboration with the soprano Lisa Larsson. The two started working together in 2011, devising a soprano version of Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, and Lisa Larsson has since performed Martinsson�s music at more than a hundred concerts to date. A number of leading orchestras have commissioned works from Rolf Martinsson, including the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for which he composed his Concerto for Orchestra. In descriptions of Martinsson�s music, words such as �lush�, �colourful� and �cinematic� are often used �qualities that have proved attractive to a large audience, as well as to a number of eminent conductors. Sakari Oramo and Andrew Manze are among those who have championed works by Rolf Martinsson, in Sweden as well as internationally.